Tag Archives: Agriculture

CALGARY - Canada's agriculture sector is warning of higher prices and potential food shortages if it isn't designated an essential service and allowed to do business as usual during the COVI...

OTTAWA - Farm Credit Canada is getting support from the federal government that will boost its lending capacity by $5 billion to help farmers and food processors cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. The f...

A report by the Humane Society International/Canada says better fire protection is needed in barns to stop the cruel deaths of tens of thousands of farm animals each year. Here's a list of which ...

Better fire protection is needed in barns to stop the cruel deaths of tens of thousands of farm animals each year, says a report from the Humane Society International/Canada. "We're just not...

OTTAWA - The Conservative opposition says the government must compensate dairy farmers within 90 days of the new North American trade deal becoming law, saying the sector is the biggest loser in the r...

KERI, Senegal - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting a farm in Senegal's "California" today, seeing first-hand the benefits of some Canadian aid funding. The Niayes region is feeling the effects ...

Climate change could open a whole different area in Canada to farming, says newly published research. But Evan Fraser of the University of Guelph, a co-author of the international study, warns that si...

Climate change could open a whole different area in Canada to farming, says newly published research. But Evan Fraser of the University of Guelph, a co-author of the international study, warns that si...

OTTAWA - Research measuring the effort of climate change on bees suggests they are only half as likely to be found in areas where they were once common. "Things are just getting way too hot for t...

Saskatchewan's agriculture minister leaves Thursday on a trade mission to the Middle East and Asia. David Marit will make stops in the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh and India, meeting with governme...