Reading Time: 3 minutes Global trading house Cargill said on Tuesday it plans to cut around five per cent of its staff, or about 8,000 jobs after revenue slumped in its most recent fiscal year as crop prices hit multi-year lows.
Commodities trading giant Cargill plans to cut around 8,000 jobs
Canopy Growth to shut two B.C. greenhouses, cut 500 jobs
Niagara greenhouse plans also shelved
Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — Pot producer Canopy Growth Corp. said on Wednesday it plans to close two of its greenhouses in Aldergrove and Delta, B.C., cutting about 500 positions. The company also said it no longer plans to open a third greenhouse in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Canopy had said last month it aims to focus on reducing costs, […] Read more
Canola’s impact shown throughout Canadian economy
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Like a rock thrown in a lake creates ripples on shore, a new study commissioned by the Canola Council of Canada shows the sector’s impact is growing larger — causing ripples to turn to waves. Canola’s value to the Canadian economy has tripled over the past decade to $26.7 billion a year, […] Read more
Kraft Heinz to cut 2,500 jobs in Canada, U.S.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — Kraft Heinz Co. said it will eliminate 2,500 jobs in the U.S. and Canada, including about 700 at its Chicago-area headquarters. Heinz, backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital — known as an aggressive cost-cutter — combined with Kraft in March in a $46 billion deal that […] Read more
On the job: Selling the virtues of work on the farm
Can farmers compete against the oilfield and other industries? Our Lisa Guenther goes straight to the source
Reading Time: 7 minutes As farms get bigger, the challenge of finding workers to cover those extra acres or to help manage those larger herds is getting bigger too, especially when agriculture goes head to head up against more lucrative jobs in other sectors. Farmers are a bit perplexed, though. I mean, surely anyone would want the life that […] Read more
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