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StatsCan sees higher cattle, hog inventories at July 1

Full impacts of West's drought not yet counted

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 23, 2021

Nationwide head counts of livestock from the “early stages” of Western Canada’s ongoing drought won’t yet show the weather’s full impact, but showed slightly larger herds heading into this summer compared to last year. Statistics Canada on Monday reported the first year-over-year increase in the size of the country’s cattle herd as of July 1

News

Tyson Foods says 5,400 employees take COVID-19 shots after vaccine mandate

Company expects to lose some employees, citing mixed reaction

By Reuters August 23, 2021

About 5,400 Tyson Foods Inc. employees have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or received their first shots since the meat processor ordered its entire U.S. workforce to be vaccinated by November, the company said. Major U.S. companies are changing policies on vaccinations and masking as the Delta variant of the coronavirus drives a resurgence of

Crops, Markets, Other

Deere lifts 2021 forecast on solid equipment demand

By GFM Network News, Rajesh Kumar Singh August 21, 2021

Reuters — Deere and Co. on Friday raised its full-year earnings forecast after quarterly profit topped Wall Street estimates on the back of strong demand for farm and construction equipment. The world’s largest farm equipment manufacturer now expects net income in fiscal 2021 to be between $5.7 billion and $5.9 billion, up from a range

U.S. extends travel curbs at Canada, Mexico land borders

By GFM Network News August 20, 2021

Washington | Reuters –– The United States on Friday extended the closure of its land borders with Canada and Mexico to non-essential travel such as tourism through Sept. 21 despite Ottawa’s decision to open its border to vaccinated Americans. The latest 30-day extension by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) came after Canada said in

News

India contests Cambodia’s claim of buffalo meat infected with COVID-19

By Neha Arora, Rajendra Jadhav August 17, 2021

Reuters – On July 28 India contested Cambodia’s claims that Indian buffalo meat was infected with COVID-19, saying it exports the meat only after getting COVID-free certification. Cambodia earlier in the week said three out of five containers of frozen buffalo meat imported from India tested positive for coronavirus. India’s Agricultural and Processed Food Products

Letters, Opinion

Letters: More harm than good

By Gord Hammell August 3, 2021

I am writing in response to an article in the July 8, 2021 issue of your paper titled, ‘How plant-based diets could help prevent the next Covid-19.’ What Mr. Boyer says about reducing contact with animals to prevent zoonotic diseases is true. However, his suggestion that we do this by consuming less meat and more

Markets, News, Other

Is inflation risk overhyped?

A lot of people — perhaps too many — are talking about inflation

By David Derwin August 3, 2021

A lot of people, perhaps even too many people, are talking about inflation. I say this because when there’s so much attention on a topic, you have to wonder if it’s being overhyped, or if maybe there’s something more to it. Various inflationary factors are starting to appear. Recent U.S. government reports show signs of

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

Daily Network News

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA

ICE Weekly: Trade waits for canola to break out

Advance Payments Program interest free limit set at $250,000 for 2026

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