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Quebec sets up single line for flooded farmers

By Country Guide Staff May 22, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute Quebec farmers whose operations have been hit by flooding in recent weeks will have a single number to call for provincial support starting Tuesday. The province’s agriculture ministry (MAPAQ), public security ministry (MSP) and ag lending agency, la Financiere agricole du Quebec (FADQ) on Friday announced a “concerted effort” to manage supports for flood-affected farms. […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Trump administration triggers launch of NAFTA renegotiations

By David Lawder May 18, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Washington | Reuters — The Trump administration on Thursday formally launched its effort to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico to try to win better terms for U.S. workers and manufacturers. With a letter to U.S. lawmakers, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said he triggered a 90-day consultation period with […] Read more

Animal welfare research is becoming about the emotional state of the animal rather than its health, Dr. Ed Pajor says. (John Greig photo)

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Greig: Animal welfare research focusing more on emotional states

By John Greig May 15, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes Animal welfare research is moving beyond identifying what keeps an animal healthy, to focus more on their state of being and their happiness. For years, farmers have justified the way they manage and house animals based on objective measures of their health: disease prevalence, growth rates and feed consumption. Consumer research, however, shows that’s not […] Read more

The Collins Bay Institution at Kingston, Ont. includes maximum, medium and minimum security facilities for up to 720 male inmates. (CSC-scc.gc.ca)

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Four farmers named to panel on Ontario prison farms

By Country Guide Staff May 15, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Four eastern Ontario farmers have been named to a new seven-member advisory panel on the “potential reopening” of two federal penitentiary farms at Kingston. Correctional Service Canada (CSC) on Thursday announced the panel members, who are expected to hold their first meeting next month and to “engage with community stakeholders” on the farms’ possible reopening. […] Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue participate in a farmers’ roundtable event April 25 at the White House. (Video screengrab from WhiteHouse.gov)

General, Reuters

Trump reassures farmers immigration crackdown not aimed at their workers

By Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg May 15, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes Washington/San Francisco | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump said he would seek to keep his tough immigration enforcement policies from harming the U.S. farm industry and its largely immigrant workforce, according to farmers and officials who met with him. At a roundtable on farm labour at the White House last month, Trump said he […] Read more

Livestock, News

VIDEO: Evaluating animal welfare

By John Greig May 12, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia reporter John Greig speaks with Ed Pajor about how animal welfare researchers are moving from evaluating welfare based on health to the emotional state of animals.

General, Machinery

Ag census logs more younger and female farm operators

By Country Guide Staff May 11, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes While people age 55 and over still make up the fastest-growing segment of farmers in Canada, the latest Census of Agriculture shows slightly more producers under age 35 for the first time in five censuses. Statistics Canada’s 2016 Census of Agriculture, released Wednesday, counted 271,935 farm operators — that is, people who make management decisions […] Read more

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Canada taps veteran negotiator to drive talks on NAFTA

By David Ljunggren May 11, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ottawa | Reuters –– Canada’s senior negotiator at talks to renew NAFTA will be the official who worked for years to push through a major free trade deal with Europe, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Steve Verheul faces another challenge as he deals with the U.S., which is threatening to walk […] Read more

B.C. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick, shown here last October promoting the province’s income tax credit for farmers donating agricultural products to registered charities, held his Kelowna riding in the provincial election Tuesday night. (Gov.bc.ca)

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B.C. ag minister, ag critic hang on in election

By Country Guide Staff May 10, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute British Columbia’s incumbent agriculture minister and opposition agriculture critic have both held onto their seats in the legislature so far through the province’s harrowing election Tuesday. Complete results aren’t expected to be available until after the final count starting May 22, but preliminary results put the province’s governing Liberals in minority status with 43 of […] Read more

Consumers are just figuring out what food fraud is to them, Sylvain Charlebois says. (John Greig photo)

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Greig: Food fraud a challenge to whole food supply chain

By John Greig May 9, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes Farmers are used to the conversation about how to manage trust with consumers. Food companies are learning it too, and finding food fraud to be a significant concern. Food fraud “comes back to trust,” according to Renata McGuire of NSF Consulting and Technical Services. “Do I trust this brand?” McGuire, along with Sylvain Charlebois, dean […] Read more

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