Reading Time: < 1 minute Lentil growers in Canada have a new option for controlling three major disease threats to the crop.
New Syngenta fungicide targets anthracnose, white mould, Ascochyta blight
CFIA looks for feedback on proposed seed potato rule changes
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is looking for public and industry input on proposed amendments to regulations around seed potatoes.
CFIA adds controls for imports of Spanish feed ingredients after African swine fever outbreak
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has added Spain to a list of countries subject to feed import controls due to an outbreak of African swine fever in that country.
CFIA updates plant protection regulations
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says updated plant protection regulations will allow it to be more agile.
Canadian beekeepers warn of advancing tropilaelaps mite
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Beekeeping Federation called a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday to highlight the rise of the tropilaelaps mite (colloquially referred to as the “t-mite”).
African swine fever risk tightens feed ingredient trade rules with Taiwan
Reading Time: < 1 minute Plant-based ingredients bound for Canadian livestock feed will have stricter trade rules if the shipments come from Taiwan, following Canadian Food Inspection Agency changes
Organic groups release public-private action plan for sector growth
Reading Time: 2 minutes A coalition of Canadian organic groups are asking the federal government to adopt their public-private plan for sector growth and competativeness.
Cattle group asks Canada to break off U.K. trade agreement
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian Cattle Association cites little effort to fix ‘non-tariff barriers,’ which they say have already been a problem for getting Canadian beef market access to the U.K.
Confusion cleared on Canadian calf import changes
Reading Time: 3 minutes A Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announcement on import regulations for feeder calves caused some confusion on the administrative side of Canada’s cattle industry earlier this month
Mail strike disrupts grain sample delivery
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Grain Commission has asked farmers to consider delivering harvest samples directly to CGC offices, services centres or approved drop offs as Canada Post strike delays mail.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
