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Canada resists pressure to drop vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers

By GFM Network News January 10, 2022

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing ahead with a vaccine mandate for international truckers despite increasing pressure from critics who say it will exacerbate driver shortages and drive up the price of goods imported from the United States. Canada will require all truckers entering from the U.S. to show proof […] Read more

Workers set up a temporary building for John Deere on Jan. 3, 2022 in the parking lot of the Las Vegas Convention Center in preparation for CES 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Steve Marcus)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Deere says its robo-tractors are ready to till the fields

By GFM Network News January 4, 2022

Detroit | Reuters — Deere and Co. said Tuesday it will start commercial delivery this year of technology that enables a tractor to till a field without an operator in the cab, a first for the top North American tractor manufacturer after years of effort to automate farm work. Deere plans a low-volume launch this […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market has positive factors

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News January 4, 2022

There were no feeder cattle sales last week due to the holiday season; however, this didn’t stop many cow-calf producers from inquiring about the market outlook for 2022. This past year was one for the record books. There is no doubt about it. Waves of COVID-19 caused beef demand to be quite volatile from month […] Read more

A past crowd at Manitoba Ag Days inside the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Man. Photo: Sandy Black/Manitoba Co-operator

Machinery

Manitoba Ag Days postponed on COVID protocols

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, GFM Network News December 28, 2021

The 2022 edition of Manitoba Ag Days will not proceed next month as originally planned. Ag Days’ management team and directors have postponed the event – now to be determined at a later date – originally scheduled for January 18-20, 2022, in Brandon, Man., based on new COVID-19 public health orders issued by the Manitoba […] Read more

CBOT May 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Corn, Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn up, but highs may not last

By GFM Network News December 22, 2021

MarketsFarm — Corn, wheat and soybeans were all trading on a positive note at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) just days before the winter holidays. According to Scott Capinegro, a broker for Barrington Commodity Brokers at Lake Barrington, Ill., a greater appetite for risk by investors and inclement weather have both supported the markets. […] Read more

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

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat nears two-month low

Corn declines; soy ends firm

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 16, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell nearly four per cent on Wednesday and European wheat fell three per cent as a bumper Australian harvest and signs of continued competition from Black Sea supplies added to technical pressure, traders and analysts said. Corn followed wheat lower while soybean futures ended modestly higher after monthly […] Read more

Roquette’s pea processing plant near Portage la Prairie. (Photo courtesy Roquette Canada)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: New investments cause for optimism

Sector looking forward beyond challenges of 2021

By GFM Network News December 14, 2021

MarketsFarm — Canada’s pulse industry had to endure more than its fair share of challenges and obstacles in 2021, domestic and abroad. Nevertheless, the national organization representing pulse growers, traders and processors feels the industry will be strong in the New Year. An already tight supply situation became tighter in 2021 as drought in Western […] Read more

Crops

Elevators hope mandatory vaccination doesn’t disrupt operations

New regulations will require all federally regulated employees to comply early in 2022

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News December 11, 2021

Canada’s major companies hope their operations won’t be disrupted when Ottawa requires federally regulated employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 starting early in 2022. “It depends on whether employees that aren’t vaccinated will get vaccinated, or would they leave their jobs,” Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA) said in an interview […] Read more

File photo of an Ontario cherry orchard. (UpdogDesigns/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Reuters

Audit finds Canada failing migrant farmworkers on COVID-19, housing inspections

By GFM Network News December 9, 2021

Toronto | Reuters — As the COVID-19 pandemic raged, federal government inspectors frequently deemed the employers of migrant workers compliant with health and safety rules despite a lack of evidence, according to an Auditor General report released Thursday. While Canadian provinces and territories set housing standards, the federal government is responsible for ensuring tens of […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

U.S. EPA proposes biofuel mandate cuts

Proposal seen as boost to pandemic-hit refiners

By GFM Network News December 7, 2021

New York | Reuters — The Biden administration proposed on Tuesday a reduction in the amount of biofuels that U.S. oil refiners were required to blend into their fuel mix since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The long-awaited decision offers some relief to the U.S. refining industry after the health crisis slammed domestic demand […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures mixed ahead of Thanksgiving holiday

Pulse Weekly: Looking for trade deal to benefit Canadian growers

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans firm as traders hope for more Chinese buying

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