Red Tractor needs a visit to the shop Monday, December 3, 2012 Retailer Sainsbury's dealt a blow to Red Tractor farm logo promoters in Britain when it announced it would remove the logo from beef, pork and lamb sold in its stores. The retailer said that too many logos were confusing for consumers and the ante was about to get upped when new, and mandatory, European Union labelling standards come into place soon.Red Tractor claims that 79,000 farmers use its logo to promote not only a certain standard of production but that the labelled food products came from Britain.Red Tractor pork took a beating on another side recently when the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled it could no longer claim a high welfare standard. The Authority was responding to complaints from Compassion in World Farming and 206 members of the public (the Authority decision admitted that most of those complaints came from members of the aforementioned organization) who complained that the statement "Red Tractor pork is high welfare pork" was misleading and unsubstantiated. According to the ASA ruling, the Authority accepted that, while British standards were high compared to some European countries, some aspects of pig farming in Britain, such as farrowing crates, tail docking and tooth clipping were still contentious issues.Farrowing crates now? Hmm. BP U.S. pork industry keeps a beady eye on Canadian support programs What consumers like and don't like
Prairie ag organizations join Global Agriculture Technology Exchange Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Three ag organizations from western Canada have announced their involvement to help position Canada as a world leader in cereal grains. Alberta Grains, the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission and the Manitoba Crop Alliance are contributing more than $13 million towards the Global... Read this article online
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BASF introduces Surtain herbicide for field corn growers Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Field corn growers in eastern Canada have a new crop protection product available to them. After about 10 years of research and trials, BASF has introduced Surtain, a residual herbicide for corn that combines PPO inhibitor saflufenacil (Group 14) and pyroxasulfone (Group 15) in a premix... Read this article online
Canada rail union launches court challenges to back-to-work order Monday, September 16, 2024 The union representing workers at Canada's two main rail companies said on Friday it had filed court challenges against rulings by the country's industrial labor board that forced them back to work,Reuters reported. On Saturday, the board accepted a request from the government to order... Read this article online