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The Maple Leaf plant in Brandon, Man.
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Maple Leaf to require Covid vaccine for entry by March

The mandate extends to barns Maple Leaf owns and operates

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Maple Leaf will require all employees, contractors and suppliers to prove they are vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter its facilities after March 31, 2022. “We continue to make the safety of our team members our priority,” said Kristie Syndikus, vice president of procurement, in a letter sent to suppliers and contractors Dec. 13. In the
CBOT March 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat nears two-month low

Corn declines; soy ends firm

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell nearly four per cent on Wednesday and European wheat fell three per cent as a bumper Australian harvest and signs of continued competition from Black Sea supplies added to technical pressure, traders and analysts said. Corn followed wheat lower while soybean futures ended modestly higher after monthly
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Brazil’s BRF sees holiday food sales back to pre-pandemic level

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Reuters – Brazilian pork and poultry processor BRF SA expects food sales to return to pre-pandemic levels during the holiday season as consumers and families gather again after almost two years of social distancing. In an interview with Reuters Dec. 1, Sidney Manzaro, who leads the company’s Brazilian operation, said he does not expect the
Roquette’s pea processing plant near Portage la Prairie. (Photo courtesy Roquette Canada)
Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: New investments cause for optimism

Sector looking forward beyond challenges of 2021

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MarketsFarm — Canada’s pulse industry had to endure more than its fair share of challenges and obstacles in 2021, domestic and abroad. Nevertheless, the national organization representing pulse growers, traders and processors feels the industry will be strong in the New Year. An already tight supply situation became tighter in 2021 as drought in Western
(File photo by Lorraine Stevenson)
Crops

Elevators hope mandatory vaccination doesn’t disrupt operations

New regulations will require all federally regulated employees to comply early in 2022

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Canada’s major companies hope their operations won’t be disrupted when Ottawa requires federally regulated employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 starting early in 2022. “It depends on whether employees that aren’t vaccinated will get vaccinated, or would they leave their jobs,” Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA) said in an interview
File photo of an Ontario cherry orchard. (UpdogDesigns/iStock/Getty Images)

Audit finds Canada failing migrant farmworkers on COVID-19, housing inspections

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Toronto | Reuters — As the COVID-19 pandemic raged, federal government inspectors frequently deemed the employers of migrant workers compliant with health and safety rules despite a lack of evidence, according to an Auditor General report released Thursday. While Canadian provinces and territories set housing standards, the federal government is responsible for ensuring tens of
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Crops, Markets

U.S. EPA proposes biofuel mandate cuts

Proposal seen as boost to pandemic-hit refiners

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New York | Reuters — The Biden administration proposed on Tuesday a reduction in the amount of biofuels that U.S. oil refiners were required to blend into their fuel mix since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The long-awaited decision offers some relief to the U.S. refining industry after the health crisis slammed domestic demand
File photo outside Cargill’s beef slaughter and packing plant at High River, Alta. on May 6, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Todd Korol)
Beef cattle, Livestock

Strike averted at Cargill’s High River beef plant

Deal that hikes wages by 21 per cent and offers large bonuses receives majority backing

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Workers at Cargill’s beef packing plant in southern Alberta have voted in favour of a contract that will hike wages by 21 per cent and provide improved health benefits. “The contract is the best of its kind and presented unprecedented gains in this time of economic and political uncertainty,” United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)
CBOT March 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat slide continues in volatile week

Soybeans rise, corn up on support from crude oil prices

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures slid once again on Friday, after a volatile week in which prices plunged on investor fears about the economic impact of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, traders said. Wheat prices had steadied early in the day’s session but then started falling again on news that U.S. employment growth
CME February 2022 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, dark red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hogs end down on profit-taking

Futures decline despite higher beef prices

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle, feeder cattle and hog futures ended lower on Friday as profit-taking hit the livestock markets ahead of the weekend, traders said. Live cattle futures consolidated after setting contract highs this week, traders said. Most-active CME February live cattle finished 0.625 cent lower at 138.95 cents/lb. (all

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