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Meatpacker Tyson Foods mandates Covid vaccines for workers

By GFM Network News August 3, 2021

Reuters – Tyson Foods Inc said on Tuesday it was mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for its entire workforce, joining a growing list of major U.S. companies as they face renewed pandemic restrictions due to the fast-spreading Delta variant. Surging COVID-19 cases and new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that requires

Comment, Opinion, Other

Comment: Could dangerous new COVID variants evolve in pets and farm animals?

So far there appears to be little evidence of elevated risk, but it bears keeping a close watch

By Sarah L. Caddy August 2, 2021

People have been panicking about COVID-19 in animals since the very start of the pandemic. There’s now plenty of evidence that SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 – can cross from humans into other animals. This is known as spillback. The virus is capable of infecting a range of species, from hamsters to gorillas.

File photo of pigs on a farm in Germany. (FooTToo/iStock/Getty Images)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

German hog market shrugs off swine fever discovery on farms

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 21, 2021

Hamburg | Reuters — German pig prices were unchanged this week despite the discovery of the disease African swine fever in farm animals, German animal farmers’ association VEZG said on Wednesday. German pig prices were the same as last week at 1.42 euros (C$2.10) per kilogram slaughter weight, the VEZG said. A third case of

A view near the Canadian end of the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Windsor and Detroit and is considered one of North America’s busiest trade routes. (Steven_Kriemadis/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Other

U.S. extends travel curbs at land borders through Aug. 21

By GFM Network News July 21, 2021

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. government on Wednesday extended the closure of land borders with Canada and Mexico to non-essential travel such as tourism through Aug. 21 even as officials debate whether to require visitors to have received a COVID-19 vaccine. The latest 30-day extension by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) came after

Exemptions, extensions to be granted for rail crossing upgrades

New amendments would exclude low-risk field-to-field crossings

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 21, 2021

Some farmer-owned field-to-field grade crossings over Canadian rail lines are now expected to be exempted altogether from looming federal requirements for safety upgrades. Proposed amendments to the Grade Crossings Regulations, announced June 18 by Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, this week cleared their 30-day public comment period. The amendments are expected to tweak rules which were

Markets

Canada to admit vaccinated U.S. tourists

Border to open Aug. 9 after more than 16 months

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News July 19, 2021

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada on Monday said it would allow fully vaccinated U.S. tourists into the country starting from Aug. 9 after the COVID-19 pandemic forced an unprecedented 16-month ban that many businesses complained was crippling them. Inoculated visitors from countries other than the United States will be permitted to enter beginning on Sept.

Photo of a Nestle facility. (Nestle via Flickr)

Crops, Other

Nestle to shut Ontario foodservice processing plant

Trenton facility to close in mid-2022

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 17, 2021

Global food processing giant Nestle plans to shut a southeastern Ontario plant and move its work to sites in the U.S., citing a “highly competitive” market. The company announced Thursday it will start to wind down work late this year at the Nestle Professional plant at Trenton, where dehydrated dry-blend and frozen products are made

Doing a better job at supporting people trying to move to a plant-based diet could be an effective approach for government policy.

Comment, Comment/Feedback, Other

Comment: How plant-based diets could help prevent the next COVID-19

By Kurtis Boyer July 14, 2021

[UPDATED: July 14, 2021] Viruses like COVID-19, SARS, swine flu and avian flu all have something in common: They all come from animals, described by scientists as zoonotic diseases. Yet, these diseases do not really “come from animals.” After all, it is not like animals conspire against humans, throwing COVID-19 over the backyard fence. When

The agriculture industry must ensure that all international workers know that they have a right to get a COVID-19 vaccine and how they can access the distribution process.

Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Farmers support worker vaccination

Doing everything we can to protect these essential workers is the right thing to do

By Paul Gregory July 13, 2021

Despite some reports, producers in Manitoba are not blocking international workers from getting vaccinated. We value them and the contributions they make to our farms and communities. It is an understatement to suggest that keeping international workers healthy and safe is critical to the success of Manitoba’s agricultural industry. As a beekeeper, I rely on

U.S. President Joe Biden tours a manufacturing lab at McHenry County College during a visit to northwest Chicago suburb Crystal Lake on July 7, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein)

Markets

Biden seeks to lift limits on U.S. farmer dealings with tractor makers, packers

Executive order to address corporate 'abuses of power'

By GFM Network News July 7, 2021

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Joe Biden wants to give that country’s farmers more power in negotiating the sale of livestock to big processors and in deciding who repairs their tractors, the White House said on Tuesday. The executive order, expected within days, will also address such competitive issues as delayed airline baggage, cellphone

Daily Network News

B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops

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