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Comment: A safe season on the farm

Farm safety is a long-term project

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Reflecting on the last year, I am so proud of the work that the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) continues to do improving the safety and lives of farmers, farm families, farm workers, and farming communities. Taking on the role of chief executive officer this last year has given me the opportunity to connect with
Bob Speller, shown here in a 2011 campaign video, died Dec. 16, 2021. (Video screengrab via YouTube)
Livestock

Former federal agriculture minister Bob Speller, 65

Ontario MP served in Paul Martin's cabinet

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A memorial will be held next week for Bob Speller, the Ontario businessman who served as Canada’s agriculture minister in the thick of the country’s BSE crisis. Speller, the MP for the southwestern Ontario riding of what’s now Haldimand-Norfolk from 1988 to 2004, died Thursday at age 65. A cause of death wasn’t given in
A refrigerator is stuck in a tree at Dawson Springs, Kentucky, about 140 km west of Bowling Green, on Dec. 13, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Jon Cherry)
Weather

U.S. tornadoes destroy chickens, tractors, silos

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Chicago | Reuters — A Deere dealership and a Pilgrim’s Pride chicken hatchery were destroyed when deadly tornadoes swept through Kentucky on Friday, while silos holding millions of bushels of corn suffered damage, the companies and the state’s agriculture commissioner said on Monday. At least 64 people, including six children, lost their lives in Kentucky
(File photo by Lorraine Stevenson)
Crops

Elevators hope mandatory vaccination doesn’t disrupt operations

New regulations will require all federally regulated employees to comply early in 2022

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Canada’s major companies hope their operations won’t be disrupted when Ottawa requires federally regulated employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 starting early in 2022. “It depends on whether employees that aren’t vaccinated will get vaccinated, or would they leave their jobs,” Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA) said in an interview
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AgriCommunication plan to seek farmer-consumer dialogue

Ag exhibitions among expected beneficiaries

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The federal government has put up new funding toward improving consumers’ awareness of the “strengths” of Canada’s ag sector — and to improve farmer awareness of what those consumers want and expect. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Thursday announced an $8 million, three-year funding envelope for the first of two streams of what’s now called
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

Bayer wins second straight verdict in a Roundup cancer case

Plaintiff's settlement demands unreasonable, company said

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Reuters — A California jury found that Bayer’s Roundup herbicide was not the cause of a woman’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Bayer said on Thursday, delivering the chemical giant its second trial victory over claims the popular herbicide causes cancer. The jury in San Bernardino County found that Donnetta Stephens’ cancer was not caused by her exposure
File photo of an Ontario cherry orchard. (UpdogDesigns/iStock/Getty Images)

Audit finds Canada failing migrant farmworkers on COVID-19, housing inspections

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Toronto | Reuters — As the COVID-19 pandemic raged, federal government inspectors frequently deemed the employers of migrant workers compliant with health and safety rules despite a lack of evidence, according to an Auditor General report released Thursday. While Canadian provinces and territories set housing standards, the federal government is responsible for ensuring tens of
Southbound Canada geese take off from a field near the Oak Hammock Marsh wildlife management area on Oct. 8, 2004.
Other, Weather

Will Manitoba’s warm dry fall continue into winter?

OUTLOOK | Medium-range forecasts aren't looking too promising for major snowfalls

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As another month has come and gone, making fall now officially over, and with winter trying to establish a firm grip across the Prairies, it’s time to look back at both November’s weather and the fall of 2021. We’ll begin our summary of November’s weather across the Prairies with a look at the warmest province
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Spy agency sees ransomware attacks soaring

Aggressive hacking expected to increase

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Ottawa | Reuters — Global ransomware attacks increased by 151 per cent in the first half of 2021 compared with 2020 and hackers are set to become increasingly aggressive, Canada’s signals intelligence agency said on Monday. The Communications Security Establishment (CSE), citing attacks on North American health facilities and a U.S. pipeline, said the scale
Weather Vane by Daniel Bezte
Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Major shift in weather pattern ahead?

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FORECAST | Issued Nov. 25, 2021, covering the period from Dec. 1 to 8, 2021

I wouldn’t say last issue’s forecast was spot on, as it didn’t do very well on the details. What was accurate was the switch from an active relatively stormy pattern to a much quieter pattern. This forecast period faces a lot of uncertainty as the weather models have been bouncing back and forth between warm,

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