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Food companies launch partnership to cut dairy industry’s CO2 emissions

Sep. 19, 2024 at 9:19 am CDT

Food companies Ajinomoto and Danone unveiled on Thursday a partnership to reduce the dairy industry's greenhouse gas emissions using a feed additive called AjiPro®-L, which is purported to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from manure.

Green group sues Tyson Foods for allegedly false climate claims

Sep. 18, 2024 at 11:36 am CDT

By Leah Douglas Reuters

Manitoba harvest passes halfway mark: report

Sep. 18, 2024 at 9:48 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

BASF to prepare agricultural business for IPO, reports Bloomberg

Sep. 18, 2024 at 9:14 am CDT

By Reuters

Provincial associations commit funds to new facility

Sep. 17, 2024 at 4:03 pm CDT

By Karen Briere

Researchers call for rapid adaptation to global trade environment

Sep. 17, 2024 at 2:27 pm CDT

Canada must prepare for a future featuring a less friendly trade environment, says a new policy note authored by two leading policy analysts. Al Mussell and Ted Bilyea, researchers at Agri-Food Economic Systems Research, said the recent action by China on Canadian canola illustrates their point.

By Karen Briere

Beef cow, replacement heifer numbers suggest producers aren’t ready to grow herds: FCC

Sep. 17, 2024 at 11:34 am CDT

Beef cattle prices have trended above the five-year average, but low numbers of replacement heifers and beef cows suggests producers aren't ready to grow cattle herds.

By Geralyn Wichers

Hunters urged to take biosecurity measures against bird flu

Sep. 16, 2024 at 3:17 pm CDT

Farmers who plan to hunt geese and ducks this fall should take biosecurity measures to ensure they don't transmit high path avian influenza (bird flu) to their flocks and herds.

By Geralyn Wichers

Bayer, others defeat US farmers’ chemical price-fixing lawsuit

Sep. 16, 2024 at 12:53 pm CDT

A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing agriculture giants Bayer, Corteva, Syngenta and others of conspiring with wholesalers and retail outlets to fix prices for seeds and crop protection chemicals, causing farmers to pay higher prices

By Mike Scarcella Reuters

Federal government pledges AgriRecovery funds for New Brunswick potato growers

Sep. 13, 2024 at 2:32 pm CDT

New Brunswick potato growers have been promised up to $25 million in AgriRecovery funds after excessive moisture in 2023 caused "extraordinary" costs.

By Geralyn Wichers