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Harvest labour from temporary foreign workers is particularly important to vegetable producers and other horticultural operators, who say they can’t find enough help locally.

Manitoba’s growing trend of migrant agricultural workers

It’s not just Ontario. Manitoba farms also draw temporary foreign workers

By Alexis Stockford March 31, 2017

At Connery Riverdale Farms near Portage la Prairie, the fields and staff accommodations sit empty. They’re awaiting both the 2017 growing season and about 60 temporary foreign workers who will largely handle the hand-picked harvest necessary for much vegetable production. Beth Connery is one of several Manitoba producers to draw from the Seasonal Agricultural Worker

Crops, Local news

Horticulture industry gets a taste of Manitoba as national council gathers in Winnipeg

About 200 members of the Canadian Horticulture Council were expected  to attend the annual general meeting held in Winnipeg March 14-16

By Alexis Stockford March 22, 2017

Winnipeg recently played host to Canada’s horticulture industry. Around 200 members of Canadian Horticulture Council gathered for the organization’s annual general meeting March 14-16. The Vegetable Growers Association of Manitoba, Peak of the Market, Keystone Vegetable Producers Association and Keystone Potato Producers Association are among Manitoba organizations represented, joining members from across Canada. “It basically allows

The CFA supports CanadaGap, a national food safety program for companies that produce, handle and broker fruits and vegetables.

Crops

Get ready for more questions from buyers

Growers and processors are concerned about conflicts between regulatory standards  and those from individual customers

By Alexis Stockford March 20, 2017

It isn’t just about antibiotics or hormones for livestock — crop producers are also starting to receive buyers’ questions about how they run their business. In an interview, Keystone Agricultural Producers president Dan Mazier said disclosure of farm inputs has been popping up in crop contracts for years, but the trend is on the rise.

workers cutting beef at a meat-packing plant

Crops

Temporary foreign worker program gets reprieve

By Alex Binkley August 8, 2016

Employers who have been in the program the longest are being exempted from further  reductions in the proportion of their workforce that aren’t citizens

Meat, fruit and vegetable processors are welcoming a recent announcement that reductions in the temporary foreign workers programs have been frozen for now. Employment Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk recently said employers registered in the Temporary Foreign Worker Programs (TFWP) prior to June 2014 will be able to continue to use up to 20 per cent non-citizens

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Manitoba’s growing trend of migrant agricultural workers

Horticulture industry gets a taste of Manitoba as national council gathers in Winnipeg

Get ready for more questions from buyers

Temporary foreign worker program gets reprieve

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