Zoonotic disease Archives - Page 19 of 22

Hog market recovering from pandemic lows

China again a major driver of hog values

By GFM Network News March 27, 2021

MarketsFarm — In April 2020, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, prices for lean hog futures dropped to their lowest point since 2002, falling below US$40 per hundredweight. Nearly a year later, the industry is in the middle of a speedy recovery. At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) on Thursday, lean hog futures […] Read more

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USDA plans more pandemic programs for disadvantaged farmers

Review found disparities in farm aid distribution

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News March 25, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday it will dedicate at least US$6 billion to help smaller-scale and socially disadvantaged farmers who were hurt by the pandemic, along with producers of organic food and other specialty crops. The agency said it would also increase by approximately $5.6 billion payments made […] Read more

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai is sworn in at the White House on March 18, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Tom Brenner)

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New U.S. trade chief Tai focused on CUSMA, China ties in calls

New trade deals on hold for now, White House says

By GFM Network News March 23, 2021

Washington | Reuters — New U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai mapped out her priorities and Washington’s desire to rebuild alliances in initial calls on Monday with her counterparts from Canada, Britain and the European Union. Tai, sworn in Thursday as President Joe Biden’s top trade negotiator, emphasized climate change, racial equity and the need to […] Read more

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New quarantine rules lined up for temporary foreign workers

Private transport would allow workers to skip immediate hotel stay

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 17, 2021

Temporary foreign workers coming to Canada for work in the farming or food processing sectors might not have to immediately check into government-approved hotels for COVID-19 quarantines along with other arriving travellers. The federal government on Tuesday announced new rules for TFWs taking effect starting Sunday (March 21). Like other arrivals, TFWs will still be […] Read more

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VIDO leading the way on vaccines

A new manufacturing facility is expected to open in 2022

By Meristem Land & Science March 16, 2021

At a time when the entire world has never been more focused on vaccine development, one of Canada’s leading researchers in the field had some positive words for delegates to the 2021 Banff Pork Seminar (BPS) earlier this winter. During a virtual conference presentation, Volker Gerdts, the director and CEO of the Vaccine and Infectious […] Read more

Members of the Regina Pats during a May 20, 2018 game against New Brunswick’s Acadie-Bathurst Titan at Brandt Centre in Regina. (CHL photo by Marissa Baecker)

General, Machinery

Ag equipment maker buys WHL’s Regina Pats

Brandt takes full ownership of hockey club

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 15, 2021

Regina-based machinery manufacturer the Brandt Group is levelling up from partner to full owner of the Western Hockey League’s Regina Pats. Brandt, which since 2005 has held the naming rights to the Pats’ home arena, Brandt Centre — formerly the Regina Agridome — said Friday it has approval from the league’s board of governors and […] Read more

General, Markets

Farmland appreciation continues through pandemic year

FCC report puts Canada's average land value increase at 5.4 per cent

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 15, 2021

Economic churn across Canada from the global COVID-19 pandemic didn’t faze the country’s real estate market — nor its farmland market in particular — in 2020, according to the latest review from the federal farm lending agency. Farm Credit Canada on Monday released its 2020 Farmland Values report, showing an average increase of 5.4 per […] Read more

Equipment, Machinery

Uncertainty dominates this year’s farm equipment show schedule

Many in-person events expected to cancel, while some still plan to go ahead

By Scott Garvey March 8, 2021

In January, the Sioux Falls Farm Show in South Dakota went ahead with its annual in-person farm machinery show. In a press release, the organizers said it expected 18,000 visitors to come to the event this year to wander past the 320 exhibits. That despite published statistics showing South Dakota — at that time — […] Read more

File photo of hogs in transit near Red Deer, Alta. (Stefonlinton/iStock/Getty Images)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Alberta hog farmers to get set-aside via AgriRecovery

Producers get funds for feeding held-back market hogs

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 6, 2021

An AgriRecovery plan announced Friday is set to pay eligible Alberta farmers 95 cents per day per market-ready hog toward the animals’ upkeep during the shutdown of the province’s biggest hog slaughter plant. Olymel, the meat packing arm of Sollio Co-operative, reopened its plant at Red Deer this week after announcing Feb. 15 it would […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock, Markets

COVID funds fuel consumer spending

Market Update with Jerry Klassen: The only recession with an increase in disposable income

By Jerry Klassen March 4, 2021

During mid-February, Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a live basis in the range of $150 to $150.50 FOB the feedlot; delivered prices on a dressed basis were quoted in the range of $254 to $255. The fed cattle market has been percolating higher over the past month. Beef production has exceeded earlier expectations […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

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