The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program has further expanded its coverage of salmon facilities with the certification of five Marine Harvest Canada salmon farm sites.
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz sat down with farmers from the Kitchener - Conestoga area today to get their input on agriculture policies and to let them know about the many ways that the Harper Government is creating economic growth and prosperity.
Food choices could be significantly reduced as a result of climate change with novel foods and lab-grown meats becoming the norm, scientists have warned.
Under the second white revolution programme of the National Dairy Plan, the milk processing capacity in the country will go up to 54 million tonnes from the present - 36 million tonnes.
India has launched a program to achieve more than 19 million tonne pulse in the Kharif season – the rainy season in the country which starts in May and ends in January.
Global trader Louis Dreyfus Commodities (LDC) has agreed to buy Dutch trading firm Ecoval Holdings BV in an effort to tap into emerging market demand for dairy products and ingredients.
US and Canadian meat processors have called on ministers to abide by a ruling from the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body that the US is violating its international trade obligations by enforcing mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) on
B.C. raspberry producers will increase their competitiveness by developing new products with the support of the Governments of Canada and British Columbia.
Observers of the currently pegging peanut crop said they were optimistic 2012 will be a recovery year after two disappointing years hurt mostly by persistent drought, although the growing season still had a long ways to go.
The loss of trade privileges for frozen shrimp exported from Thailand to the European Union (EU) will impact farmers and employees of packing houses, perhaps as many as 2 million people across the country, reported The Nation on July 2.
A national emergency plan has been launched by Mexican authorities to contain a bird flu outbreak, which the agriculture ministry claims has already affected nearly 1.7 million birds, according to Zeenews.com.
Although the US pork industry has captured more than 90 percent of the imported pork market in Mexico, accounting for nearly one-third of total pork consumption, per capita pork consumption in Mexico is only 24 lbs. per year vs. approximately 46 lbs. in t
Eckrich, a John Morrell Food Group business that is a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, is celebrating the processor’s first of three primary race sponsorships of Aric Almirola and the No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford, and their partnership with Operat
US beef prices continue to increase as summer barbecue season is underway. During the past year, beef’s average retail price has increased 5.4 percent, including 0.6 percent in the past month, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Consumer Price
