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Manitoba Egg Farmers, which in 2013 called a halt to installation of conventional cages, has publicly demonstrated enriched housing systems. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Shannon VanRaes)

Nestle pledges cage-free eggs for Canadian wares

By Country Guide Staff December 10, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian arm of Swiss food processing giant Nestle has promised to shift its egg supply to “cage-free” sources by 2025. Nestle Canada, whose products using eggs include some of its Lean Cuisine meals and Real Dairy desserts, said Wednesday it was “dedicated to working with Canadian farmers to make this transition.” The Canadian business […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery

Livestock transport regulations up for comment

By Country Guide Staff December 5, 2016

Reading Time: 4 minutes The public can comment until mid-February on proposed new livestock transport regulations which the government says will help Canada line up with international standards and limit how long livestock can go unfed during shipping. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced amendments to the federal Health of Animals Regulations dealing with transportation have been […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Canada again declares as avian flu-free

By Country Guide Staff November 30, 2016

Reading Time: < 1 minute With an Ontario duck farm depopulated and disinfected, and no new outbreaks in the three following months, Canada has again declared itself free of notifiable avian flu. The federal government announced Wednesday it has informed the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) that Ontario is considered free of avian influenza as per OIE guidelines. About […] Read more

Livestock

Restricted zone tightens for Algonquin wolf hunting

By John Greig November 26, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers will be able to protect their livestock and families from Algonquin wolves in any areas and hunting will only be restricted in areas near four parks, allaying some concerns of farmers after the wolf was declared a threatened species. Kathryn McGarry, Ontario minister of natural resources and forestry, spoke to the Ontario Federation of […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

Argentina pledges access for Canadian pork

By Country Guide Staff November 24, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada and Argentina are in late-stage talks that would see Canadian pork exporters regain access to that South American market. Following a meeting between Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the federal government last Friday said the two countries have “acknowledged the necessary steps to complete the process to allow for […] Read more

Manitoba in the past decade has imposed restrictions on intensive hog production in a bid to reduce the nutrient load on the Red River heading north toward Lake Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)

Livestock, Reuters

Investors press meat producers to cut water pollution

By Lisa Baertlein November 21, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Forty-five large investors collectively managing C$1.6 trillion in assets are pressing some of the nation’s largest meat producers to set policies for reducing water pollution in their feeding, slaughtering and processing operations. The investors, who are members of sustainability non-profit advocate Ceres and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), sent letters to […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Maple Leaf to shut southern Ontario turkey plant

By Country Guide Staff November 18, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Maple Leaf Foods plans to outsource all its fresh turkey processing to another company’s southern Ontario plant in 2018 after shutting its own operation. The company announced Tuesday it will close its plant at Thamesford, Ont., east of London, after phasing its production over the next 18 months into Sofina Foods’ plant at Mitchell, about […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Tighter border programs eyed for poultry, dairy imports

By Country Guide Staff November 18, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Federal programs meant to give importers tariff breaks on certain imports and products destined for re-export are up for tweaks to better cover Canada’s supply-managed poultry and dairy sectors. The federal government said Friday it plans to launch consultations with “industry stakeholders” over potential changes to its Duties Relief Program (DRP) and Import for Re-Export […] Read more

McDonald’s investor renews push to cut antibiotics in all meat

By Lisa Baertlein November 17, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — A McDonald’s Corp. shareholder is redoubling efforts to convince the fast-food chain to stop all of its global restaurants from serving the meat of animals raised with antibiotics that are vital for fighting human infections. More than 70 per cent of medically important antibiotics in the U.S. are sold for livestock use. Scientists […] Read more

Temple ruins at Palmyra in central Syria. (CIA.gov)

Cereals, Crops, Reuters

Food production in Syria reported at all-time low

By stephanie-nebehay November 15, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Geneva | Reuters — Food production has dropped to an all-time low in Syria where millions of hungry civilians are struggling through their sixth winter in a war zone, United Nations agencies said Tuesday. Many farmers have had to abandon their land, unable to afford the soaring cost of seeds, fertilizers and tractor fuel, the […] Read more

Daily Network News

Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack found, towed to shore, TASS says

Striking JBS workers to return to Colorado plant on promise of talks

Canadian finance minister talks supply chain integrity, pork tariffs with Chinese vice premier

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