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A Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council report indicated that over 40 per cent of farms were understaffed in 2020.
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Comment: Solving the ag-labour crunch

The agriculture sector will need a united effort to address this issue

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The availability of labour is a critical factor in determining the long-term growth and profitability of Canadian agriculture. The ongoing viability of many farm businesses will be determined by labour. Farms, rural communities, value-added processing, and key support sectors like transportation, are all struggling to find and keep staff. This is not a new story,
Despite their frustration, Canadian policy-makers shouldn’t be surprised. The proposed legislation is among a string of protectionist measures pushed by several administrations.
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Comment: Canada should look inward to address American protectionism

The nation needs to enact policies that recognize the reality of the trade climate

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U.S. President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act shows that American protectionism existed before — and continues past — the Donald Trump administration. Canada must finally learn from this hallmark of American politics and calibrate its trade policy to have a stronger industrial focus. Under the proposed bill, consumers of electric vehicles can receive US$12,500
Farmer livelihoods will be threatened if weak visa rules allow dodgy operators to mistreat migrant workers.
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Comment: The perils of temporary labour

Australia’s new agricultural work visa could supercharge the forces of exploitation

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The Australian government’s new temporary visa for agricultural workers is meant to fix labour shortages in the agricultural sector. But it’s a risky approach that could lead to more exploitation of low-skilled farm workers and fewer permanent skilled workers. The agriculture sector is heavily reliant on temporary visa holders for labour, with the two main
These offenders are not associated with any typical profile, as they come from all age groups and backgrounds, which makes the task of catching them more difficult.
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Comment: Food prices are rising, but so is theft

With razor-thin margins retailers face steep losses through the front and back doors

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Apparently, shoplifting has been on the rise in supermarkets in Canada in recent months. Concrete data on theft in grocery stores is harder to get since incidents are typically under-reported. Managers tend to take matters into their own hands. But with the increasing number of reports on theft and security guards stationed in and out
‘In our desperate attempt to stop the world warming beyond the internationally agreed limit of 1.5 C, we need to encourage whatever reduces the climate impacts of human activity.’
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Comment: Big-business greenwash or a climate saviour?

Carbon offsets raise tricky moral questions for policy-makers

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Massive protests unfolded in Glasgow outside the United Nations climate summit recently, with some activists denouncing a proposal to expand the use of a controversial climate action measure to meet net-zero targets: carbon offsetting. Offsetting refers to reducing emissions or removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere in one place to balance emissions made in
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Comment: Cresting the wave, looking into next year’s trough

An influential market outlook sees lower returns in the future of farmers

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There’s no good time for bad news. Most farmers and ranchers, however, prefer to hear it sooner than later to factor it into the day or season’s plan. Maybe that’s why our good friends at farmdocDaily, the online consortium of Land Grant extension specialists hosted by the University of Illinois, released a “Stress Test of
Human-to-deer and deer-to-deer transmission is believed to be driving the rapid spread of the disease within white-tailed deer populations.
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Comment: White-tailed deer found to be huge reservoir of coronavirus infection

High number of variants suggests many human-deer interactions

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New research from the U.S. has shown that white-tailed deer are being infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. Antibodies were found in 40 per cent of deer that were tested from January to March 2021 across Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York state. A second unpublished study has detected the virus
Processors, retailers and, most importantly, consumers are not represented on the Canadian Dairy Commission board.
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Comment: The new 8.4 per cent milk

The Canadian Dairy Commission has a daily impact on most Canadians but operates with little oversight

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Earlier this month the Canadian Dairy Commission announced that dairy farmers will get an unprecedented 8.4 per cent more for their milk, and more than 12 per cent for butter starting in February. It is the highest increase since the CDC was created in 1967. Provincial boards will need to approve these increases but that
So far, hemp has been marketed as a health food, not a healthy food. This favours organically grown grain, and the niche market.
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Comment: A farmer perspective on hemp

Evidence is mounting that StatCan may not be reflecting reality

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The recent article about hemp, and its failure to increase acres and become the next canola, was very thorough on the processor side, but I thought, short on the producer perspective. We have grown industrial hemp on our farm since it was first declared legal. At that time, because of its connection to marijuana, it
‘Calling this a challenging environment for investment would be an understatement. But going elsewhere is not an option, as that’s where hunger reigns.’ – Paul Hagerman, CFGB.
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Comment: Dear Elon Musk – A Foodgrains response to Tesla founder

Just what would it really take to end world hunger?

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Dear Elon Musk, Thanks for your Twitter offer of $6 billion to solve world hunger. Like the World Food Program (to whom you made the offer), Canadian Foodgrains Bank has a solid track record on overcoming hunger. Last year, nearly a million people affected by hunger in 33 countries ate better as a result of

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