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In the opinion that led to the settlements, one of the appellate judges who denied Smithfield a retrial, asked a simple question: “How did it come to this?”
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Comment: Gambling on the future of food, rural communities

As wealth and power concentrate in the ag sector, the outcomes are getting worse

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Three events on consecutive mid-November days show farmers, ranchers, and all citizens where agriculture now is. Event One: On Nov. 18, the Iowa Capital Dispatch, a not-for-profit news website, detailed allegations on how managers at Tyson Food’s hog-killing plant in Waterloo, Iowa, literally gambled on employee lives as the coronavirus took root last April. “In
Compared with the initial lockdown this past spring, shoppers have been more disciplined, and for the most case, aren’t buying more than they need.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Lockdowns – The Sequel

At least this time around we’ll all have the benefit of experience

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Many markets in Canada will likely go through a second lockdown, including the Atlantic bubble. With potentially 60,000 cases a day within weeks, it seems inevitable. The virus knows no borders, and the virus is now spreading like a wildfire. Toronto and Peel region are now experiencing a second lockdown in nine months. As news
Opposition members of the Commons Agriculture Committee are questioning if government funding for food processors fighting COVID was enough.
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Federal committee ponders food-processing capacity

Opposition members say COVID response was underfunded

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Glacier FarmMedia – The federal committee on agriculture and agri-food has begun its study into Canada’s processing capacity. During a Nov. 19 meeting, Conservative Party of Canada Agriculture Critic Lianne Rood joined her opposition colleagues in questioning the federal government’s decision to offer the sector $77.5 million in support, when some industry estimates suggest roughly $800 million is
Holiday meals are on hold this year, driving down demand for large turkeys.
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COVID-19 surge sliced U.S. demand for big Thanksgiving turkeys

Supply chains, often set months ahead of time, struggled to adjust ahead of the major U.S. holiday

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Reuters – All summer, Greg Gunthorp slaughtered and froze 15- to 24-pound turkeys on his northeastern Indiana farm for Thanksgiving sales to retailers, restaurants and families across the Midwest. But as surging COVID-19 cases prompted U.S. cities and states to urge Americans to stay home just weeks before the holiday, customers swapped out orders for whole birds for smaller turkey breasts. As
An image created by Nexu Science Communication, together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus, the type of virus linked to COVID-19. (Nexu Science Communication via Reuters)
Livestock

U.S. pork packer Smithfield offers ultra-cold vaccine storage

COVID-19 vaccines need storage at -20 C, -70 C

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Chicago | Reuters — Smithfield Foods, the world’s biggest pork processor, said on Thursday it had offered to help U.S. health officials distribute COVID-19 vaccines and store them in ultra-cold freezers that are in high demand to support a public vaccination campaign. U.S. states, cities and hospitals are scrambling to buy freezers that can safely
CME February 2021 live cattle (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages and January 2021 feeder cattle (black line). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures step back on demand uncertainty

February lean hog futures lower

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Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures trimmed on Thursday as fears of additional pandemic closures weighed on the demand outlook, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange February live cattle futures fell 1.35 cents to 112.575 cents/lb., the contract’s biggest decline in two weeks (all figures US$). CME January feeder cattle ended two cents lower at
CME February 2021 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Live cattle strengthen on demand outlook

Export demand supports hog futures, for now

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Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures rose on Tuesday, supported by strong U.S. consumer demand and high wholesale beef prices, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange February live cattle futures added 0.3 cent to 113.175 cents/lb. (all figures US$). CME cattle futures have been steady in recent weeks, recovering from a slump in late October
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a news conference on COVID-19 response on Nov. 6, 2020 in Ottawa. (File photo: Reuters/Patrick Doyle)
Markets

U.S. border restrictions to last a long time yet, Trudeau says

COVID would need to be 'significantly more under control'

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will not agree to lifting a ban on non-essential travel with the United States until the coronavirus outbreak is significantly under control around the world, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday. Trudeau’s comments were a clear indication that the border restrictions will last well into 2021. The two neighbours
Andy Harrington is the new executive director of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. He comes to the position with decades of international development experience.
News

New Foodgrains Bank head commits to standing with marginalized

World hunger on the rise after many years of decline, organization says

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The Canadian Foodgrains Bank will continue to feed the hungry and work to change the systems causing poverty but it will be hard, said new executive director Andy Harrington and outgoing executive director Jim Cornelius on a webinar with supporters on November 10. Global hunger is on the rise after many years of decline, Harrington

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