Reading Time: 2 minutes A Senate committee amendment to supply management protection bill Bill C-282 means it will be vulnerable to an opposition filibuster if it makes it back to the House of Commons.
Senate amendment to Bill C-282 could render it useless
Pork representatives meet with parliamentarians
Reading Time: < 1 minute Representatives from the Canadian Meat Council and the Canadian Pork Council met with parliamentarians as well as government and industry officials in Ottawa earlier this week.
Canada’s immigration cuts could hurt labor pool, industry groups say
Reading Time: 2 minutes Immigration cuts, meant to ease strained housing and social services, could hurt the country's labor pool, some industry groups said yesterday.
Federal government pledges more than $13 million to animal health, disease readiness
Reading Time: < 1 minute National animal health and disease preparedness has received an influx of more than $13 million in federal cash. The money will be split between AHC's three divisions: Emergency Management, the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) and the Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System.
Corteva showcases new BMR silage varieties at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minute Corteva Agrisciences is showcasing its new Boltava brand of brown mid-rib silage corn hybrids at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show near Woodstock.
Agriculture dodges temporary foreign worker clamp down
Reading Time: 2 minutes Recent rule changes restricting access to temporary foreign workeers will not impact agriculture or food processing, federal employment minister says.
Former federal ag minister Chuck Strahl dies at 67
Reading Time: 2 minutes A memorial service is planned for Aug. 23 in Chilliwack, B.C. for Chuck Strahl, the logger turned politician who served about a year and a half as federal agriculture minister in Stephen Harper's government, helping carry several of its policy plans through to completion.
Changes to Canadian Entrepreneurs’ Incentive won’t offset capital gains losses says Grain Growers of Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutes Grain Growers of Canada says proposed changes to the Canadian Entrepreneurs’ Incentive will help some grain farmers but won’t offset losses due to changes to the capital gains inclusion rate.
Government funds soybean climate-change resistance research
Reading Time: 2 minutes Performance Plants Inc. (PPI) is getting a multi-year federal funding boost through the AgriScience Program – Projects Component. Over four years, the agricultural biotechnology developer will receive $2,325,361 to develop a high-yielding, climate change-resistant soybean and enable field testing.
Federal government pledges $8.6 million to Dairy Farmers of Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) will receive up to $5 million over five years to “advance sustainability and public trust, leveraging the proAction quality assurance program,” a federal news release said, and up to $3.57 million over five years to strengthen its DairyTrace cattle traceability system.
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