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It was a year for the history books, indeed, and certainly filled with major food-related stories.

Comment: The top 10 food stories of 2020

It was an action-packed 12 months for the agriculture and food sector

By Sylvain Charlebois January 11, 2021

The year 2020 was as unusual as they get, with no shortage of stories. Some flew under the radar because of the pandemic, but this list is based on how some food-related stories will probably have long-term implications, whether they were related to COVID-19 or not. At number 10, the apparent end of Tim Hortons’

File photo of a cornfield in Argentina. (Reisegraf/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Argentina ‘evaluating’ corn export suspension

Move meant to boost domestic food supplies

By GFM Network News, Maximilian Heath January 8, 2021

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina’s government said on Thursday it would review its decision to temporarily suspend corn exports after a meeting between the farming minister and the leaders of the country’s main agricultural associations. The agriculture ministry said in a statement that agreements had been struck to guarantee the domestic supply of corn

Cargill’s High River beef plant was one of many meat-processing facilities struck by COVID in 2020.

Livestock, News

Processing clogs and market bogs

Processing issues, and the market fallout, will be among the livestock sector’s major memories of 2020

By Alexis Stockford January 7, 2021

If pork and beef producers had one image to sum up 2020, it might be a wrench gumming up the gears. North America’s meat sector became a flashpoint as pandemic conditions put food supply chains to the test this spring. March and April saw a growing list of major meat plants, particularly in the beef

Doug Chorney is the Canadian Grain Commission’s new chief commissioner. He was appointed assistant chief commissioner in 2017 and had been acting chief since June.

News, Other

Praise for Canadian Grain Commission staff during pandemic

Doug Chorney used his family history to underscore the importance of hope in these tough times

By Allan Dawson January 7, 2021

Hope is a powerful state of mind, important now as ever. That’s the message Doug Chorney delivered to Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) staff in a speech Dec. 17. At the time he was the CGC’s acting chief commissioner; Dec. 21 he was appointed chief. “In 1903 my grandfather came to Canada from Poland as a

File photo of an Ontario cherry orchard. (UpdogDesigns/iStock/Getty Images)

Ontario extends lost-labour production insurance

COVID-related coverage held over for 2021 program year

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 5, 2021

A temporary expansion of Ontario’s AgriInsurance program, to cover losses caused by COVID-19-related short-handedness on the farm, will be held over. The province and federal government on Dec. 22 announced the expansion of coverage will be extended to cover the 2021 program year — and that it will insure production of “additional commodities.” Further details

Markets

Argentina suspends corn exports to ensure domestic food supplies

By GFM Network News, Maximilian Heath December 30, 2020

Buenos Aires | Reuters – Argentina will suspend corn exports until March 1, the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that announced the surprise move as part of the government’s effort to ensure ample domestic food supplies. “This decision is based on the need to ensure the supply of grain for the sectors

Markets

2020 grain market review: The year that felt like a decade

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 30, 2020

MarketsFarm – The column in this space a year ago led with the line ‘the more things change, the more they stay the same.’ That line was a jumping off point for a decade-in-review piece pointing out some of the through lines of the grain markets during the previous ten years. Well, the pandemic hit

The China Meat Association is raising concerns that food packaging contaminated with COVID-19 could lead to increased human infection. Photo: E+/Getty Images

Markets

China meat assoc calls for exporters to disinfect shipments to prevent COVID-19

By GFM Network News, Hallie Gu December 29, 2020

Beijing | Reuters – Chinese meat importers and processors have called on exporters in countries with COVID-19 outbreaks to step up checks on shipments before they are sent to the world’s biggest market, the country’s top industry group said. “China has been importing a large quantity of meats this year, and has detected virus on

Just a few of the Manitobans who shared their Christmas stories with us. Read their stories below.

Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Stories of hard Christmases past

Manitobans reflect on holiday isolation, illness and strained finances, and how they look at these experiences

By Geralyn Wichers December 25, 2020

This year, many face a grim Christmas. Some have lost loved ones, others have lost jobs. Some are struggling with isolation and look ahead at the holidays with dread knowing they’ll spend it without family. In the face of a very ‘2020’ Christmas, five Manitobans reflected on a hard Christmas of their past and how they view that

Farmers are making the best of the winter of COVID by building bigger and better backyard rinks.

Farmit Manitoba

Home ice advantage: Backyard rinks a winter oasis

A grassroots movement to resurrect the outdoor rink has got rural Manitobans back on skates despite pandemic restrictions

By Alexis Stockford December 24, 2020

Ordinarily the skating rinks of rural Manitoba would be bustling community hubs. There would be the scrape of skates along the ice, the crack of a hard shot and the thud of the pucks along the boards. But today they’re ghost towns, as COVID-19 restrictions have closed and locked their doors. The parking lots are

Daily Network News

Pea, lentil outlooks have some positive signals – Penner

Grain Growers of Canada calls for clarity, transparency on AAFC research cuts

Large Prairie crops lead to increased December stocks

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Comment: The top 10 food stories of 2020

Argentina ‘evaluating’ corn export suspension

Processing clogs and market bogs

Praise for Canadian Grain Commission staff during pandemic

Ontario extends lost-labour production insurance

Argentina suspends corn exports to ensure domestic food supplies

2020 grain market review: The year that felt like a decade

China meat assoc calls for exporters to disinfect shipments to prevent COVID-19

Stories of hard Christmases past

Home ice advantage: Backyard rinks a winter oasis

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