Insights and Stories on Canada

Canadian, U.S. farms face crop losses on foreign worker delays

Apr. 6, 2020 at 6:52 pm CDT

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Mandatory coronavirus quarantines of seasonal foreign workers in Canada could hurt that country’s fruit and vegetable output this year, and travel problems related to the pandemic could also leave U.S. farmers with fewer workers than usual. Foreign labour is critical to farm production in both countries, […]

Canola production paths diverge for Canada, Australia

Apr. 6, 2020 at 6:03 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canadian farmland trending less affordable in FCC report

Apr. 6, 2020 at 12:44 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

China yet to resume all canola imports from Canada, officials say

Apr. 3, 2020 at 8:12 pm CDT

By Reuters

Canada’s pork sector up to speed, aware of challenges

Apr. 3, 2020 at 2:02 pm CDT

By Alexis Kienlen

Pandemic planning leads to staff cuts at Agropur

Apr. 3, 2020 at 1:58 am CDT

Dairy co-operative Agropur’s “business continuity” plan against the COVID-19 pandemic calls for job cuts and layoffs for about three per cent of its total workforce. Longueuil, Que.-based Agropur announced Thursday it will eliminate 60 positions and temporarily lay off another 200 employees, all from its Canadian operations. In the “unprecedented […]

By GFM Staff

Canola dockage agreement with China expires, but limited exports to continue

Mar. 31, 2020 at 1:40 pm CDT

Exports of Canadian canola seed exports to China will continue, at the same reduced pace seen since March last year — but only if it contains less than one per cent dockage. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two countries allowing higher dockage ends Tuesday (March 31), a Canadian […]

By Allan Dawson

Ottawa expected to ‘officially’ declare ag an essential service

Mar. 30, 2020 at 10:47 am CDT

Canada’s grain industry expects the federal government will soon officially declare agriculture an essential service. Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA), says that designation will have a practical application. “Hopefully it ends all confusion about grain workers at elevators, railway workers and anybody else required […]

By Allan Dawson

Cross-border truckers exempt from mandatory isolation

Mar. 26, 2020 at 10:31 pm CDT

Truckers and others who are still allowed to cross into Canada on essential business are exempt from a new two-week self-isolation rule for people arriving in the country. Health Minister Patty Hajdu on Wednesday announced an emergency order under the federal Quarantine Act, requiring anyone who’s entering Canada by land, […]