By: Kelvin Heppner
June 21, 2018
Japanese officials are in Canada this week to follow up on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s confirmation of an isolated case of genetically...Read more »
By: RealAgriculture News Team
June 19, 2018
Saskatoon will soon be host to a UK company that develops rapid bacteria detection tests using blood and milk samples. Announced today, PBD Biotech...Read more »
By: RealAgriculture News Team
June 19, 2018
Ag-West Bio will receive $1.7 million per year over the next five years from the federal and provincial governments through the new Canadian...Read more »
By: Kelvin Heppner
June 18, 2018
Water diverted from the Assiniboine River flooding farmland on the southern end of Lake Manitoba in 2014 (source: Iris Yuill)
The federal and Manitoba governments announced joint funding of up to $540 million on Monday to build permanent outlets for mitigating flooding...Read more »
By: Dale Leftwich
June 18, 2018
Each June, SaskWheat holds its semi-annual meeting at Canada’s Farm Progress Show at Regina. It’s a chance for the board to meet with the...Read more »
By: Shaun Haney
June 15, 2018
The new Steiger CVXDrive tractors are available in 17 configurations, including Quadtrac, RowTrac and wheeled machines.
New farm equipment sales in U.S. are higher than in 2017, while Canadian agricultural machinery sales are mixed relative to last year, according to...Read more »
By: RealAgriculture News Team
June 15, 2018
Quebec-based dairy processor Saputo has quietly announced a plan to build a $240 million dairy processing facility in Port-Coquitlam, British...Read more »
By: Dale Leftwich
June 15, 2018
Errin Willenborg, research manager with SaskCanola recently took home some hardware from the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists (SIA). Willenborg...Read more »
By: Kelvin Heppner
June 15, 2018
File photo: Debra Murphy, 2014
Update, June 18: South Korea’s government has also suspended the sale of wheat and flour from Canada. Japan’s agriculture ministry has...Read more »
By: RealAgriculture News Team
June 15, 2018
Quebec-based pork and poultry processor Olymel has announced a deal to acquire all the shares in Pinty’s Delicious Foods, a poultry processing...Read more »
By: RealAgriculture News Team
June 14, 2018
Photo courtesy of Canada Beef Inc.
What’s new The Safe Food for Canadians Act was drafted in 2012 and on Wednesday, after years of industry consultation and review, the regulations...Read more »
By: Kelvin Heppner
June 14, 2018
Sergey Ashmarin [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Legislation required to implement the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership — better known as the CPTPP — was...Read more »
By: RealAgriculture News Team
June 12, 2018
(Jean-Philippe Boulet, CC BY 3.0)
Nuffield Canada has announced five recipients of its scholarships for 2019. The recipients will receive funding to travel internationally to study a...Read more »
By: RealAgriculture News Team
June 11, 2018
The Manitoba government has announced the formation of a new committee to provide input on government investments in agricultural research. Joanne...Read more »
By: RealAgriculture News Team
June 11, 2018
(Photo courtesy Zimmatic)
Digital agriculture company Farmers Edge has announced a partnership with Nebraska-based irrigation equipment manufacturer Lindsay Corporation to...Read more »