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The Canadian Drought Monitor map for 2021. (see below for maps from 1961 and 1988)
News, Other

A long dry cycle

The current drought crisis has been building for several years and costs are compounding

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As farmers settled in for the winter late last fall, agrometeorologists were already looking ahead with worry to the 2021 growing season. After a pair of dry years, the typical fall recharge of ground moisture had failed to materialize, and they realized that the stage was being set for a major challenge the following year.
Representatives of les Eleveurs de porcs du Quebec speak Wednesday in Longueuil, calling on Premier Francois Legault to intervene in the strike at Olymel’s Vallee-Jonction hog slaughter plant. (Leseleveursdeporcsduquebec.com)
Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Striking Quebec pork plant staff reject deal with Olymel

Quebec hog farmers call for province to intervene

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Quebec’s hog farmers now want Premier Francois Legault to step in on a months-long strike at a major pork packing plant after its workers rejected a tentative deal between their union and employer. Workers at Olymel’s plant at Vallee-Jonction, about 60 km southeast of Quebec City, met Tuesday evening to vote on an agreement in
Workers unload humanitarian aid from a U.S. military helicopter at the airport at Les Cayes, Haiti on Aug, 18, 2021 after Saturday’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake. (Photo: Reuters/Henry Romero)
Crops, Weather

Haitians grow impatient for quake aid as hungry crowd gathers

Victims say they still lack food, shelter, clean water; some major hospitals damaged

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Les Cayes, Haiti | Reuters — A hungry crowd gathered outside an airport in southern Haiti on Wednesday as people left homeless by an earthquake that killed some 2,000 people voiced anger that government aid was slow to arrive five days after the disaster, leaving many without food and water. Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who
John Lohr. (PCPartyns.ca)

Nova Scotia Tories’ ag critic returns as party wins election

PCs oust incumbent Liberals, form majority

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The agriculture critic for Nova Scotia’s opposition Progressive Conservatives is set to return to the legislature, this time as part of a majority government, following Tuesday’s provincial election. As of about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, Tim Houston’s PCs were elected or leading in 31 of 55 ridings, followed by Iain Rankin’s incumbent Liberals with 17 and
The Andersons Grain Group’s Toledo-area elevator at Maumee, Ohio. (AndersonsGrain.com)
Crops

The Andersons to pay debt, invest in core units after rail business sale

Renewable fuels, specialty foods investments considered

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain handler The Andersons plans to use US$550 million from the sale of its rail leasing business to pay down debt and invest in sustainable farming and low carbon initiatives in its core grain and fertilizer units, CEO Pat Bowe told Reuters on Tuesday. Maumee, Ohio-based Andersons sold its rail
The Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals at the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry Campus.
Farmit Manitoba

Pilot mill gets food-grade green light

Developing Future Food: Experts at the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals are on the cutting edge of food development

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The University of Manitoba’s Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals (RCFFN) has always been about bringing the food industry in Manitoba and Western Canada to the next level. The centre has produced research into how canola and flax oil impact cardiovascular health, or analysis to help develop food products in a bid for later
(Sollio Co-operative Group video screengrab via YouTube)
Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Olymel, Quebec workers reach deal in principle

Agreement may end months-long strike at hog plant

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The union for workers at a major pork slaughter and packing plant in Quebec’s Beauce region says it has a deal that may end a strike which has backed up hogs on farms in the province since late April. The Syndicat des travailleurs d’Olymel Vallee-Jonction (STOVJ) — which represents over 1,000 employees at Olymel’s Vallee-Jonction
(Dave Bedard photo)
Markets

U.S. confirms will boost food stamps by record amount

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Washington | Reuters –– The U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) on Monday will announce revised nutrition standards dramatically boosting average food stamp benefits, the agency confirmed Sunday. The New York Times first reported the plan to unveil the largest permanent benefits increase in the history of the government’s primary anti-hunger program, saying the change would result
HelloFresh steps up spending as eating-at-home trend continues
News

HelloFresh steps up spending as eating-at-home trend continues

The company hopes that some of the momentum gained during COVID-19, when people were at home and cooking, will stay, given more flexible schedules in a post-pandemic work world

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Reuters – German meal-kit delivery company HelloFresh said Aug. 5 that it was accelerating investments to tap into strong growth that boosted second-quarter sales, even as pandemic-related restrictions eased in many countries. HelloFresh, like its U.S.-based peer, Blue Apron, and takeaway food groups Delivery Hero and Just Eat Takeaway, rode an e-commerce boom brought on

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