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Argentine port town suspending operations amid coronavirus spread

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A key port town in northern Rosario, Argentina’s main grains export hub, said March 19 it would suspend port activities as part of efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus, drawing criticism from grain-exporting firms and processors in the farm-rich country. An order posted on the Timbues government website said “all commercial, industrial and
COVID-19 concerns are impacting everything from school closures to travel, but the year’s bull sale guides are still appearing in the mail.
Livestock, News

Breeders expect online uptick as COVID-19 hits bull sale season

’Tis the season for bull sales, but producers should plan for more of their customers to bid online, given social distancing measures

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Doug McLaren of JAS Red Angus near Neepawa is full tilt into the last few weeks before his farm’s annual bull sale April 7 — but he’s still not entirely sure what that sale will look like. The McLaren family typically hosts their sale on the local show grounds of the Neepawa Ag Complex, also
Truckers deal with new reality under COVID-19
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Truckers deal with new reality under COVID-19

Reduced services on the road have made for a much different international trucking experience

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Trucks are still moving across the Canada-U.S. border, but trucking companies say the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is still making life difficult. Both the U.S. and Canadian governments have exempted trade from their travel restrictions. On March 16, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada would ban entry to foreign nationals except for Canadian citizens, permanent residents,
Rural municipalities ‘grinding to a halt’ in face of pandemic
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Rural municipalities ‘grinding to a halt’ in face of pandemic

COVID-19: Community centres and offices go dark in effort to protect residents

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Rural municipal leaders are rethinking how they govern and provide essential services in an era of social distancing due to COVID-19. It’s “hurry up and wait to get everything in place,” said West Interlake Reeve Art Jonasson. The RM of West Interlake has closed its office to the public, though staff will continue to work,
Pork processors are grappling with social distancing and employees who are suddenly without childcare.
Hogs, News

Pork sector looks for coronavirus answers

COVID-19: The pork sector’s labour- and human-intensive production system has added an extra challenge to maintaining the value chain

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Andrew Dickson has had a busy few days. The general manager for the Manitoba Pork Council, Dickson has been on the phone, both dealing with his own organization’s steps towards social distancing and trying to deal with the looming concerns of the pork industry in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. For an industry like
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Comment: February was a paradox. March delivered a pandemic

Coronavirus is taking the spring out of spring

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February is a paradox. Leap year or not, it’s the shortest month of the year yet it always feels like the longest month of winter. Then March appears with its light, colour, and hope. That’s what is needed this March as political leaders, markets, and the world economy tumble into a virus-choked mudhole. Worse, this
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Portage Coronavirus testing site announced

COVID-19: Three more cases of the virus outside Winnipeg announced

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A dedicated Coronavirus testing site will open in Portage la Prairie “in the next few days,” provincial health officials announced March 25. Additional sites will open in the Prairie Mountain and Interlake-Eastern health regions soon, said Lanette Siragusa, chief nursing officer with Shared Health. The twelfth testing site opening in Winkler on March 25, joining
“This is not in the interests of Canadian farmers, thus contrary to the CGC mandate,” says the NFU.
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CUSMA grain act changes stir controversy

The NFU says the amendments should be on hold until the public can weigh in on the grain act review

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Changes are coming to the Canada Grain Act to comply with NAFTA 2.0 — and that’s sparking concern in some quarters. Stewart Wells, former National Farmers Union president and current second vice-president of the group, says the proposed legislation (Bill C-4) inserts unnecessary clauses, and is being rushed through just weeks before planned public consultations
World soybean stocks to swell
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World soybean stocks to swell

Revision comes as Brazil, Argentina harvest prospects rise

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Global soybean supplies will be bigger than previously forecast due to increased harvest expectations in Brazil and Argentina, the U.S. government said March 10. World soybean ending stocks for the 2019-20 marketing year were pegged at 102.44 million tonnes, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. That compares with
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Coronavirus testing site to open in Winkler 

COVID-19: Testing is by referral only, as widespread testing is not possible at this time  

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A community testing site for COVID-19 will open in Winkler March 25.  The drive-through testing location will be at the Winkler Centennial Arena, 600 Park Street and will be open daily from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M.  This is the twelfth testing site to open in the province. Tests are only by referral.   Due to

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