Steve Gorman Archives | Canadian Cattlemen

Washington begins killing wolf pack for preying on livestock

By Steve Gorman August 29, 2016

Reuters — Wildlife agents authorized to eradicate a group of 11 wolves for repeated attacks on cattle in Washington state have hunted down and killed six animals from the condemned pack and are searching for the rest, a state game official said on Monday. State biologists fatally shot two members of the so-called Profanity Peak […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Contract negotiators for U.S. West Coast ports reach tentative deal

By Steve Gorman February 21, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters — A group of shipping companies and a powerful dockworkers union clinched a tentative labour deal on Friday after nine months of negotiations, settling a dispute that disrupted the flow of cargo through 29 U.S. West Coast ports and snarled trans-Pacific maritime trade with Asia. The settlement, confirmed in a joint […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

U.S. farmers hit hard by labour strife at West Coast ports

By Steve Gorman February 13, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters –– Protracted labour strife and shipping disruptions at U.S. West Coast ports have hit farmers especially hard, posing a major barrier to perishable goods headed to overseas markets and resulting in losses estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars a week. Foreign Pacific Rim customers facing chronic delays in shipments of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. West Coast ports undergo partial shutdown

By Steve Gorman February 12, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters –– The 29 ports on the U.S. West Coast were effectively closed to cargo freighters for the second time in less than a week on Thursday under a partial shutdown imposed by shipping lines and terminal operators in an escalating labour dispute with the dockworkers’ union. The loading and unloading of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. West Coast port operations resume, more labour talks scheduled

By Steve Gorman February 9, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters — U.S. West Coast port operations resumed in full on Monday after shipping companies suspended loading and unloading of freighters for the weekend, citing chronic cargo backups the shippers and dockworkers have blamed on each other during months of labour tensions. Reopening of the ports to cargo vessels idled by the […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

California water allocation forecast hits record-low level

By Steve Gorman January 31, 2014

Los Angeles | Reuters — A worsening drought in California will likely force a first-ever complete cutoff this year in state-supplied water sold to 29 irrigation districts, public water agencies and municipalities up and down the state, officials said Friday. Although the state Water Resources Department typically ends up supplying more water than first projected […] Read more

Soybean cyst nematode confirmed in Manitoba

Safety advocates sound alarm over new U.S. hog slaughter rules

Tim Hortons retreats from Beyond

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