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Barlow to return as shadow agriculture minister

May. 22, 2025 at 2:05 pm CDT

Foothills MP John Barlow will return to the role of shadow minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food. Lévis—Lotbinière MP Jacques Gourde will take over as associate shadow minister.

Spring seeding entering final stretch in Saskatchewan

May. 22, 2025 at 1:56 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

A close-up of someone vaccinating a cow.

Kiwi startup promises methane vaccine for cattle

May. 22, 2025 at 11:59 am CDT

By Jeff Melchior

EU lawmakers back huge tariffs for Russia, Belarus fertilizer

May. 22, 2025 at 10:32 am CDT

By philip-blenkinsop Reuters

Pigs can’t fly: U.S. high-end livestock breeders lose millions in China tariff fallout

May. 22, 2025 at 10:28 am CDT

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

IGC raises 2025/26 world corn crop forecast

May. 22, 2025 at 9:45 am CDT

The International Grains Council (IGC) on Thursday raised its forecast for 2025/26 global corn production, driven partly by a slight upward revision in the outlook for Brazil's crop.

By Reuters

A man cleans a tractor at a sanitary barrier, after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top buyer China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers, in Montenegro, Brazil

Brazil hopes to be officially free of bird flu in 28 days

May. 22, 2025 at 9:42 am CDT

Brazil began a 28-day bird flu observation period on Thursday which it hopes will show the country's chicken farms are free of the disease after local authorities said a farm where its first outbreak was detected had been fully disinfected.

By Ana Mano Reuters roberto-samora

AAFC ups canola exports, but leaves ending stocks unchanged

May. 21, 2025 at 3:53 pm CDT

Canadian canola exports in 2024/25 will be at least a million tonnes above earlier projections, but ending stocks remain to be seen as Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada had to make some creative calculations in their latest supply/demand report.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Human diabetes drug can keep hens laying eggs

May. 21, 2025 at 2:03 pm CDT

Human diabetes drug metformin, which is also used to treat hormonal disorder PCOS in women, can improve the metabolic health of broiler breeder chickens and allow them to lay fertile eggs later in life.

By Geralyn Wichers

World hunger levels rise for sixth consecutive year: report

May. 21, 2025 at 11:43 am CDT

Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for a sixth consecutive year in 2024, affecting more than 295 million people across 53 countries and territories, according to a U.N. report released on Friday.

By Reuters