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Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Francois-Philippe Champagne the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry met with their provincial and territorial counterparts on Monday.

The focus of the meeting was to talk about stabilizing food prices across the country.

The pair stressed the need for greater cooperation between Ottawa and the provinces to fight food inflation. 

India is temporarily lifting its import tariffs and restrictions on peas.

President of Pulse Canada Greg Cherewyk says they received word Thursday night that India was temporarily opening the market for peas.

'Working on the Farm with Hands-on Science' is the theme for next week's new Beef and Forage Production Conference.

Manitoba Agriculture's Beef and Forage Specialist Pam Iwanchysko says the extension team is coordinating the conference wanted to make sure that producers are aware of the research that's going on throughout Western Canada and how it relates to all beef and forge operations. 

Everything kicks off on Tuesday with a keynote presentation from Dr Susan Markus at Lakeland College talking about Smart Beef Cows on Smart Farms.

Canada’s Food Price Report 2024 is forecasting another increase but it's not expected to be as bad as in other years.

According to the report the average family of four is expected to spend $16,297.20 on food in 2024, an increase of up to $701.79 from last year. 

The report is a collaboration between researchers at Dalhousie University, the University of Guelph, the University of Saskatchewan, and the University of British Columbia. 

Dr Sylvain Charlebois is the project lead, a professor, and Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. 

The Conservative Shadow Minister for Agriculture,  AgriFood and Food Security says disappointing is an understatement when it comes to this week's vote on Bill C - 234 in the Senate.

John Barlow says the Liberal loyalists in the Senate are trying to gut and kill this bill.

It's hard to believe we are already into December with the lack of snow and warmer temperatures. 

While we've had some snow and rain more moisture is needed across the prairies.

Trevor Hadwen an Agroclimate Specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) says we are certainly drier than we would like to be.

In the 1980s, wild boars were introduced in Alberta as a new livestock option to help diversify agriculture.

This was to help grow pig sizes as well as increasing the sounder size.

In the 1980s, wild boars were introduced in Alberta as a new livestock option to help diversify agriculture.

This was to help grow pig sizes as well as increasing the sounder size.

In the 1980s, wild boars were introduced in Alberta as a new livestock option to help diversify agriculture.

This was to help grow pig sizes as well as increasing the sounder size.

The Agriculture Carbon Alliance (ACA) is profoundly disappointed in the Senate’s recent adoption of a previously rejected amendment to Bill C-234.

They note that after weeks of procedural delays, marked by the re-introduction of amendments that were already debated and defeated and repeated adjournments, Senators voted 40-39 in favour of an amendment previously rejected by both the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food as well as the whole Senate at report stage.