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Jul. 19, 2024 at 4:41 pm CDT

All major retailers have agreed to join the Grocery Sector Code of Conduct, according to a statement by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada.

By Kristy Nudds

Jul. 19, 2024 at 3:40 pm CDT

A troublesome policy and regulatory environment, extreme weather, and trade barriers are the issues keeping Canadian agriculture professionals awake at night. That’s according to a joint report from the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) and the University of Saskatchewan’s Global Institute for Food Security on risk in Canada’s agrifood system.

By Matt McIntosh

Jul. 19, 2024 at 10:40 am CDT

ATP Nutrition, which made headlines last year with their Nutriscan portable soil lab, has upgraded the system to scan nutrients in the leaf tissue of plants.

By Don Norman

Jul. 19, 2024 at 9:03 am CDT

The full attendance tally is still to come, but O’Connor estimated that this year’s event drew 30,000-32,000, with many people needing more than one day to make their way through the grounds to take in the new machinery, innovations, crop research and all things ag-related in-between.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jul. 18, 2024 at 5:03 pm CDT

The spread of bird flu among poultry and dairy farms has heightened some health experts' concerns that the process of killing and disposing of poultry infected with the virus may pose a risk to humans and livestock.

By Leah Douglas, Reuters