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Finding workers for short-season employment in rural areas isn’t easy.
Country Crossroads, Local news

Making it work — or not

Direct Farm Manitoba speaker says farm owners need to look further afield — 
to provincial job centres and settlement agencies — to find the staffers they need

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The labour shortage in agriculture affects all types of farms and enterprises with short-season, high-labour needs definitely feel the pinch of it. Pam and John Griffin need to hire people every summer to take off their strawberry harvest on their five-acre Glenboro-area Good Earth Garden and Berries farm. But not many want the job. “I’m
Comment, Opinion

Comment: Workers make Christmas happen

Our holiday season is filled with food, thanks for farm and food workers

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It is the holiday season, a time to enjoy dinners with family and friends and time to be thankful and proud of our world-class Canadian food system, providing us with abundant, healthy, safe and affordable food. Canadian farmers and processors, with the help of a skilled agricultural workforce, feed 37 million Canadians. We are also
Canadian vegetable growers say they need to meet changing demand for new crops like sweet potato and bok choy.
Crops, News

Produce sector needs help with CFIA changes

Low margins in the industry leave little capacity to cover rising research costs if an existing formula is scrapped

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Sweeping regulatory changes at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and limited funds for research are among the challenges facing fruit and vegetable growers, says Ron Lemaire, president of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association. “The foundation for Canada’s fresh produce supply chain is made up of approximately 25,000 small-, medium- and large-size farms that produce vegetables,
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Agriculture labour crunch worsening

Over the last decade the number of unfilled jobs has nearly doubled

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The agri-food industry has suffered a steadily worsening labour shortage during the last decade. Without remedial action, it will be far worse 10 years from now, says Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst, executive director of the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC). From a shortage of 30,000 workers 10 years ago to a current shortfall of 59,000, there
Canadian farmers and food processors say labour shortages are a critical concern for the sector and proposed fixes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program are a good step forward.
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Agri-food sector needs foreign workers

Groups say a parliamentary report offers recommendations that are a step in the right direction

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A parliamentary report on fixing the controversial Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a step in the right direction, according to agri-food sector industry groups. They say the recommendations will help the sector deal with chronic labour shortages that hampers competitiveness. Following the release of the report by the Commons human resources committee, the government said
Workers bone and cut beef at a meat-packing plant in Toronto.
Beef cattle, Hogs, News

Farm and agri-food employers hail call for foreign worker reform

A new parliamentary report backs their recommendations to fix critical shortage of workers, 
but will the federal government act on them?

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Farm employers and food processors are hoping a new report will spur Ottawa to revamp its temporary foreign worker program. “There are a lot of things in the report that are very positive for ag and agri-food,” said Mark Chambers, senior production manager with Sunterra Farms and co-chair of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Labour Task
As older workers are set to retire, few replacements are to be found. One factor contributing to that is the lack of growth in rural population in Canada.
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Agricultural labour shortage will worsen, new report says

Cash receipt losses to Canadian farmers from job vacancies pegged at $1.5 billion, 
or three per cent of the industry’s total value in sales and production

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Canadian agriculture’s already acute labour shortage will worsen over the next decade, as high numbers of employees retire and the domestic labour pool continues to dry up. The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council released labour market information (LMI) research last week, showing a gap of 59,000 employees between primary agriculture’s need for workers and those
Crops, Livestock, News

Farmers sought for farm labour study

The research will help address critical shortages

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The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council is conducting focus groups with farmers to examine the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for apples, crops, honey, mushrooms, potatoes and turf. These NOS will then be used for training programs based on what producers indicate are the best ways of doing business, a CAHRC release states. To date, 20
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Survey examines barriers to women in agriculture

Both sexes are invited to complete the survey before Nov. 30

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The Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC) has launched an online survey to learn more about barriers preventing women from taking leadership roles in agriculture. “We have to fully understand the situation before we can take steps towards improving women’s access to leadership and business opportunities in agriculture,” said CAHRC executive director Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst in

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