Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada continues to rely heavily in imported fruits and vegetables, especially during its long winters but different types of controlled environment agriculture like greenhouses are expanding and changing the balance says Farm Credit Canada.
Expanding greenhouse sector means more home-grown veggies
Plenty of room to expand in controlled environment agriculture, but investment needed says FCC
U.S. livestock: Cattle continue slump, hogs rise
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures slid for the second consecutive day on Wednesday while hog futures continued to climb.
Farmers’ realized net income fell $3.3 billion in 2024: StatCan
Livestock receipts rose across all sectors except poultry; crop receipts fell
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian farmers' realized net income declined by nearly 26 per cent in 2024 according to preliminary data from Statistics Canada. This was largely driven by declines in crop receipts as prices fell.
U.S. livestock: Cattle fall on unconfirmed screwworm report
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures fell on Tuesday as an unconfirmed report of a case of New World screwworm led to a sell-off.
Judge approves $500 million settlement in bread price fixing class action
Reading Time: < 1 minute An Ontario superior court judge has approved a $500 million settlement in a class action suit related to a bread price fixing scheme.
Buyer steps up for shuttered Winnipeg plant protein processor
Receiver for Merit Functional Foods plant has requested court approval for the sale
Reading Time: < 1 minute The receiver for the Merit Functional Foods plant protein processing site in Winnipeg has applied for court approval to sell to a Manitoba numbered company.
U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed as report shows inventory down
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures were mixed on the eve of the Memorial Day weekend as this month's cattle on feed report showed a decline in inventory. Hogs fell.
Human diabetes drug can keep hens laying eggs
Metformin improves broiler breeder chickens’ metabolic health as they age say Penn State researchers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Human diabetes drug metformin, which is also used to treat hormonal disorder PCOS in women, can improve the metabolic health of broiler breeder chickens and allow them to lay fertile eggs later in life.
U.S. livestock: Chicago hogs, cattle mixed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle and lean hog futures ended mixed on Wednesday even as consumer demand remained strong ahead of Memorial Day.
Bartlett to buy Ceres Global Ag Corp
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Kansas City-based grain buyer Bartlett has agreed to buy Ceres Global Ag Corp.
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