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KAP calls for PPE donations
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KAP calls for PPE donations

COVID-19: Farmers can help with this fight by donating equipment like N95 masks

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KAP is encouraging all producers with personal protective equipment that is not required for spring work to donate to the Manitoba health system. As Manitoba’s health system continues with preparations to ensure our province is prepared to meet the needs of our patients and to ensure appropriate protection from COVID-19 is available to health-care workers,
Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: COVID-19 is changing the conversation around food

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On one hand, the federal government stated the obvious when it identified the food system as one of the 10 critical infrastructures supporting Canadians during the pandemic crisis. After all, who can survive without food? Nevertheless, the guidance document issued by Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair recently sent an important signal, one
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Beef cattle producers seek new set-aside plan

Cattle groups, Tories call for revival of BSE-era program

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Canada’s beef cattle producer groups and federal Conservatives want to see the revival of a BSE-era program to hold cattle back against the risk of further lost options for slaughter. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association on Monday hearkened back to its March 24 list of recommendations to the federal government for support measures against the impacts
CBOT May 2020 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn futures set 3-1/2 year low as ethanol output tumbles

Soy futures consolidate after 3-1/2 week low

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures dropped to their lowest level in about 3-1/2 years on Wednesday as weekly ethanol output set a record low, reflecting weak demand for the crop during the coronavirus outbreak. Soybean and wheat futures also fell at the Chicago Board of Trade. Demand for corn-based ethanol has suffered as
Farmery owners Lawrence (left) and Chris Warwaruk display hand sanitizer, made in their brewery in Neepawa.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Brewer, distiller find ‘insane’ demand after pivot to hand sanitizer

Two small Manitoba craft beverage operations are swamped with orders for alcohol-based sanitizer

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It was supposed to be a cool way to help out. Now it’s all they can do to keep up. “It’s been insane,” said Lindsay Gillanders, spokesperson for Capital K Distillery. “We thought we’d produce a little bit of it,” Gillanders said. “We had no idea that the shortage of hand sanitizer was so severe.”
Customers wait in line to get into the St. Norbert Farmers’ Market on March 21, part of safety measures the market enacted.
Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Farmers’ market moves online amid demand for local food, adjusting to COVID-19

Organizers seek to balance safety while helping small producers sell product

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Shoppers at St. Norbert Farmers’ market can now opt to buy online and pick up instead of browsing in person. The move comes as part of efforts to maintain public health regulations while making local food available during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a market for food and household goods, it will remain open despite recent
Every year, Canada requires around 60,000 international workers for the agricultural sector.
News, Other

Time running short to bring in international workers

Farms and organizations are putting together safety plans to meet federal guidelines, but most are still waiting on workers

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Nearly two weeks after securing permission for temporary foreign workers to enter the country, agriculture groups were still hammering out the details of how they’d get here. “We’re trying to make sure that everyone is as safe as possible,” said Beth Connery, labour chair of the Canadian Horticultural Council. On March 16, Prime Minister Justin
Family members of longtime JBS USA meat packing plant employee Saul Sanchez gather April 10, 2020 at his Greeley, Colorado home after his death from COVID-19. (Photo: Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Livestock

‘Elbow to elbow:’ North America’s meat plant workers fall ill, walk off jobs

Supply chains struggling to keep pace with surging demand

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Chicago/Winnipeg | Reuters — At a Wayne Farms chicken processing plant in Alabama, workers recently had to pay the company 10 U.S. cents a day to buy masks to protect themselves from the COVID-19 coronavirus, according to a meat inspector. In Colorado, nearly a third of the workers at a JBS USA beef plant stayed

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