Insights and Stories on Shortage

Link broken in glyphosate supply chain, Bayer says

Feb. 14, 2022 at 5:44 pm CST

No one is yet using the word ‘shortage’ but farmers may need to get ready for less Roundup temporarily, following a “force majeure” event at a plant supplying an ingredient in the recipe for glyphosate. Bayer, the chemical company whose Roundup brand remains the best known of the glyphosate herbicides, […]

Pulse weekly outlook: Container crisis affecting markets, shipments

Jul. 14, 2021 at 5:10 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Ford cuts output of F-150s due to semiconductor shortage

Feb. 4, 2021 at 4:03 pm CST

By David Shepardson

China’s slower meat imports seen worsening its protein shortage

Jul. 9, 2020 at 12:02 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. senators question packers over exports to China during pandemic

Jun. 24, 2020 at 9:22 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Labour shortages persist, hort sector says

May. 23, 2020 at 1:57 am CDT

Ottawa — The Canadian Horticultural Council warns the federal government is using inaccurate numbers to describe how many temporary foreign workers are currently in the country. During a virtual meeting of the Commons standing committee on agriculture and agri-food, CHC president Brian Gilroy said food security continues to be threatened […]

By D.C. Fraser

Canada sees no beef shortage, but prices may rise due to coronavirus

Apr. 21, 2020 at 2:55 pm CDT

Ottawa/Winnipeg | Reuters –– The Canadian government is not expecting a beef shortage despite the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in certain meat-packing plants, though prices may rise, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday. Trudeau added that beef producers are placing a priority on supplying the Canadian market before […]

By Kelsey Johnson Rod Nickel

How COVID-19 is upending global food supply chains

Apr. 3, 2020 at 8:51 pm CDT

Satara/Singapore/London | Reuters — In the fertile Satara district in western India, farmers are putting their cattle on an unorthodox diet: Some feed iceberg lettuce to buffalo. Others feed strawberries to cows. It’s not a treat. They can either feed their crops to animals or let them spoil. And other […]

By Naveen Thukral Nigel Hunt rajendra-jadhav

Feed weekly outlook: No long-term shortage expected

Aug. 15, 2019 at 8:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Waiting for the 2019 harvest to roll in is the only factor that could create a feed shortage, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. “As far as things look today, I don’t see a reason to be concerned about a feed shortage. If anything […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canadian canola could make its way into Australia

Sep. 28, 2018 at 5:10 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A potential shortage of canola on Australia’s east coast has the oilseed industry there musing about the potential of importing Canadian canola to keep processing plants going. A story Tuesday on the Australian website Farm Online quoted Australian Oilseeds Federation CEO Nick Goddard as explaining the potential […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

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