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Liberals vow to rework AgriFlex, review ag programs

Reading Time: 2 minutes The farming planks in the federal Liberals’ election platform include plans to review all federal ag programming and to reboot AgriFlexibility, but drew fire from an opponent for two absent words. The Liberals’ platform on rural issues, launched this week, makes no mention of the party’s previous commitment to protect Canada’s supply management system in […] Read more
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CFIA widens restrictions on Japanese food, feed products

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s restrictions on imports of food from Japan have been widened to include all food and feed products from more areas of the country. Effective Friday (April 1), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will block entry of any food or animal feed without acceptable documentation or test results verifying its safety, if the food […] Read more
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Following the funding, March 16-31

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Reading Time: 5 minutes AGCanada.com here delivers a quick wrapup of 15 federal and federal/provincial ag-related funding announcements across Canada during the second half of March, up until the federal election call on Saturday. March 25 Pumped-up packer, Manitoba: The federal Slaughter Improvement Program has pledged a repayable contribution of up to $2.8 million for packing plant upgrades at […] Read more
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Growing Forward “engagement sessions” cancelled

Reading Time: < 1 minute The final few in a series of public meetings to help develop the sequel to the Growing Forward ag policy funding framework have been cancelled. On the “industry and public engagement” page at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s website for Growing Forward 2 — a page last updated Tuesday — the federal government said the “in-person […] Read more
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Ont. RMP to be extended for crops, adapted for livestock

Reading Time: 3 minutes Tuesday’s Ontario budget commits the province’s ag ministry to extend its risk management program (RMP) past its pilot stage, and to broaden its coverage beyond grains and oilseeds to include cattle, hogs, sheep and veal. Lobbying efforts to make the RMP permanent, with or without federal co-funding, have been a priority in recent weeks for […] Read more
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CFIA to tighten net on Japanese produce

Reading Time: 2 minutes Any produce and dairy goods imported to Canada from parts of Japan at risk in that country’s current nuclear power plant crisis will face added restrictions on the way in. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Wednesday announced “enhanced import controls” on milk products, fruits and vegetables from the northeastern Japanese prefectures of Fukushima, Gunma, […] Read more
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Federal ag R+D funding booked in lame-duck budget

Reading Time: 4 minutes Farmer groups are largely positive on proposed spending for agricultural research and innovation in a federal budget that’s expected to die and send Canada into a spring election. Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s budget, released Tuesday in the House of Commons, calls for $25 million in additional spending in each of the next two fiscal […] Read more
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Northern nutrition subsidy to cover “country foods”

Reading Time: < 1 minute The “country foods” harvested and processed in Canada’s North will be eligible for the retail subsidies other foods will get from the federal Nutrition North Canada program. Country foods are those obtained through local hunting, fishing or harvesting activities, such as caribou, seal, ptarmigan, arctic char, shellfish or berries. “Having spent time living in the […] Read more
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Full enforcement looming for federal organic rules

Reading Time: < 1 minute A two-year grace period for organic food producers to get ready for new federal regulations has only 15 more weeks to go, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency warns. The federal Organic Products Regulations which took effect at the end of June 2009 have since been managed by CFIA through its “Stream of Commerce and Enforcement […] Read more
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CFIA to go public with companies’ safety violations

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, as of March 16, is going online with the outcomes of its enforcement work on food safety. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Wednesday announced the CFIA will issue reports on such activities, including information such as: food imports that have been refused entry into Canada; federally registered food establishments […] Read more

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