Livestock

The World Organization for Animal Health says governments should consider vaccinating poultry against bird flu, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide, to prevent the virus from turning into a new pandemic. The severity of the current outbreak of avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, and the economic and personal […]

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is looking for Canadian farmers to participate in a survey about weather and climate. Producers have until October to take part in the Agroclimate Impact Reporter survey. The survey is open for the last week of each month until October. The online survey is designed for the collection and reporting of weather […]

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is offering support to new and existing customers who are experiencing financial difficulties, including cash flow challenges, due to higher-than-average input costs and elevated interest rates. The cost pressures in the current economic environment are difficult to pass on, resulting in tough financial circumstances for some operations. To help producers, agribusinesses and agri-food […]

Ford’s C-E-O says the automaker is reversing a decision not to install A-M radios in new vehicles. Jim Farley says the decision comes after U-S government policy leaders voiced concerns about keeping emergency alerts that often are sounded on A-M stations.  Farley wrote that Ford will keep A-M radios in all 2024 Ford and Lincoln […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced an atypical case of BSE in an older beef cow at a slaughter plant in South Carolina. The USDA says the animal never entered slaughter channels and the agency did not expect any trade impacts as a result. It was the seventh detection of BSE in the U.S. since 2003 and […]

Canada and India’s trade representatives will include agriculture in their discussions when they meet later this year. At the end of the sixth Canada-India Ministerial Dialogue on Trade & Investment, Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng and Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal committed to discussing agriculture in October, when Minister Ng leads a trade mission to […]

The Canadian and Saskatchewan governments announced joint funding to three organizations that they say will help build resiliency and public trust in agriculture. More than $4.1 million is allocated to Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan, Agriculture in the Classroom Saskatchewan, and 4-H Saskatchewan over 5 years. That means Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan is receiving […]

Today, Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit announced further support for Saskatchewan producers through enhancement of the Wildlife Damage Prevention Program. “We continue to respond to the needs of our producers,” Marit said. “Prevention measures play an important role to limit further damage. We are implementing changes to our existing prevention program to mitigate impact of […]

Producers in southwestern and west-central Saskatchewan who lost stacked forage to wildlife feeding last winter may see a bump up in their compensation. The Saskatchewan and federal governments have announced a “supplemental freight adjustment” to their wildlife damage compensation program, administered by Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation. SCIC has “reassessed and finalized” the 2022-23 program’s values for forage […]

Four Saskatchewan students have been awarded the Agriculture Student Scholarship to pursue post-secondary education in agriculture. Caitlyn Spratt from Melfort was awarded $4,000, for her essay on Saskatchewan’s sustainability efforts, which included implementing practices like zero till and GPS technology, and addressing the environmental benefits of cattle grazing on native rangelands. “I couldn’t believe it, […]