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Sarah and Chad Hunt standing in an abbatoir with beef carcasses
Beef Cattle, Management, News

Beef producers create their own supply chain in rural Ontario

When an abattoir closed in their area, Sarah and Chad Hunt saw an opportunity

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When a new opportunity presents itself, sometimes farmers must take on the challenge. And sometimes it can also mean solving their own problems. When their local abattoir had to cut back on processing capacity due to the owner’s health problems, Sarah Hunt knew this would affect sales of their Limousin beef cattle in Pakenham, Ont. […] Read more
A facility constructed entirely of modular components in Yar-Sale, Western Siberia. The area is known for extreme temperatures and reindeer meat processing.
Features, Management

Linking the supply chain through modular processing plants

A new company aims to disrupt the meat processing industry and deliver the kinds of cuts customers want through modular buildings

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When representatives from the meat industry, microbrew marketing, and feedlot sectors come together, the pieces of a new- to-Canada enterprise begin to snap into place. Almost literally.  Larry Dalton, James Bradbury and Jeff Ball combined their unique viewpoints to create a new method of branding and marketing beef, specifically building small processing plants on local […] Read more
File photo from a Teamster-represented engineers’ picket at CN in Winnipeg in 2009. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

Unions rip supply chain report’s language on strikes

Task force calls for 'new labour relations paradigm'

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Recommendations from the federal government’s National Supply Chain Task Force to strengthen the country’s supply chains have drawn a cheer but also one significant jeer from unions in the transport sector. The task force’s final report, released Oct. 6, offered up 21 recommendations aimed at easing congestion in Canada’s ports, filling labour shortages and improving […] Read more
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Crops, Reuters

U.S. trade commission sues pesticide makers, alleging price scheme

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Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued two top pesticide manufacturers for allegedly entering into exclusive contracts with distributors that kept prices paid by farmers artificially high. The consumer watchdog agency was motivated to bring the case in part because rising costs and supply chain disruptions from Russia’s invasion of […] Read more
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Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

U.S. eyes baby formula imports amid nationwide shortage

About 40 per cent of formula products out of stock in U.S.

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Washington | Reuters — U.S. health regulators will announce action on baby formula imports as soon as Monday to address a nationwide shortage that has left parents scrambling to feed their babies, the Food and Drug Administration’s chief said. FDA commissioner Robert Califf provided no details, but President Joe Biden said last week he was […] Read more
File photo of the Canada-U.S. border crossing connecting Sarnia, Ont. and Port Huron, Michigan. (Eyfoto/iStock/Getty Images)
General, Markets, Reuters

Canada, U.S. fear economic damage from border crossing protest

Headway in one area, another protest elsewhere, minister says

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Windsor/Ottawa/Washington | Reuters — Truckers blocking U.S-Canada border crossings risk hurting the auto industry and agriculture, the White House said on Wednesday as Ottawa urged an end to the 13-day demonstration against coronavirus mandates. After nearly two years of pandemic measures in many countries, opposition has sprung up in different ways with copycat protests in […] Read more
A view near the Canadian end of the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Windsor and Detroit and is considered one of North America’s busiest trade routes. (Steven_Kriemadis/iStock/Getty Images)
General, Markets, Reuters

Cross-border supply chains still may face disruptions from vaccine mandates

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CLARIFIED, Jan. 13 — Ottawa/Washington | Reuters — COVID-19 vaccine requirements for foreign truckers at the U.S.-Canada border still could cause supply-chain disruptions if both countries do not decide to allow exemptions, the head of the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) said Thursday. Canadian truck drivers who aren’t vaccinated may enter Canada by right — but […] Read more
General, Reuters, Weather

Thousands in B.C. still stranded by flood waters

'We are not out of this by a long shot'

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Abbotsford | Reuters — Rescuers and workers in British Columbia were still trying to reach 18,000 people stranded on Thursday after floods and mudslides destroyed roads, houses and bridges in what could be the costliest natural disaster in the country’s history. Receding flood waters were helping rescue efforts, but the downpour blocked off entire towns […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

Packaged-food majors see sales spike in pandemic

Big brands may benefit from larger, more secure supply chains

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Reuters — General Mills on Monday said it saw record demand for its pantry staples, becoming the latest packaged food maker to see business spike during the COVID-19 pandemic, as homebound shoppers stocked up on comfort foods during lockdowns. The company joins Nomad Foods, Premier Foods, Nestle, Mondelez and other processed food makers, which have […] Read more

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