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USDA plans sterile fly facility in Texas to combat screwworm

Jun. 18, 2025 at 3:54 pm CDT

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced plans on Wednesday to open a sterile fly dispersal facility in Hidalgo County, Texas, as part of the country's effort to fight the encroachment of New World screwworm.

Black Angus breed cattle in a feedlot or feed yard. Ear tags and electronic monitoring tags have been touched up to removed distinguishing numbers and features

Government funding boosts beef cattle genetics research at University of Saskatchewan

Jun. 18, 2025 at 2:30 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Carney, Modi hold talks to reset India and Canada ties after tense two years

Jun. 18, 2025 at 9:49 am CDT

By David Ljunggren Reuters Shilpa Jamkhandikar

Alberta MP resigns, Poilievre will seek seat

Jun. 17, 2025 at 5:20 pm CDT

By Karen Briere

An agent passes meat being prepared during a raid by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Glenn Valley Foods meat production plant in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. June 10, 2025 in a still image from video.

ICE walks back limits on raids targeting farms, restaurants and hotels

Jun. 17, 2025 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Leah Douglas Reuters Ted Hesson

Bovine tuberculosis found in Manitoba

Jun. 17, 2025 at 11:45 am CDT

A dairy farm in south-central Manitoba has been declared infected with bovine tuberculosis after samples from a cow tested positive for the bacterial disease. It's the province's first bovine TB case in years.

By Alexis Stockford

Vivian Argüelles, technical co-operation specialist with IICA and Ryan Beierbach, vice president of the Canadian Cattle Association, participate in a panel discussion at the 2025 Americas Agriculture and Food Security Forum at Olds College on June 17, 2025.

Canadian agricultural leaders attend global food security forum in shadow of G7 summit

Jun. 17, 2025 at 11:21 am CDT

The forum hosted by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) was designed to ensure agriculture and food stays on world leaders' radar.

By Laura Rance-Unger

A man walks in an empty Ein al-Fejeh spring basin, in Damascus countryside, Syria, May 12, 2025.

Barren fields, dry wells: after war, drought ravages Syrian farms

Jun. 17, 2025 at 10:31 am CDT

Syrian farmers hoped for some reprieve after Islamist rebels ended Assad' 24 years of autocratic rule in December, but a devastating drought and continued water theft mean their crops are still dying, their pears and plums withering on the branch.

By Nazih Osseiran Reuters

U.S. and U.K. announce a trade deal, but steel imports unresolved

Jun. 17, 2025 at 10:27 am CDT

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an agreement on Monday formally lowering some tariffs on imports from Britain as the countries continue working toward a formal trade deal.

By Andrea Shalal Jarrett Renshaw Reuters

Six agriculture leaders named Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame

Jun. 16, 2025 at 5:47 pm CDT

The six 2025 Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame inductees range from long-serving farm policy makers to researchers, agriculture advocates and food business leaders.

By Miranda Leybourne

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