Trichinosis case first in 30 years Thursday, October 10, 2013 A single case of trichinosis in a child who ate meat from a pig raised on his parents' Bruce County farm has highlighted just how rare this disease is.The Owen Sound Sun Times reports that the child contracted the disease in January on a non-commercial Mennonite farm where the pig was raised and slaughtered. No meat was sold into the food chain and the incident was mentioned in passing at the monthly public health board meeting. The child recovered without treatment.The newspaper quoted public health officer Hazel Lynn as reporting that the pig was free of trichinosis when it was purchased and likely contracted the disease from rats eating the food, which included table scraps. According to the article, trichinosis last broke out in pigs in Ontario in 1977, and the last human case from domestic pork in Canada was in 1980. The same story said that some people got sick after eating smoked wild boar meat in 1993.The article says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency tests about 18,000 market hogs annually and every three to five years another 16,000 sows are tested as part of a surveillance program. BP Japanese increase protein consumption with chicken Car maker jumps on the bacon bandwagon
CANTERRA SEEDS acquires trusted seed brand Friday, May 2, 2025 CANTERRA SEEDS has announced the acquisition of Alliance Seed, a respected pedigreed seed company previously owned by Paterson Grain, which has over 115 years of history in Canadian agriculture. This strategic step strengthens CANTERRA SEEDS’s presence in the seed market and helps bring more... Read this article online
P&H Acquires Key Quebec Grain Terminal Friday, May 2, 2025 Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited (P&H) is working to strengthen Canada's grain transportation system by acquiring a deep-water marine export terminal in Quebec City. The facility was previously operated by Société en Commandite Terminal Grains and managed by Sollio Agriculture since... Read this article online
Alberta MP-elect steps aside for Poilievre to run in by-election Friday, May 2, 2025 A recently re-elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Alberta is resigning his seat in a show of support for party leader Pierre Poilievre. Damien Kurek, who has represented the riding of Battle River-Crowfoot since 2019 and won with almost 82 per cent of the vote on April 28,... Read this article online
Looking for the Perfect Mother’s Day Gift for Women who work in Agriculture? Friday, May 2, 2025 Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and what better way to show appreciation for the incredible women in agriculture than by supporting products and services created by women in agriculture? Whether she’s managing livestock, growing crops, running a farm-based business—or all of... Read this article online
5,000 bushels of grain stolen from Sask. farm Thursday, May 1, 2025 Saskatchewan RCMP is reminding producers to protect their farms after thieves made off with grain. An April 30 release from the Coronach detachment states thieves stole about 5,000 bushels of grain from storage bins on a farm near Ogema, Sask. That’s approximately the capacity of the... Read this article online