Special Compliance Inspections for Employers of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Monthly Archives: April 2020
AAFC Response – Statistics Canada Food-Processing Data Information and Implications for the Agriculture and Agri-Food Sector
April 23, 2020 OTTAWA – Canada’s pork producers are facing an unprecedented crisis as a result of COVID-19. The pandemic has put farm families and their livelihoods at risk and the potential for a sharp rise in food insecurity has never been greater. Producers across the country now expect to lose $30 to $50 a hog […]
Click here to listen to an interview with Dr. John Patience, Swine It, with some practical nutritional tips (and cautions) related to dealing with potential delays in marketing of hogs. With many packing plants closing or slowing down, Dr. John Patience discusses “managing pig growth during special conditions”.
Pork Nova Scotia have decided to delay our Annual General Meeting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, will still provide the annual report to producers by April 24, 2020. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the office. Stay safe, Pork Nova Scotia Board
Real Agriculture By: Kelvin Heppner April 11, 2020 Olymel says it will be resuming operations at its hog slaughter and cutting plant at Yamachiche, Quebec on Tuesday, April 14 after closing for more than two weeks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The plant, which normally processes 28 thousand pigs per week, has been closed […]
Ontario Agriculture Risk Management Program Overview AgriStability Information
CFIA – Updated Guidance to Meat Slaughter and Processing Establishments on Prevention and Response to Suspect and Confirmed COVID-19 Plant Employees The guidance document outlines steps that meat slaughter and processing establishments are required to take to address exposure risks for both establishment and CFIA employees. This is an update to the document that was […]
Farms.com By: Jackie Clark April 7, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting some food supply chains by necessitating changes in processing-plant operations in an attempt to keep workers safe and healthy. Processing capacity “is a huge issue for us. Packing plants for the last several months have been operating at capacity and with COVID-19 and […]
The CFA is doing a series of surveys each week to monitor how COVID-19 is impacting farmers. Week of April 6th survey link
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