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Cannabis grower Steve Dillon tends to his plants on his farm in Humboldt County, California, Aug. 28, 2016.

‘Green rush’: Cannabis boom squeezing farmland in North America

Legalization and decriminalization have led to greater demand for places to produce the drug

By Carey L. Biron September 30, 2020

Thomson Reuters Foundation – While the coronavirus pandemic has caused the collapse of retail businesses across the globe, there is one thing people have been buying more of during months of lockdown: marijuana. The legal cannabis industry set sales records across the United States and Canada over the past six months, according to cannabis analytics

Heart Acres Farm is run by Laura Tait (left), Chad Wiens (centre), and staff Hillary (second from left), Hannah (centre, rear) and Maureen (right).

Farmit Manitoba, Other

Creative pivots help small-scale food producers, sellers weather pandemic

COVID-19, hot and dry weather, grasshoppers and flea beetles made for a challenging growing season for Manitoba’s small food producers

By Geralyn Wichers September 28, 2020

COVID-19 threatened their markets and pests plagued their crops, but two small-scale vegetable growers say this has been a rewarding growing season. “In all regards, it’s been our best year,” said Chad Wiens, who, along with Laura Tait, runs Heart Acres Farm south of Winnipeg. When the pandemic hit Manitoba in March, it was unclear

News, Other

Navigating through the COVID-19 black swan

Average and below-average business managers are the most at risk during the pandemic

By Don Norman September 28, 2020

Black swan” is a metaphor to describe an unpredictable, widespread but exceptionally rare event that takes everyone by surprise. It’s a term often used in agriculture to describe unique events like the dust bowl of the 1930s when drought ravaged the agricultural industry in North America. Without question, the COVID-19 pandemic qualifies as one of

The historic dome building on the Keystone Centre grounds in Brandon.

News, Other

Provincial Ex hosts alternative events due to COVID-19

The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba is hoping a lineup of smaller events can help mitigate the financial damage of cancellations

By Alexis Stockford September 24, 2020

The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba is fighting for its financial life. The organization has been forced to cancel its entire slate of Brandon-based fairs this year due to COVID-19. The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba hopes that a rush of small events will help take some of the sting out of losing all three major fairs

Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: A provincial community

By Gord Gilmour September 24, 2020

One thing that the COVID-19 pandemic has made abundantly clear is just how intertwined all Manitobans really are. In the complex ecosystem that is our province, it’s now clear less separates urban and rural residents than one might think at first glance. To understand this, one needs to look at how our second wave of

CBOT December 2020 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest pressure to weigh on soy, corn

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin September 23, 2020

MarketsFarm — Seasonal harvest pressure may weigh on soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade over the next month, but there is also still good support on the other side, according to an analyst. “The biggest trouble now for the market is the harvest pressure coming in,” said Tom Lilja of Progressive

Gov. Gen. Julie Payette looks on with Chief of Defence Staff Jonathan Vance (l) and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the Usher of the Black Rod Greg Peters leaves to summon the House of Commons to come listen to the throne speech in the Senate chamber in Ottawa on Sept. 23, 2020. (Adrian Wyld pool photo via Reuters)

Markets, Weather

Throne speech commits to rural broadband improvement

Rural health care, water management also on deck

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News September 23, 2020

The federal minority Liberal government is promising job creation, better rural internet access and a commitment to combating climate change in its newly revealed legislative plans. In an ambitious throne speech delivered Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s party committed itself to implementing universal child care and extending or enhancing many of the economic measures put

CBOT December 2020 wheat with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn fall sharply on fund selling

'It is basically risk-off across the board'

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub September 21, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean, corn and wheat futures plunged on Monday as concerns about fresh coronavirus-driven lockdowns due to rising global case counts sparked a wave of risk-off trades. The grains, led by a 3.7 per cent drop in wheat that marked its biggest daily percentage decline since August 2019,

Comment, Comment/Feedback, Other

Comment: COVID-19 shows Canada’s need for an agri-food labour strategy

In a complex economic sector, many solutions are needed for this intractable problem

By Mary Robinson, Portia Macdonald-Dewhirst, Sen. Robert Black September 21, 2020

Canadian agriculture has had problems with insufficient and unstable labour supply for decades. In 2019, primary agriculture brought in over 60,000 temporary foreign workers and still had over 16,000 vacancies. In 2017, on-farm agriculture had the highest job vacancy rate of any industry at 5.4 per cent. The current labour gap is 63,000 employees and

News, Poultry

China suspends poultry imports from second U.S. plant over COVID-19

By Tom Polansek September 18, 2020

Reuters – China has suspended imports from an OK Foods poultry plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas, because of coronavirus cases among workers, the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council said Sept. 15. China, the world’s top meat importer, has blocked products from some plants in foreign countries as part of an all-out effort to control

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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