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17.11.2020 / 02:39

Coronavirus: Ontario launches new strategy to bolster farm protection

COVID-19.The new strategy was presented by Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Ernie Hardeman during a media conference in Kingsville on Monday morning.

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Coronavirus: Health unit issues order for farms employing migrant workers in Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Northumberland

coronavirus.The order, under Section 22 of Ontario’s Health Protection and Promotion Act, will apply to any farm that employs migrant workers and/or participate in the federal Temporary Foreign Worker or operate any model of seasonal housing accommodations.The order went into effect at noon and will remain in effect until the medical officer of health determines it is no longer required.

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Coronavirus: International Plowing Match and Rural Expo in Lindsay, Ont., postponed until 2021

The 103rd edition of the International Plowing Match and Rural Expo scheduled for this October in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ont., has been postponed until October 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Heritage Acres Musuem plants victory garden to support Pincher Creek food bank

In an effort to support the surrounding community during the COVID-19 pandemic, one museum in southern Alberta has decided to start its first-ever victory garden.

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Coronavirus: Farmers claim most of $5B in extra credit extended by Ottawa

Canadian farmers and agriculture businesses have claimed most of the $5 billion in extra credit offered by Ottawa to boost their cash flow during the coronavirus pandemic, in less than two months.

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Covid-19 sees cancellation of Ploughing Championships

Organisers of the National Ploughing Championship have said that in the interests of public health and safety this year's event has been cancelled.

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Manitoba farmers set to begin historic seeding season

Despite wet weather expected this week, Manitoba farmers are gearing up for the start of the seeding season.

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‘Eat fries twice a week’: Belgians urged to help with potato pile-up

Farmers in Belgium are urging their fellow citizens to do the heroic thing and eat more fries during the country’s coronavirus lockdown, due to a massive oversupply of potatoes that can’t be shipped to other nations.

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Quebecers answer call to work on farms, but are they up to the task?

Melina Plante has found that, on her five-hectare fruit and vegetable farm south of Montreal by the U.S. border, one experienced Guatemalan farmhand can produce more than two Quebecers.

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Coronavirus: Quebec calls on students, laid-off workers to work in local agriculture

The Quebec government announced it will spend $45 million to recruit and support Quebecers to go help farmers with fieldwork this harvest season, amid the COVID-19 crisis.

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Coronavirus: Manitoba farmers taking one day at a time as planting season looms

Manitoba farmers are getting ready for the 2020 planting season, while the world continues to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus: What the Canadian government is doing to support farmers

The Canadian government has now listed agriculture as an essential service, acknowledging both the importance of the industry, as well as its place in the economy.

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Coronavirus: Canadian beef industry stakeholders address COVID-19 crisis

Canadian beef industry stakeholders held a telephone town hall Friday to share how the industry is trying to weather the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Uncertainty over temporary foreign workers worries Atlantic farmers

The impacts of the global novel coronavirus pandemic are wide-spread and have now brought uncertainty and worry over the nation’s food supply.

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