A new online training platform for swine barn workers is allowing farms to manage, coordinate and track their training programs.
Mark Fynn is the Training Resources Coordinator with the Canadian Pork Council.
He will discuss the progress for the new program that was officially launched in March 2025.
Challenges in the trade and economic environment, largely due to tariffs from the U.S. and China, have affected Canada's Food and Beverage sector.
Farm Credit Canada released its mid-year update on the food and beverage industry and say while the first half of the year had a sales increase of 0.8 per cent, it’s not expected to hold, and FCC projects sales will decline to 0.3 per cent in the second half.
Most of the growth has been from price increases, but Senior Economist Amanda Norris says declining volumes of goods sold is causing slower-than-expected growth.
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