New Chinese rules for exporters and a number of COVID-19 cases among its workers have led Maple Leaf Foods to temporarily halt pork traffic to China from its biggest hog […] Read more
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Brandon pork plant’s exports to China suspended
Chinese protocols call for temporary pause, Maple Leaf says
Red Deer hog plant books first COVID case
One employee confirmed with virus, 13 isolating as precaution, company says
A major Prairie hog slaughter and processing plant relatively untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic has marked its first case of the coronavirus in a production line worker. Olymel, the meat […] Read more
CEBA dollars prove difficult for farm access
Farms have trouble getting funding due to lack of business accounts
Glacier FarmMedia – Farmers continue to have issues applying for Canadian Emergency Business Account benefits after the federal government deemed them eligible weeks ago. The problem centres on the requirement […] Read more
Comment: Grounded by COVID-19
How to find new ways of connecting when a job based on constant travel is interrupted
Nancy Charlton is a veterinarian who works across North America for dairy company DeLaval. Pre-COVID-19, she was on a flight three out of four weeks in every month. She shares […] Read more
COVID-19 lands at another Cargill meat plant
Five cases linked to case-ready plant in Calgary
Alberta provincial officials have declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill’s meat further-processing plant in Calgary, with five cases of the coronavirus connected to the facility. Provincial chief medical officer Dr. […] Read more
JBS to resume U.S. share listing plan after COVID-19 fallout
Management looking also for US$100 million in cost cuts
Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA is reviving plans to list shares on Wall Street after dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic’s fallout, CEO Gilberto Tomazoni said on Friday, […] Read more
Feds line up projects for surplus food program
NGOs backed to gather, distribute 12 million kg of food
The federal government has lined up eight projects to source and distribute perishable produce, meat, eggs and seafood piling up across Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of […] Read more
McDonald’s resuming all-Canadian beef supply
'Supply adjustment' ends next month, company says
Updated, Aug. 18 — McDonald’s Canada’s pandemic-related “supply adjustment,” in which the burger chain cut its Canadian beef purchases to below 100 per cent, is set to end next month. […] Read more
Cannabis industry readies for M+A after COVID-19 boosts weed demand
Companies betting on U.S. market growth after election
Reuters — After nearly a year of next-to-no dealmaking, cannabis companies are gearing up for mergers and acquisitions (M+A) as realistic stock valuations and the prospect of U.S. legalization attract […] Read more
Food still top consumer concern
COVID-19 has only accelerated the desire to know where food is coming from
Glacier FarmMedia – Will Canadian farmers benefit from the ‘trust bump’ that’s been seen globally in the wake of COVID? The Canadian Centre for Food Integrity held a webinar recently […] Read more
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