Todd Malcolm

[KL This Week @KLThisWeek]

#COVID19 pandemic demand or not, local #farmers say they need to see better support for local abattoirs from upper levels of government to meet consumer need.
#KawarthaLakes #Ptbo
https://t.co/LQG1YNpBbs

[Stewart Skinner @modernfarmer]

So this happened today. As part of our #FarmerGratitudeProject processing staff at @SofinaFoods got lunch provided by @OntarioPork and various county producer associations. A small token of producers' thanks for the Herculean effort of processing workers
https://t.co/HbETJYniyu

[Bloomberg @business]

The Trump administration wants make purchases of milk and meat products to aid farmers who have lost major customers and prevent the food from being dumped https://t.co/UMc4rbM0ac

[Darin D. Fessler ✝️ @DDFalpha]

Est #Livestock Slaughter:

#Cattle
93K v LW 102K v LY 121K
WTD 284K v LY 336K

#Hogs 445K v LY 478K v 478K
WTD 1.182M v LY 1.387M

[Lianne Rood, M.P. Middlesex-London @Lianne_Rood]

The processing capacity bottleneck has expanded beyond the beef industry. Canada's pork farmers are on the verge of euthanizing 1000's of hogs. On Saturday in the House of Commons, I urged the Minister of Finance to act. Unfortunately his response wasn't very reassuring.

[Darin D. Fessler ✝️ @DDFalpha]

“pork farmers are under heavy distress...” - Captain Obvious

[NationalHogFarmer @NHF_Magazine]

Starting Tue morning, the first group of employees will be received at the plant by a team of people trained to give them instructions about the new protocol, which has been adapted for work in a slaughterhouse @OlymelR
#COVID19
#pork #EssentialWorkers
https://t.co/EzA6F8kBRj

[Jason Mauck @jasonmauck1]

While the politicians fight over where money goes and how much more we should print a few are actually looking into solving problems. Money doesn't solve everything, and if you've employed the lower half giving away money eliminates the motive to show up.

[Kelvin Heppner @KelvinHeppner]

Same scenario we're already seeing in agriculture.

[Adam Shea @FarmingForYou]

Lots of local provincially inspected & decentralized abattoirs for Ontario livestock would be really nice to have right now.
Politicians might want to go over the reasons as to why so many of them have been closed.
My snarky thought for tonight
#ontag

[Trent Loos @trentloos]

Farmers care for animals to improve planet and human health.

[Stewart Skinner @modernfarmer]

Going to need 3 wishes from a🧞‍♂️for North American hog industry to come out of COVID with independent producers left on the other side

[Trent Loos @trentloos]

#LoosFromTheHip Mar 20, 2020 why is meat demand huge and farmers cut less? Is the market broken? Farmers are getting close.
https://t.co/TXA1AowMWN

[Hamilton Mustangs @1986Mustangs]

Imagine what it would be like to be living in Miss McGill's house during #SocialDistancing

[Ken Schaus 🇨🇦 @KenSchaus]

RMP program with its largest requirement in program history with Capped funding
A federal plant closure this past fall
Has left a viable industry loosing money at all levels
@BeefFarmersON @mclaudebibeau #HelpBeefFarmers here in #ontag
@ONCornFedBeef

[The Rundown @therundowntvo]

Live Now: Family Farm Hardships; Farmers vs. Activists https://t.co/4xctgAFJyw

[Aaron @Aaron_Bowman_]

Alright ag twitter send me your methods of organizing fencing equipment!! Looking to make it cleaner and simpler to store in and off season. Retweets appreciated

[Todd Malcolm @toddfarms5]

Great field trip today, always learning!! Thanks to @WillMacArthur3 and his chicken peeps

[Jason Mauck @jasonmauck1]

IMO the 3 most disruptive future techs aren't that techy.

1. In row grazing...teeth, saliva
2. Biochar infused rations..ahead of animals...into digestive systems..into the soil
3. Transparency..not just tracking supply chain..watching your food being grown. Literally any time.