New technologies and genetic modification will play the key role in feeding the world. This is the view of thousands of farmers from across the globe who gave views on solutions to feeding the world, in a poll led by Farmers Weekly. read more ...

The third and fourth graders at Sharon Elementary know where the veggies in their soup come from because they've visited the farms. They know the nutritional value of the carrots, onions and cabbage because they've studied them in class, and they know how they're grown because they've nurtured them in raised beds out back. read more ...

Canada's federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) agriculture departments plan to launch a new round of consultations with producers and ag groups on business risk management (BRM) programs. read more ...

t's back to the drawing board for USDA's National Animal Identification System (NAIS). Officials announced Friday that current plans toward the NAIS are being scrapped and the agency is starting over in building a national system of animal traceback.

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With no new talks in sight to end a lockout at XL Foods' beef processing plant at Moose Jaw, Sask., the province's labour leaders have called for a boycott of the Alberta parent company's beef. read more ...

"Explore Local," an Alberta government initiative to help promote and pull together the various threads of Alberta's local food sectors, is officially on the drawing board. read more ...

In a letter sent today to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), R-CALF USA explained that although Canada claims as an entitlement access to the U.S. market for its cattle and beef without country-of-origin labeling (COOL), Canada continues to subsidize its cattle and beef sector in order to anticompetitively penetrate the U.S. market.
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An associate professor with the University of Manitoba says that the Canadian beef industry's reliance on foreign markets to buy and process beef is a potential weakness. read more ...

Canada won't get a second round of stimulus spending even though the economy has yet to fully recover, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Tuesday.  read more ...

As goes the general economy, so goes the beef economy. read more ...

Several new products are being introduced to beef producers this week at the Cattle Industry Convenion. Two are antibiotic products from Intervet/Shering-Plough. read more ...

Owners of horses or other equines who plan to sell their animals to meat processors in Canada should be recording health information starting Sunday (Jan. 31), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency advises. read more ...

The US cattle and beef industry has to be proactive in response to the attacks it faces from anti-meat bodies and bad publicity in he mass media. read more ...

The size of Canada's cattle herd has declined steadily in recent years, and could continue to do so as the current economic downturn has thrown a wrench in the recovery process, according to an official with the Canadian Cattlemen's Association.
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Management of animal health risk and the impact of disease on market access have heightened interest in livestock health surveillance. read more ...

Angus Genetics Inc.® (AGI) announces the introduction of the first genomic-enhanced expected progeny differences (GE-EPDs) derived from a High Density Whole Genome Scan with 50,000 markers (HD WGS). This milestone in genetic advancement is a direct result of the collaboration between AGI, a subsidiary of the American Angus Association® (AAA); the University of Missouri; Iowa State University; and IGENITY®, a division of Merial. read more ...

The size of Canada's cattle herd has declined steadily in recent years, and could continue to do so as the current economic downturn has thrown a wrench in the recovery process, according to an official with the Canadian Cattlemen's Association. read more ...

Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of State (Agriculture), announced that as part of Canada's Economic Action Plan, the Government of Canada will be investing in Canada's red meat sector through a loan of up to $2.7 million to assist Écolait, a Quebec firm specialized in the slaughter and processing of milk-fed veal calves. read more ...

Feeder cattle prices in Western Canada were $3 to $5 higher last week; U.S. prices were also $2 to $4 higher for heavier animals, while cattle under 500 pounds were $8 to $10 higher for the second week in a row. read more ...

One of the biggest restaurant chains in the world is supporting the Canadian government and its effort to implement mandatory livestock traceability by 2011. read more ...