Reading Time: 3 minutes Generations of farmers prioritized reinvesting back into the farm instead of creating personal savings. But today’s generation is creating separation between farm and non-farm assets to minimize personal risk, position families for succession planning and increase family harmony. Family harmony and work-life balance Creating personal wealth outside of the farm plays a major role in […] Read more
Creating off-farm revenue
Farmers have historically reinvested their earnings back into the farm. Today’s generation is planning for more
Pork sector worries tariffs will hit labour pool
Keeping workers available for post-tariff recovery a key goal
Reading Time: 2 minutes Manitoba Pork and the Canadian pork council are lobbying the Canadian and Manitoba government for strategies to protect the sector from U.S. tariffs.
Employers of temporary foreign workers got more fines, bans in 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minute Employment and Social Development Canada handed out $2.1 million in financial penalties to employers of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) between April and September 2024. This was more than double the fines given in the same period of 2023, according to a federal news release.
Immigrant US farmworkers prepare for Trump mass deportation plan
Reading Time: 3 minutes Immigrant farmworkers are preparing for incoming U.S. president Donald Trump's promise of mass deportations, including by assigning guardians for their children if they are detained, according to groups providing them legal support.
US chicken, pork plant workers face higher health risks, USDA studies confirm
Reading Time: 2 minutes Workers in U.S. chicken and pork plants face higher risks than other manufacturing workers for musculoskeletal disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome, according to two studies the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued on Friday.
Tentative labour deal heads off US port disruption; Trump credited
Reading Time: 2 minutes A tentative labor deal forestalled potentially damaging trade disruptions at three-dozen U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports, with both sides in the talks crediting President-elect Donald Trump for clearing the way for them to hammer out a deal on automation.
Food and beverage sector sees softening demand for workers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Job vacancies in food and beverage manufacturing fell to 2019 levels this year, but softening demand for workers isn’t necessarily a positive sign says Farm Credit Canada.
The case for hiring a full-time employee on your farm
It’s different today. Employees come with expectations. You have to work with them... but on this farm, it’s more than worth it
Reading Time: 12 minutes You may have had help on the farm before on a seasonal, casual or term basis. Most farms probably have. But farming today is different, and so are the reasons why you might be considering a full-time employee. So how do you know when it’s time to take the plunge? Will it pay off, or […] Read more
COMMENT: The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a failure, and new immigration limits make a bad situation worse
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) was seemingly set up to fail. Multiple successive governments have long passed the buck to the next and still none are willing to fix it.
US farm groups want Trump to spare their workers from deportation
Reading Time: 4 minutes U.S. farm industry groups want President-elect Donald Trump to spare their sector from his promise of mass deportations, which could upend a food supply chain heavily dependent on immigrants in the United States illegally.
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