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Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit. (RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images)

Canada to lift more border restrictions in weeks to come, Trudeau says

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 24, 2021

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will further relax border restrictions in the weeks to come as long as the science supports such a move, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday, suggesting Ottawa would move more quickly than initially announced. Trudeau, under pressure to allow non-essential travel from the U.S., was more categorical than he had

Seasonal flu shots are recommended to help limit spread of flu viruses between people and livestock. (Inside Creative House/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Hogs, Livestock

Another swine flu variant case appears in Manitoba

Variant of H3N2 confirmed in southern Manitoba resident

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 23, 2021

A single and apparently isolated case of another influenza variant normally seen in hogs has turned up in a Manitoba resident, the province announced Monday. Manitoba Public Health on Monday said the H3N2 influenza variant (H3N2v) seen in this case is related to flu viruses that circulate in pigs, noting that while such viruses don’t

Farm workers qualify for Alberta’s ‘critical worker’ benefit

Employers can apply starting Tuesday

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 23, 2021

Alberta has expanded the pool of workers eligible for its pandemic-related Critical Worker Benefit to include farm workers starting Tuesday (June 22). The province announced Tuesday that eligibility for the $1,200 payments would expand to more categories of workers who “provided critical services to Albertans, were essential to the supply and movement of goods, and

Markets, Other

Businesses, U.S. legislators fume as Canada extends travel ban

Trudeau stands firm on ban's extension

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News June 19, 2021

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is extending a ban on nonessential travel with the United States and the rest of the world until July 21, officials said on Friday, prompting frustration from businesses and U.S. legislators. Canada is under pressure from companies and the tourism industry to ease the ban, which was imposed in March

Livestock

JBS says it paid US$11 million in bitcoin for ransom

Cyberattack disrupted plants in North America, Australia

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 10, 2021

Reuters — Meatpacker JBS USA paid a ransom equivalent to US$11 million (C$13.3 million) following a cyberattack that disrupted its North American and Australian operations, the company’s CEO said in a statement Wednesday. The subsidiary of Brazilian firm JBS halted cattle slaughtering at all of its U.S. plants and its Alberta beef plant for a

(Canada Border Services Agency video screengrab)

Canada taking first step toward lifting border restrictions

U.S. border restrictions still in place until at least June 21

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News June 9, 2021

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada on Wednesday took a cautious first step toward easing COVID-19 border restrictions, saying it was prepared to relax quarantine protocols for fully vaccinated citizens returning home starting in early July. Canada’s air and land borders have allowed for only essential travel since March of last year, and Canadians coming home

File photo of the flags of Canada and its provinces and territories at Canada Place in Vancouver. (lilly3/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Weather

Feds launch consultations on next ag policy framework

Programming types, cost-sharing among expected contentious points

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News June 7, 2021

Consultations for Canada’s next agricultural policy framework are officially underway. The five-year framework agreement currently in place, known as the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP), is a $3 billion funding deal between federal, provincial and territorial governments that funds a wide range of programming within the sector. That deal, agreed upon in mid-2017, kicked off in

News

Free COVID-19 course for foreign workers, employers

Aim is to acquaint farmworkers with best practices to protect themselves

By D.C. Fraser June 2, 2021

Glacier FarmMedia – An online course to help producers and international farmworkers protect themselves from COVID-19 is being launched. The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is offering the free guide in English, French and Spanish. Participants will learn methods of preventing the spread of COVID-19, which has caused deaths and illnesses on Canadian farms

Video screengrab featuring an office at the JBS beef plant at Brooks, Alta. (JBS video via YouTube)

Livestock, Other

JBS Canada plant up and running after cyberattack

Brooks beef plant has 'resumed production'

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 2, 2021

Meat packer JBS’s major beef slaughter plant in Alberta went back to work Tuesday following a cyberattack reported to have downed several of the company’s operations in North America and Australia. JBS USA, the unit overseeing the Brazilian firm’s Canadian operations, and JBS-owned chicken unit Pilgrim’s Pride both reported “significant progress in resolving the cyberattack

File photo of a rooster being swabbed in testing for avian influenza. (Merrimon/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock

China reports first human case of H10N3 bird flu

Strain 'not a very common virus'

By Dominique Patton, GFM Network News, Hallie Gu June 2, 2021

Beijing | Reuters — A 41-year-old man in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with a rare strain of bird flu known as H10N3, Beijing’s National Health Commission (NHC) said on Tuesday. Many different strains of bird flu are present in China and some sporadically infect

Daily Network News

USDA defends $12 billion subsidy amid farm economy challenges

Canada December retail sales down 0.4 per cent; seen up 1.5 per cent in January

Feed Grains Weekly: Domestic prices remain flat

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