Canada Ready for Biosecurity Issues
Officials from several federal agencies are reassuring the public about Canada’s animal biosecurity preparedness. Witnesses from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and the Canada Border Services Agency spoke to MPs’ concerns about livestock diseases at a committee meeting last…
Indonesia Reports ASF Outbreak
Indonesia has reported an outbreak of African swine fever on a farm near Singapore. The outbreak that killed 35,297 pigs in a herd of 285,034 on a farm located on Bulan island was detected on April 1st and confirmed on…
CCA Pleased that Guatemala Market is Fully Open
A Canadian ag organization is pleased Ottawa has secured full access to a trade market. Canadian Cattle Association executive vice president Dennis Laycraft says having access to global markets is critical to a thriving Canadian beef industry. His comments come after Canada…
Cattle producers in Alberta helping each other as wildfires continue to burn
Cattle producers in Alberta are either re-locating their herd to a safe place or are preparing to do so, as wildfires continue to burn in parts of that province. Chair of the Alberta Beef Producers Brodie Haugan says producers are…
JBS USA to Clean its Own Meat Processing Facilities
One of the biggest U.S. meatpackers is creating an internal company to clean some of its processing plants, after a private sanitation firm JBS USA employed, was accused of hiring children for dangerous work. The launch shows the complexities involved in…