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Lethbridge canola crusher workers reject contract offer

UFCW to seek mediation

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Unionized workers at Richardson International’s oilseed crush plant at Lethbridge, Alta. plan to seek mediation after voting to reject the company’s contract offer. United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 401, which represents about 140 workers at the Lethbridge plant, said Monday its members had voted 79 per cent to reject the offer. The workers’
File photo of Korean braised short ribs. (Sungsu Han/iStock/Getty Images)
Beef cattle, Livestock

Korea suspends Canadian beef imports after BSE case

No other countries yet considering suspensions, CFIA says

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Winnipeg | Reuters — South Korea has suspended beef imports from Canada, which last week reported its first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in six years, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday. South Korea, the fourth-largest beef importer in the world, is seeking more information about the case before lifting its suspension, the
As more consumers are cooking at home and other animal proteins have supply issues, lamb has become a more popular protein choice.
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Lamb sees increased global market demand

Strong sales sparked by supply chain disruption, pandemic-related shortages of other animal proteins

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Glacier FarmMedia – Global meat protein supply gaps sparked by African swine fever (ASF) and the pandemic have created expansion potential for the sheep sector. Melissa Clark-Reynolds, a New Zealand entrepreneur, strategist and foresight practitioner, told those at the recent Ontario Sheep Farmers annual general meeting that the sheep sector has a bright future given
Two combines harvest wheat near Moree, Australia, October 27, 2020.
News

Drop in global output of bread-making wheat sparks hunt for supplies

From drought to too much rain, top-quality wheat supplies are under pressure

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Reuters – A leading Middle Eastern flour miller paid over US$23 million in October for a high-grade Australian wheat cargo and is willing to pay 10 per cent more now for a similar consignment, but is unable to seal a deal as exporters can’t find enough food-grade grain. The miller is one of dozens of global importers
Kellogg, whose products are shown here in a National Breakfast Week promotion with actress and talk show host Drew Barrymore on March 8, has reached a deal with striking U.S. workers. (Kelloggcompany.com)
Cereals, Crops

Kellogg strike ends as workers approve new labour agreement

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Reuters — Workers at Kellogg’s U.S. breakfast cereal plants voted in favour of a new contract that offers better terms for transitional employees and across-the-board wage increases, ending a weeks-long strike, the company said Tuesday. The five-year contract ends the stalemate between the Froot Loops maker and its factory workers in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and
Farm consolidation good for Canadian agriculture
Farmit Manitoba, News

Farm consolidation good for Canadian agriculture

Sylvain Charlebois holds forth on Canadian agriculture and food

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Farm consolidation is good, cultured meat has a rosy future and the carbon tax needs greater analysis. Sylvain Charlebois, Canada’s self-described ‘Food Professor’ and director of Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab, elaborated on those points in a wide-ranging talk at the September Canadian National Millers Association’s annual meeting in Montebello, Que. “I think consolidation is
The COVID pandemic has caused global hunger to skyrocket.
News

Feds renew Foodgrains Bank funding for three years

Canada is committed to relieving hunger exacerbated by pandemic, says Sajjan

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The federal government has pledged financial support for global aid through the Canadian Foodgrains Bank for another three years. “Every child has a gift to offer this world and have an impact, but what they don’t have is the opportunity that we have here,” said Harjit S. Sajjan, minister of international development in an online
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
The nominee couples at the COYF event in Saskatoon on Dec. 3.
News

Manitoba couple thankful for friends, knowledge gained at national competition

Innovative dairy, hops farmers honoured as Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers of 2021

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Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2020 say ag leaders should encourage young, progressive farmers to highlight their operations through the Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer (COYF) competition. Andre and Katie Steppler represented Manitoba while competing for the title of Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers of 2021 at an event held in Saskatoon, Sask., and online, from Dec.

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