LONDON (Reuters) — Unilever raised its full-year sales guidance after beating first-half underlying sales forecasts as the maker of Dove soap and Knorr stock cubes hiked prices to counter soaring costs. The move lifted its shares on July 26. One of the biggest consumer companies in the world, with more than 400 brands ranging from […] Read more
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Food crisis response must hit the rails
Layered on top of COVID-19 supply chain disruptions and the existing global food crisis, the fallout of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has become a massive threat to global food security. Canada can contribute to averting the worst outcomes, but only if we anticipate the situation and are prepared to work toward meeting the demand. […] Read more
Labour shortage focus of supply chain debate
Members of the House of Commons agriculture committee are told that a lack of workers was evident before the pandemic
Persistent labour shortages will jeopardize the agricultural supply chain without a strategy to deal with them, the Commons agriculture committee has heard. The committee launched a study of the supply chain earlier this month and witnesses so far have been clear that labour is a top concern. The lack of workers was evident even before […] Read more
Nothing transitory about inflation and supply chains
One word that’s gone way out of fashion for 2022 is “transitory.” That’s the term much-used early last year by many economists and central bankers in describing their outlook for inflation, which was rising as the world’s economies revived from the initial blow of the pandemic. It was also used to describe the supply chain […] Read more
Manitoba farmers talk drought, supply chains
Getting through the drought and dealing with the supply chain woes of the late pandemic dominated addresses by government agriculture department and farm leaders at Keystone Agricultural Producers’ annual meeting Jan. 25. Long-term issues such as labour and climate change remain a focus for provincial and national players. “While we understand there is a need […] Read more
KAP meeting focuses on drought, supply chains
Getting through the drought and dealing with the supply chain woes of the late pandemic dominated addresses by government agriculture department and farm leaders at Keystone Agricultural Producers’ annual meeting Jan. 25. Long-term issues such as labour and climate change remain a focus for provincial and national players. “While we understand there is a need […] Read more
Supply chain issues become worrisome
At the beginning of the pandemic, observers worried about supply chain issues. After going through the 2020 and 2021 growing seasons relatively unscathed, concerns are growing for all sorts of farm inputs for the 2022 season. I bought Fierce herbicide relatively early for fall application on where I plan to seed lentils next year, but […] Read more
More supply chain crisis commitment wanted
Pulse Canada says a higher-priority effort from all supply chain participants is needed to fix country’s container shortage
American presidents relish taking decisive action with the stroke of a pen. Joe Biden achieved something like that when he recently announced a deal to begin operating the Port of Los Angeles 24 hours per day, seven days per week. But it won’t be so easy to achieve a similar boost in capacity in Canada, […] Read more
‘Desperate for tires’ – Components shortage roils U.S. harvest
CHICAGO, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Dale Hadden cannot find any spare tires for his combine harvester. So the Illinois farmer told his harvest crew to avoid driving on the sides of roads this autumn to avoid metal scraps that could shred tires. New Ag Supply in Kansas is pleading with customers to order parts now […] Read more
Will the COVID crisis cause a food revolution?
Innovative technologies are waiting on the shelf, but will they finally be embraced?
There’s been lots of blather about exciting food and agriculture industry technological innovations. “Smart” everything has been talked about for more than a decade. My newspaper has published dozens of stories about the possibilities of blockchain. The “internet of things” is a term buzzing away at every farm and ag conference out there. But it’s […] Read more
