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The timely approvals of vaccines to protect against COVID-19 is proof that agility can exist in bureaucratic processes. Maybe it’s time to apply a similar decision-making approach to other areas of importance.

Comment: The pandemic has shown governments can make decisions quickly

Too often, bureaucratic entropy takes over and that makes us less competitive in the global marketplace

By John Greig March 23, 2021

One of the lessons of the pandemic and response to it by governments and regulatory agencies is that regulatory agility is possible. COVID-19 vaccines have been approved with record speed, and from what I can find, the government says that the same vigour of process has also been applied. The only point missing is long-term studies

COVID-19 outbreaks have occurred at several processing plants in Canada, resulting in extended closures and, in some cases, employee deaths.

News, Other

Food worker union blasts safety measures, foreign worker system

UFCW told parliamentary committee that the pandemic has been very difficult for food sector employees

By D.C. Fraser March 22, 2021

A union representing thousands of Canadian food workers says “consistency and enforcement” remain a problem when it comes to responses for its members during the COVID-19 pandemic. Derek Johnstone, special assistant to the national president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union of Canada (UFCW), told a parliamentary committee on Feb. 18 that the

New quarantine rules lined up for temporary foreign workers

Private transport would allow workers to skip immediate hotel stay

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 17, 2021

Temporary foreign workers coming to Canada for work in the farming or food processing sectors might not have to immediately check into government-approved hotels for COVID-19 quarantines along with other arriving travellers. The federal government on Tuesday announced new rules for TFWs taking effect starting Sunday (March 21). Like other arrivals, TFWs will still be

Grade 7/8 students explore Canada’s role in global agriculture and trade during Agriculture in the Classroom’s Manitoba Ag Days Adventure 2018.

News, Other

AITC out of the classroom, but still in the game

Agriculture in the Classroom Manitoba looks into 2021, COVID-19 restrictions and all

By Alexis Stockford March 16, 2021

The last 12 months have been a period for resource development for Agriculture in the Classroom Manitoba (AITC-M), and executive director Sue Clayton says there’s more coming down the pipe as the calendar ticks into another year under COVID-19 restrictions. “It’s really changed our thinking on how we do our programming and that’s only going

Smaller packing operations struggle to compete in part because of the heavy regulatory burden, MPs heard recently.

News

CCA calls for optimizing meat-packing system

Processing study ending soon, producer group calls for comprehensive action

By D.C. Fraser March 16, 2021

It’s time to create an environment to support an “optimal Canadian packing system,” the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association has told MPs. The group was speaking to the federal committee on agriculture which will soon be wrapping up its study into Canada’s meat-processing capacity during a February 23 meeting. Beginning in Nov. 2020, MPs have heard from

CME June 2021 live cattle with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise, hog futures weaken

Demand expected to rise on re-openings

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 15, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose on Monday supported by expectations of souped-up demand as economies begin to fully re-open after shutdowns related to COVID-19. “Cattle futures continue to price in better days ahead and the technical picture looks improved as well,” brokerage StoneX said in a statement. The most-active June

News

Some U.S. meat packers announce vaccine plans

Many workers are still waiting for their first jabs

By Tom Polansek March 15, 2021

COVID-19 vaccines are making their way into the arms of U.S. meat and agriculture workers, but companies and union officials say progress needs to be faster after coronavirus outbreaks idled slaughterhouses and sickened thousands of workers. Vaccinating food workers could help prevent further production disruptions that sent meat prices soaring in spring 2020 and forced retailers like Kroger

Members of the Regina Pats during a May 20, 2018 game against New Brunswick’s Acadie-Bathurst Titan at Brandt Centre in Regina. (CHL photo by Marissa Baecker)

Other

Ag equipment maker buys WHL’s Regina Pats

Brandt takes full ownership of hockey club

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 15, 2021

Regina-based machinery manufacturer the Brandt Group is levelling up from partner to full owner of the Western Hockey League’s Regina Pats. Brandt, which since 2005 has held the naming rights to the Pats’ home arena, Brandt Centre — formerly the Regina Agridome — said Friday it has approval from the league’s board of governors and

Markets

Farmland appreciation continues through pandemic year

FCC report puts Canada's average land value increase at 5.4 per cent

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 15, 2021

Economic churn across Canada from the global COVID-19 pandemic didn’t faze the country’s real estate market — nor its farmland market in particular — in 2020, according to the latest review from the federal farm lending agency. Farm Credit Canada on Monday released its 2020 Farmland Values report, showing an average increase of 5.4 per

Roquette was forced to deal with a quickly evolving situation while also managing its construction process at Portage la Prairie.

News, Pulses

Protein companies ponder COVID-19 echoes

How many of the COVID-19 adjustments are likely to stick as the ‘old normal’ slowly reasserts itself?

By Alexis Stockford March 12, 2021

Flip the calendar back to this time last year. It’s the first months of 2020. COVID-19 is just starting to worm its way into the North American consciousness. Most of us have just heard the phrase “social distancing” for the first time. The first COVID-19-related public health orders are being released. Inside food-processing plants and

Daily Network News

CBOT Weekly: Additional soybean purchases strengthen U.S. soy

Trump, Xi discuss Taiwan and soybeans in call aimed at easing China, U.S. relations

ICE weekly: China, soy complex lift canola prices

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