Insights and Stories on COVID-19

Feds proposing to expand wage subsidy program

Jul. 17, 2020 at 7:53 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian government wants to expand an emergency wage subsidy program so that all businesses suffering losses from the COVID-19 outbreak will benefit, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said on Friday. Morneau told a news conference that Ottawa would drop an earlier requirement stipulating that businesses needed […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle end steady to firmer

Jul. 17, 2020 at 6:31 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Non-essential travel limits extended at U.S. borders with Canada, Mexico

Jul. 16, 2020 at 6:39 pm CDT

By David Shepardson Steve Scherer

Ontario to insure for crop loss due to lack of labour

Jul. 9, 2020 at 10:45 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

China’s slower meat imports seen worsening its protein shortage

Jul. 9, 2020 at 12:02 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures, boxed beef prices weaken

Jul. 8, 2020 at 7:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live and feeder cattle futures weakened with boxed beef prices on Wednesday as large supplies of heavy livestock are ready for slaughter, commodity brokers said. Cattle heading to slaughter weigh more, analysts said, because they put on pounds as animals backed up in feedlots when […]

By Tom Polansek

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil prices off pandemic peak

Jul. 7, 2020 at 10:45 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Lentil prices received a bit of a bump earlier in the year from peak pandemic panic-buying, but have subsided in recent weeks. “At the beginning, a lot of people were buying, which led to a spike in prices,” explained Marcos Mosnaim of Globeways Canada in Mississauga. “That scarcity […]

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. livestock: Large supplies push cattle, hogs mostly lower

Jul. 7, 2020 at 5:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle and hog futures ended mostly lower on Tuesday under pressure from large supplies, analysts said. Live cattle futures retreated a day after nearing a two-month high, while feeder cattle pulled back after reaching their highest price in month than a month on Monday. “We’ve […]

By Tom Polansek

China suspends beef imports from Cargill plant

Jul. 6, 2020 at 3:33 pm CDT

China has temporarily suspended imports of beef from Cargill’s major beef packing plant at High River, Alta., part of a long list of meat plants blocked in the last half of June. The Reuters news service on Monday published a list of meat packing plants from around the world which […]

By Dave Bedard

Ontario investigating 17 temp agencies after virus outbreaks on farms

Jul. 3, 2020 at 1:30 am CDT

Toronto/Winnipeg | Reuters — Ontario is investigating 17 temporary recruitment agencies, the province’s labour ministry said, after health officials warned that agencies that move workers from farm to farm could be contributing to COVID-19 outbreaks. Canadian farms rely on some 60,000 people who come to Canada on temporary work permits […]

By Allison Martell Rod Nickel

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