Insights and Stories on Livestock

Feds fund Ont. dairy food development

Mar. 19, 2008 at 4:04 pm CDT

The federal government has pledged $925,000 in development funding for new, novel dairy products such as cheeses and cheese alternatives with functional food characteristics. “This project will not only lead to a more competitive dairy industry, but provide Canadian consumers with a greater variety of healthier foods, such as different […]

Olymel, Westco to merge Maritime poultry ops

Mar. 19, 2008 at 3:30 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Maple Leaf double-shifts Brandon plant

Mar. 18, 2008 at 6:07 pm CDT

By FBC staff

P.E.I.’s NOFG to close March 28: CBC

Mar. 18, 2008 at 5:02 pm CDT

By FBC staff

CFIA eyes feed rules for biofuel grains

Mar. 18, 2008 at 11:55 am CDT

By FBC staff

Levinoff-Colbex needs more producer cash: report

Mar. 18, 2008 at 12:55 am CDT

Farmer-owned Quebec beef packer Levinoff-Colbex needs more funds from the province’s dairy and beef producers if it’s to survive, according to the province’s cattle producer group. In a member newsletter released Friday, the Federation des producteurs de bovins du Quebec (FPBQ) said the beef plant ended 2007 with a loss […]

By FBC staff

Quebec pledges $15M for food innovation

Mar. 17, 2008 at 6:00 pm CDT

The Quebec government will put up $15 million over five years for a competitiveness and innovation program for the province’s agri-food sector. The funding, announced Saturday by Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard at the annual meeting of the province’s food processors’ council (CTAC), is meant to support processors’ research and development […]

By FBC staff

Que. ag minister orders pork industry meeting

Mar. 14, 2008 at 5:50 pm CDT

Quebec Agriculture Minister Laurent Lessard has called a meeting for next week with representatives of the province’s pork processors and hog producers to find out their next move, after talks toward a revival for the battered sector went bust. Lessard, in a news release Friday, said he was strongly disappointed […]

By FBC staff

Agropur buys Lamothe dairy

Mar. 14, 2008 at 4:46 pm CDT

Dairy co-op Agropur plans to make inroads in the Centre-du-Quebec and organic milk markets by buying Laitierie Lamothe, a Drummondville, Que. dairy. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed in the company’s announcement Friday, other than that the Lamothe operations will join the Agropur division Natrel, billed as “a Canadian leader […]

By FBC staff

Sask. hog farmers get new AgriStability TAP

Mar. 14, 2008 at 12:25 am CDT

Hog farmers in Saskatchewan will be offered early access to their expected 2008 AgriStability payout under a Targeted Advance Payment (TAP) program announced Thursday. Eligible producers will be contacted “soon” with information on the amounts of their advances and how to receive those payments, the federal agriculture department said in […]

By FBC staff