Insights and Stories on Livestock

Jul. 13, 2020 at 4:46 am CDT

By Glacier FarmMedia staff Organic meat and other livestock products from Canada can carry certified organic labels in Japan starting July 16. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on July 10 announced an expanded equivalency agreement with Japan for organic foods. Since September 2014, Canada and Japan have had the Japan-Canada […]

By OrganicBiz

Jun. 29, 2020 at 1:37 pm CDT

Kabul | Reuters — At least 23 civilians were killed in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province and dozens were wounded when rockets hit a cattle market on Monday, Afghan government and Taliban officials said. The warring sides blamed each other for the attack on the open-air weekly cattle market in Sangin […]

By Reuters

Jun. 17, 2020 at 5:07 pm CDT

Another of the Prairies’ major agricultural exhibitions has removed itself from the 2020 schedule. The 50th edition of Canadian Western Agribition, which was scheduled for Nov. 30 to Dec. 5 this year at Regina’s Evraz Place exhibition park, has been postponed to Nov. 22-27, 2021. Organizers of the not-for-profit event […]

By Dave Bedard

Jun. 1, 2020 at 3:21 am CDT

Ottawa — Federal officials hope a new pilot program will help stabilize ongoing labour issues in certain sectors of the agri-food value chain, while also providing citizenship to some foreign workers. Critics, however, contend more support is needed. “This pilot will help to ensure that farmers and processors have the […]

By D.C. Fraser

May. 14, 2020 at 7:16 pm CDT

The Saskatchewan government plans to temporarily subsidize livestock producers entering the Western Livestock Price Insurance Program (WLPIP) against its recent jump in program premium costs. The province on Thursday announced it will provide $5 million to “partially offset” WLPIP premiums, which it noted have risen “significantly” since the end of […]

By Dave Bedard