More than 740,000 Canadian livestock died in barn fires from 2015-19; there were 65 fatal fires a year on average
The terrified bellowing of burning cattle. The devil’s high-pitched scream of panicky pigs on fire. The frantic neighing of burning horses. These are sounds of animals trapped inside a burning barn. The sounds never go away for those firefighters and farmers who have heard the haunting howls of livestock dying in a burning barn. For […] Read more
Eating trends undergo major shift
COVID-19 has transformed the way people eat food and that is having wide-ranging impacts on what farm products are hot sellers and what are flops, says a food industry analyst. Canadian consumers used to spend about one-third of their food budget on meals prepared outside their homes. In the United States, it was closer to […] Read more
Grandfather-inspired chicken project thrives
Two Saskatchewan youngsters turn Andi & Alex’s Farm Fresh Eggs into a booming business, gathering up to 10 dozen eggs a day
CREELMAN, Sask.— It all started with a chicken coop built by Grandpa. Last spring, Andi and Alex Ray’s grandfather, John Ray, decided his grandkids would benefit from having a chicken project in their shared farmyard. The grandkids embraced the idea, starting with one brand-new coop and 60 laying hens. One year later, nine-year-old Andi and […] Read moreBacklog crisis deepens
Hog plant shutdowns are crippling the hog market and pork industry, even as consumer demand surges. “It’s havoc,” said Tyler Fulton, the director of risk management for Hams Marketing. “It’s a just-in-time (system). It’s a pipeline. It can’t stop.” For Rick Bergmann, president of the Canadian Pork Council, sorting through the complications of multiple slaughter […] Read more
COVID-19 plagues packers
CHICAGO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) — At a Wayne Farms chicken processing plant in Alabama, workers recently had to pay the company 10 cents a day to buy masks to protect themselves from the new COVID-19 virus, according to a meat inspector. In Colorado, nearly a third of the workers at a JBS USA beef plant stayed […] Read more
