We discovered this morning that the comments submitted during the consultation for the proposed amendments to the Canadian Regulations Amending the Health of Animals Regulations (Identification and Traceability) have been published.
Our review is ongoing, but highlights from our perspective are:
Delivered October 19, the "2023 Reports 5 to 9 of the Auditor General of Canada" addressed Antimicrobial Resistance, among other topics.
Report 6, Antimicrobial Resistance highlights that prior commitments in the domain have not been met and that better management of antimicrobial resistance is urgently required.
Flokk has joined Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef.
We look forward to participating in the CRSB semi-annual meeting next week, and learning from CRSB and we continue our journey supporting Canadian cow/calf producers.
I have seen, and received several referrals to, McKinsey & Company's report "Agtech: Breaking down the farmer adoption dilemma". After giving it a careful read, I wanted to share what we learned.
On a gross revenue basis, NA livestock production is 75% as large as crop production. Yet Agtech application to livestock production remains so limited that it is not even mentioned in the report.