Press Release Department: Federal - Agriculture and Agri-Food

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) and International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) announced that the European Union (EU) has voted in favor of expanding the current scope of the Canada-EU Organic Equivalency Arrangement. Canadian certified organic processed products that include imported ingredients will now also be covered by the arrangement and will no longer … Read more

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) announced $2,588,000 in funding to help support the Canadian Beef Breeds Council’s international and domestic market development activities for Canadian beef cattle genetics. The full release is available online. Call 613-773-7972.

Dr. Vern Burrows, an emeritus scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Ottawa Research and Development Centre, was presented with The International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Award of the People’s Republic of China during a luncheon on February 25, 2016. The award is granted to foreign scientists, engineers, managers, or organizations that have made important … Read more

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) announced a $1 million investment by the Government of Canada to increase adoption of genomic technologies in Canada’s cattle sector. The investment will enable the Canadian Beef Breeds Council to demonstrate to producers the use and value of improving beef herds through genotyping. The full release is available online. … Read more

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) concluded meetings in Ottawa with José Calzada, Secretary of Agriculture for Mexico, where they discussed the two countries’ long standing partnership in agricultural trade and areas of opportunity. They expressed their commitment to work together to increase the competitiveness of their agricultural sectors and resolve bilateral issues. Recent collaborative work … Read more

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released the 2016 Canadian Agricultural Outlook. The report provides a forecast of farm income in the agricultural sector for the previous and current calendar years (2015 and 2016), and looks ahead 10 years to longer term trends that could impact the agriculture sector. Farm incomes are forecasted to reach record levels … Read more

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) announced an investment of up to $255,487 in order to help the goat industry prepare for mandatory national identification and traceability requirements. This investment, under the Growing Forward 2 AgriMarketing Program (Assurance Systems stream), will help the Canadian National Goat Federation implement a plan for a mandatory identification and … Read more

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) announced up to $709,138 in federal funding fo a project with the University of Prince Edward Island’s Atlantic Veterinary College to create diagnostic tests that will make it easier to safeguard the health of Canada’s bovine and swine herds. The full release is available online. Call 613-773-7972.

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) announced over $980,000 in federal funding for research to help drive innovation and profitability in the canola industry. The investment through the Canola Council of Canada will support the canola industry’s new strategic plan entitled “Keep it coming: 52 by 2025” designed to help improve canola yields to meet … Read more

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay (Cardigan, PEI) and Dr. Keith Degenhardt, vice-chair of the farmer-funded Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF), announced their renewed commitment to wheat and barley variety development in Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and the WGRF have signed a new five-year research support agreement for AAFC wheat and barley breeding. Under this renewed partnership … Read more