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NEWS 
 

Growing bottom lines with social impact

Inclusive business approaches directly improve the lives of the poor by making them part of the value chain of a companies' core business.


Back to Ag – A success story!

The Back to Ag Program is a funding project to support the cost of adaptive technology for farmers that have experienced a traumatic injury.


Dr. Grant Maxie receives 2016 Carl Block Award

The CAHC has named Dr. Grant Maxie of Puslinch, Ont. as this year’s recipient of the Carl Block Award.
 
Featured News 
 
Logging

Logging disease outbreaks

A Guelph-based company has developed an electronic logbook system that can help the livestock industry quickly and easily track movement on and off farms – information that is absolutely critical for preventing or minimizing costly disease outbreaks.

Currently, a paper-based visitor register is the global standard for keeping track of who entered or left a farm property at what time and where they’d been previously.

But, a manual system is slow and leaves room for error - neither of which is helpful during a disease emergency, especially in the early days when spread can still be prevented or contained. » Read more...
 
Events 
 

Prairie Livestock Expo

Dec. 14, 2016
Location: Winnipeg » >> Learn More

Western Poultry Conference

Feb. 27, 2017
Location: Red Deer, Alta. » >> Learn More

London Poultry Show

April 5-6, 2017
Location: London, Ont. » >> Learn More