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Canadians remain confident in ag sector meeting demand, survey says

The majority of Canadians are confident that the country’s agriculture sector will be able to keep up with demand.

That’s according to Climate FieldView and Angus Reid Forum which released the “Perceptions of Canadian Agriculture Survey” on Monday.

It suggests four-in-five Canadians are confident in the sector with around 84 per cent of people in Saskatchewan falling into this category.

“I have total confidence,” Kerry Peterson, a Shellbrook area farmer, said.

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Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) causes severe disease in pigs, leading to significant economic losses for pork producers across the globe. It’s estimated that PRRS costs the Canadian pork industry $130M annually. Using the CMCF beamline, researchers from the University of Manitoba and the Leiden University Medical Centre (Netherlands) were able to see the structure of the PRRSV protease, a type of protein the pathogen uses to suppress a host’s immune system. The vital information they uncovered can be used to develop new vaccines against PRRSV and also helps inform development of vaccines against emerging human viruses.