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Ontario to insure for crop loss due to lack of labour

AgriInsurance offering hailed as a first in Canada

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 10, 2020

Ontario’s federal/provincial AgriInsurance program has been temporarily expanded to include coronavirus-related labour shortages as a covered cause for crop loss. Producers already enrolled in an eligible production insurance plan and hit by crop losses due to labour disruptions during the 2020 growing season will be able to get further insurance coverage, the Ontario and federal

Livestock, Markets

China’s slower meat imports seen worsening its protein shortage

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 9, 2020

Beijing | Reuters — China’s dwindling pace of meat imports, thanks to its tough measures against coronavirus contamination, will provide further support for prices already buoyed by a severe shortage of pork, analysts said. Purchases of pork and other meats have soared this year after domestic production shrank 30 per cent following an outbreak of

CME August 2020 live cattle with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Large supplies push cattle, hogs mostly lower

Over 17,000 cases of COVID in packing plant workers, U.S. CDC reports

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek July 7, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle and hog futures ended mostly lower on Tuesday under pressure from large supplies, analysts said. Live cattle futures retreated a day after nearing a two-month high, while feeder cattle pulled back after reaching their highest price in month than a month on Monday. “We’ve gotten a bit overbought on

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

China suspends beef imports from Cargill plant

High River plant on long list of blocked facilities

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 6, 2020

China has temporarily suspended imports of beef from Cargill’s major beef packing plant at High River, Alta., part of a long list of meat plants blocked in the last half of June. The Reuters news service on Monday published a list of meat packing plants from around the world which during June and early July

Crops

Ontario investigating 17 temp agencies after virus outbreaks on farms

"We stand firm against exploitation in our province"

By Allison Martell, GFM Network News, Rod Nickel July 3, 2020

Toronto/Winnipeg | Reuters — Ontario is investigating 17 temporary recruitment agencies, the province’s labour ministry said, after health officials warned that agencies that move workers from farm to farm could be contributing to COVID-19 outbreaks. Canadian farms rely on some 60,000 people who come to Canada on temporary work permits every year, typically living and

News

Exporters say China soy buyers want guarantee of coronavirus-free cargoes

Observers say that after three weeks at sea, arrival port workers are the likelier source of contamination

By Dominique Patton, Karl Plume July 2, 2020

China’s soybean buyers are asking exporters to sign a letter guaranteeing their cargoes are not contaminated with the novel coronavirus, U.S., Brazilian and Canadian soy industry officials said June 23. China is trying to prevent any risk of new COVID-19 infections from imported goods as it takes aggressive measures to contain a recent spike in

CME August 2020 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures rise on new-month buying

Hogs mostly down on concerns over supplies, demand

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen July 2, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed higher on Wednesday on what appeared to be technical and speculative buying at the start of a new month and quarter, analysts said. Yet the benchmark August live cattle contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange remained rangebound, with rallies capped by weak beef prices as slaughterhouses

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit. (RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images)

Markets

CUSMA pact takes effect under cloud of disputes, COVID-19

Deal appears to assure continuity of trade for agriculture

By Dave Graham, David Lawder, David Ljunggren, GFM Network News July 1, 2020

Washington/Mexico City/Ottawa | Reuters — A modernized U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact took effect on Wednesday, ensuring continuity for manufacturers and agriculture, but the threat of disputes is exposing cracks in what was meant to be a stronger North American fortress of competitiveness. As the deal kicks in, the Trump administration is threatening Canada with new aluminum

Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

North Dakota: What rebound?

REGION | Our next-door neighbour is in an economic crunch as COVID-19 batters oil, agriculture

By Karl Plume, Laila Kearney July 1, 2020

Reuters — When the novel coronavirus first appeared in the United States, North Dakota was in the envious position of having more money in its state coffers than it had budgeted. Now, it is making sweeping cuts to state agencies in a bid to stem the financial bleeding from a historic oil price collapse sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, and a

File photo of piglets at a hog operation in China. (KuLouKu/iStock/Getty Images)

Hogs, Livestock

Chinese researchers warn of new virus in pigs with human pandemic risk

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 30, 2020

Shanghai | Reuters — A new flu virus found in Chinese pigs has become more infectious to humans and needs to be watched closely in case it becomes a potential “pandemic virus,” a study said, although experts said there is no imminent threat. A team of Chinese researchers looked at influenza viruses found in pigs

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn lower

U.S. grains: Soy futures dip as traders await China sales; corn, wheat sag

Seeds Canada announces Dan Wright as new CEO

Tag Archives coronavirus

Ontario to insure for crop loss due to lack of labour

China’s slower meat imports seen worsening its protein shortage

U.S. livestock: Large supplies push cattle, hogs mostly lower

China suspends beef imports from Cargill plant

Ontario investigating 17 temp agencies after virus outbreaks on farms

Exporters say China soy buyers want guarantee of coronavirus-free cargoes

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures rise on new-month buying

CUSMA pact takes effect under cloud of disputes, COVID-19

North Dakota: What rebound?

Chinese researchers warn of new virus in pigs with human pandemic risk

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