Scotlynn Group, an Ontario logistics and produce company, has had its workforce hit hard by a COVID-19 outbreak. In response, the company is looking for teams of five people to form harvest squads to bring in the asparagus harvest. The company has used its social media streams to shed light on not only the COVID-19... Read More
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India has signalled a move to reduce the tariff on incoming lentil shipments received by August 31st. An official from the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. says that India will reduce the lentil tariff from 30 per cent to 10 per cent (plus a 10 per cent tax) for shipments arriving between... Read More
Personal information for Manitoba farmers who have crop insurance through Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) was mistakenly shared in an email to 134 farms, says the CEO of MASC. "As part of a regular course of business, producers who have completed their Seeded Acreage Report online are emailed a package of information for the new... Read More
With tensions rising between the U.S. and China in the last ten days, questions are mounting regarding China's ability to meet its Phase One trade deal obligations. China provided a major shot across the U.S. bow early Monday (June 1) when Reuters reported that President Xi had instructed Chinese state-owned COFCO and Sinograin to quit... Read More
Weeks after the deadline to apply, only a handful of employers have been told they'll have a grant to hire summer help. Many businesses, including farms, have not received news of approvals, even though jobs could have started as early as May 15. Early in April, and as part of the COVID-19 reaction, the federal... Read More
Donald's Fine Foods, based in Richmond, B.C., is looking at developing the defunct XL foods beef plant in Moose Jaw into a sow processing facility. The company is conducting a feasibility study and gauging overall support from producers, the public, and government for creating a "technologically advanced sow processing facility serving Western Canadian hog producers,"... Read More
Update: On May 29, 2020, the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench extended the stay of proceedings against Morris Industries until July 3, 2020. Saskatchewan-based seeding equipment manufacturer Morris Industries, which has been in creditor protection since early January, has received a purchase offer from another Saskatchewan-based manufacturer. Superior Farm Solutions Limited, which operates the Rite... Read More
Alberta's agriculture minister is sharing new information regarding the cattle set-aside program that's being rolled out to address the backlog of cattle as processing capacity has been limited by COVID-19. A couple of weeks ago, the Alberta government announced they would be providing provincial funding in addition to the federal AgriRecovery funds for the set-aside... Read More
Statistics Canada released its 2019 farm income and debt report this week, and it showed that realized net income of Canadian agricultural producers rose for the first time in three years. Net income was up 10.4 per cent to $4.9 billion in 2019, but as J.P. Gervais, chief economist of Farm Credit Canada (FCC) points... Read More
HALO Air Ambulance is the only dedicated medevac helicopter that covers southern Alberta and southwest Saskatchewan, forming the boundary of the former Palliser Health region, which covers 50,000 square kilometers. Since its inception in 2007, HALO has dispatched over 550 missions, from their base in Medicine Hat, Alta. When it comes to air ambulances, it... Read More