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Workers in the JBS beef plant at Brooks, Alta. appear in a screen shot from a 2018 corporate video. (JBS Canada video screengrab via YouTube)

Changes to TFW program to expand worker availability

Workplace LMIAs now valid for 18 months

By Dave Bedard April 10, 2022
The federal government is boosting the availability of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) to ag and other understaffed sectors under a list of policy changes announced Monday. Employment and Workforce Development […] Read more

(Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable)
Machinery

Supply chain improvement funds pledged in federal budget

Money also added for support of TFWs, P.E.I. potato sector

By Dave Bedard April 7, 2022
The federal government’s release last week of its Emissions Reduction Plan has turned out to be the spoiler for new ag funding in Thursday’s 2022 budget — although more money […] Read more

CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Crop data awaited as grains fall with other commodities

China COVID-19 cases weigh on markets; grain traders monitor Ukraine news

By Julie Ingwersen March 29, 2022
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures fell on Monday as worries over coronavirus cases in China weighed on commodity markets while grain traders also adjusted positions […] Read more

NYMEX May 2022 West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Machinery, Markets

Fuel prices may remain high beyond Russian invasion, expert says

By Adam Peleshaty March 22, 2022
MarketsFarm — The decision by the U.S. to halt the import of Russian petroleum products due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine created sticker shock at the pumps in North […] Read more

(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

AAFC warns of uncertainty in latest crop outlook

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 19, 2022
MarketsFarm — The supply/demand balance sheets for Canada’s major crops were largely left unchanged in the latest outlook Friday from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. While the March report only saw […] Read more


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Crops

Saskatchewan pushes crop insurance deadline to mid-April

'Logistical challenges' led to extension

By Dave Bedard March 15, 2022
Saskatchewan farmers will get an extra couple of weeks to apply for, cancel, reinstate or change their crop insurance contracts for 2022, due to holdups in the delivery of their […] Read more

(Dave Bedard photo)
Markets

Rate of rise in farmland value ‘surprised’ in 2021

Canada books 8.3 per cent year-over-year increase, FCC reports

By Adam Peleshaty March 15, 2022
MarketsFarm — Despite a year of economic uncertainty due to extreme weather, reduced crop yields and the COVID-19 pandemic, the value of Canadian farmland rose by its highest rate in […] Read more

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Livestock

JBS to help fund home purchases for Brooks staff

Company offering zero-interest loans for down payments

By Dave Bedard March 4, 2022
One of the biggest beef packers operating in Canada is pledging $1.7 million for a one-year pilot program to help employees buy or upgrade homes. JBS Foods Canada, which operates […] Read more


Legal experts urge agri-food businesses to examine their workplaces to determine if they need a COVID-19 vaccine policy in order to be compliant with the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
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Workplaces urged to set clear COVID-19 vaccination policies

Lawyer says there’s onus under health and safety act to protect workers

By Rebecca Hannam February 22, 2022
Legal experts are urging employers to implement COVID-19 vaccination policies, whether mandatory or voluntary, to protect employees and customers and prevent the spread in workplaces and the community.  Farms and […] Read more

A man reacts as protestors block access to the Ambassador Bridge at Windsor, Ont. on Feb. 11, 2022.
News

Editorial: Let’s pick our battles wisely

By Kristy Nudds February 18, 2022
What began as a “Freedom Convoy” of a small group of truckers driving to Ottawa to protest against the Jan. 15 mandate that Canadian truckers need to be vaccinated to […] Read more

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