Insights and Stories on Quebec

Quebec ag minister cruises to re-election

Oct. 4, 2022 at 2:38 am CDT

Quebec’s incumbent agriculture, food and fisheries minister will be returning to the province’s legislature as part of an even larger government caucus. Preliminary results in Monday’s provincial election put Francois Legault’s Coalition avenir Quebec (CAQ) in a solid majority government position with 90 of 125 seats, followed by Dominique Anglade’s […]

Atlantic Canada on Hurricane Fiona’s path, broad impact expected

Sep. 21, 2022 at 2:59 pm CDT

By Ismail Shakil

Quebec’s UPA hit by ransomware attack

Aug. 17, 2022 at 9:20 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Agropur cheese plant workers take deal, halt strike

Aug. 8, 2022 at 8:15 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Direct compensation for fertilizer tariffs not on table

Jul. 25, 2022 at 7:47 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

StatCan trims Canadian corn, soy acreage estimates

Jul. 6, 2022 at 1:38 am CDT

New Statistics Canada projections show the country’s grain corn and soybean growers have slightly curbed their enthusiasm for those crops compared to their intentions earlier in the year. StatCan on Tuesday released the results of its 2022 June field crop survey, conducted between May 13 and June 12, projecting Canadian […]

By Dave Bedard

File photo of a small flock of tundra swans taking off from a grain field in early spring.

Spring planting work can kick up avian flu, feather sector warns

Apr. 21, 2022 at 11:20 pm CDT

Spring planting work could soon start to bring unintended gifts left by wild birds from fields into farmyards, Ontario’s poultry and egg sectors warn, as more cases of avian flu are confirmed at poultry farms across the country. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Thursday reported three additional outbreaks of […]

By Dave Bedard

Avian flu arrives in Saskatchewan poultry

Apr. 18, 2022 at 8:22 am CDT

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in a poultry flock and a non-commercial flock in separate areas of Saskatchewan. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it confirmed high-path avian flu on Thursday in a small non-commercial flock in the RM of Moose Mountain, near Carlyle in the province’s southeast, […]

By Dave Bedard

B.C. orders poultry indoors as avian flu arrives

Apr. 14, 2022 at 8:37 pm CDT

British Columbia officials are ordering all commercial poultry operations to move their birds indoors after the arrival of avian flu in a flock in that province. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Thursday it confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza on Wednesday in a commercial poultry flock in the Regional […]

By Dave Bedard

Avian flu hits flocks in Quebec, another in Ontario

Apr. 13, 2022 at 8:24 pm CDT

Avian influenza has been confirmed at two sites in Quebec and another in Ontario, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday. CFIA said it had quarantined two premises in Quebec after confirming an H5 type of avian flu in birds on a commercial poultry farm on Tuesday in the regional […]

By Dave Bedard

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