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Jan. 15, 2025 at 10:49 am CST

Saskatchewan deputy agriculture minister Bill Greuel said the Canadian agriculture research sector has a productivity problem during an agriculture research panel discussion held Tuesday in Saskatoon as part of Crop Production Week 2025.

By Delaney Seiferling

Jan. 15, 2025 at 9:59 am CST

The world's largest meatpacker, JBS, became in 2021 the first of its peers to commit to cutting or offsetting all its emissions by 2040, and to ending illegal deforestation across its long supply chain that starts in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.

By Luciana Magalhaes, Reuters, Simon Jessop, Stefanie Eschenbacher

Jan. 15, 2025 at 8:53 am CST

Canada on Tuesday approved with conditions U.S. grains merchant Bunge's $34 billion (C$48.7 billion) merger with Glencore-backed Viterra, clearing one of the final remaining obstacles for a global agriculture tie-up that is unprecedented in dollar value.

By Ismail Shakil, Reuters

Jan. 14, 2025 at 10:13 am CST

German authorities said on Tuesday they had found no new cases of the livestock illness foot-and-mouth disease following intensive testing around the area where the first case was confirmed last week. Britain has banned imports of German pork and other products.

By Reuters

Jan. 14, 2025 at 10:04 am CST

Research work at Quebec's Laval University's Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, carried out in partnership with 14 vegetable farms, offers hope for ensuring the sustainability of their soils.

By The Conversation via Reuters Connect