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Federal government to backstop TFW isolation with funding

Employers backed to provide mandatory two-week isolation

By GFM Staff April 13, 2020

Farming and agrifood employers bringing temporary foreign workers (TFWs) to Canada will get per-worker support to make sure those employees can self-isolate for 14 days on arrival. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Monday announced up to $50 million for such employers to put such measures in place. As part of its response to the COVID-19 […] Read more

Livestock

Smithfield shuts South Dakota pork plant over COVID-19

By Reuters April 9, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Smithfield Foods, the world’s biggest pork processor, is temporarily closing a massive plant at Sioux Falls, S.D., the company said Thursday, after more than 80 workers there tested positive for coronavirus. The shutdown is the latest disruption to the U.S. food supply chain from the pandemic and comes as grocery store […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Farming deemed essential in new federal pandemic guidance

Food production and supporting industries amid 'critical infrastructure'

By GFM Staff April 2, 2020

Workers in agriculture and supporting industries are on a new federal guidance list of employees considered “essential to maintain the health, safety, security and economic well-being of Canadians” amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair on Thursday released a new guidance document, “Guidance on Essential Services and Functions in Canada During the […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

Auction marts urged to introduce social distance

Cattle are still flowing through auction marts as scheduled

By Alexis Stockford March 20, 2020

The Livestock Markets Association of Canada wants to see more social distance at auction marts in the wake of COVID-19. The association has released an emergency response policy, asking its members to implement social distancing and prevention measures against the virus. “What we are looking at is trying to get a consistent message out to […] Read more

File photo of a worker checking cannabis plants at a Tilray factory hothouse at Cantanhede, about 220 km north of Lisbon, on April 24, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Rafael Marchante)

Crops

Tilray, in cost reduction mode, cuts 10 per cent of workforce

By Nichola Saminather February 5, 2020

Toronto | Reuters — Tilray Inc. has cut 10 per cent of its 1,443-strong workforce as part of a global restructuring effort to reduce costs, the cannabis producer said Tuesday. “By reducing headcount and cost, Tilray will be better positioned to achieve profitability and be one of the clear winners in the cannabis industry,” the […] Read more

CN locomotives in Winnipeg (Photo courtesy CN)

Crops, Machinery

CN apologizes as farm groups, Ottawa press on rail service

By Farmtario Staff March 7, 2018

Canada’s largest railway has taken the unusual step of apologizing for its pace of grain delivery in recent weeks and pledging “immediate steps” to improve its grain handle. After parting ways with its CEO Luc Jobin on Monday, Canadian National Railway (CN), through interim CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest, said Wednesday it “apologize(s) for not meeting the […] Read more

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