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Ontario to extend labour-related crop loss coverage

Losses due to COVID-19-related labour disruptions covered

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 12, 2022

A temporary crop insurance expansion that covers Ontario farms against crop losses due to “on-farm labour disruptions” caused by COVID-19 will be held over for yet another year. Agricorp, the province’s farm program delivery agency, announced in late December the feature first introduced in 2020 will be included again in 2022, at the same coverage

CME February 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, brown and black lines). (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs sag on Wall Street woes, worker shortages

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 11, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog and live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, pressured by declines on Wall Street along with slowdowns at slaughterhouses due to worker shortages, traders said. CME February live cattle futures settled down 1.075 cents at 136.25 cents/lb., while March feeder cattle futures ended down 1.325 cents

Markets

Canada resists pressure to drop vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers

By GFM Network News, Steve Scherer January 10, 2022

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing ahead with a vaccine mandate for international truckers despite increasing pressure from critics who say it will exacerbate driver shortages and drive up the price of goods imported from the United States. Canada will require all truckers entering from the U.S. to show proof

More people are interested in adopting dogs from the Barrhead Animal Rescue Society, says Terry Colborne.

Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Pandemic fads: Are puppies, plants and backyard chickens still popular?

Nearly two years on, how are newbie pet owners, gardeners, and poultry enthusiasts making out?

By Alexis Kienlen January 7, 2022

Glacier FarmMedia – Puppies, plants, and backyard chickens became hot trends when the pandemic took hold — but are they still popular almost two years in? Pandemic pets “At the beginning of the pandemic, we were swamped with people,” said Sharla Willis, who has operated a dog-breeding business for 16 years with her mother Dorrie

Calf prices took a hit going into the fall run, dropping to some of the lowest levels seen over the past decade, says the manager and senior analyst at Canfax.

Livestock Markets, Markets

Drought, COVID-19 pandemic strengthen ranchers’ resolve

Canada became a net importer of feeder cattle in 2021

By Adam Peleshaty – MarketsFarm January 7, 2022

Midway through 2021, the Manitoba cattle industry faced its toughest stress test in decades as drought extended throughout the Prairies and threatened the livelihood of cattle producers. “It was very difficult to deal with all the facets of a drought. It really stressed individual producers. It stressed our resources to be able to deal with

The loonie’s value against the U.S. dollar climbed to around 83 U.S. cents over 2021, but was set to close out the year near where it started, around 77.

Grain Markets, Markets

Prairies’ drought outweighed COVID among market movers

Canola speculators still held large net long positions heading into 2022

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 6, 2022

The Prairie drought was the major market-moving story of the year for Canada’s grains and oilseeds in 2021, even supplanting the ongoing worldwide pandemic as the primary topic of discourse for much of the year. While the uncertainty of the global reaction to new variants will keep COVID-19 as an influence in the financial markets for some time,

News

KAP annual meeting to go virtual

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 5, 2022

Due to rising case numbers of COVID-19 and provincial public health restrictions, Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) annual meeting will be held virtually on Jan. 25 and Jan. 26, 2022. KAP’s annual meeting banquet has also been cancelled and tickets will be reimbursed in the coming days. Delegates are invited to meet to debate and shape

Workers set up a temporary building for John Deere on Jan. 3, 2022 in the parking lot of the Las Vegas Convention Center in preparation for CES 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Steve Marcus)

Crops

Deere says its robo-tractors are ready to till the fields

By GFM Network News January 4, 2022

Detroit | Reuters — Deere and Co. said Tuesday it will start commercial delivery this year of technology that enables a tractor to till a field without an operator in the cab, a first for the top North American tractor manufacturer after years of effort to automate farm work. Deere plans a low-volume launch this

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market has positive factors

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen January 4, 2022

There were no feeder cattle sales last week due to the holiday season; however, this didn’t stop many cow-calf producers from inquiring about the market outlook for 2022. This past year was one for the record books. There is no doubt about it. Waves of COVID-19 caused beef demand to be quite volatile from month

CBOT May 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn up, but highs may not last

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News December 22, 2021

MarketsFarm — Corn, wheat and soybeans were all trading on a positive note at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) just days before the winter holidays. According to Scott Capinegro, a broker for Barrington Commodity Brokers at Lake Barrington, Ill., a greater appetite for risk by investors and inclement weather have both supported the markets.

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

Federal budget shows remaining disconnect between agriculture, policymakers, panelists say

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue downward

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