Jen Skerritt

@jenskerritt

Agriculture reporter at Bloomberg News in Winnipeg. Opinions are my own.

Winnipeg, Manitoba
bloomberg.com
Joined September 2010
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  1. Jan 20

    Truck shipments are being cancelled as a driver shortage worsens, leaving pigs stuck in Canada and feed stranded in U.S. with

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    Jan 19

    Fruit and veggie shortages are making a comeback at grocery stores with Canada's trucker vaccine mandates adding to supply chain woes. With via

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    Jan 17

    Will the trucker vaccine mandate affect food prices? It's already happening, one food distributor tells our , as freight costs on California and Arizona truck routes to Canada have jumped. Story here:

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  4. Jan 14

    Canada plans to start turning away unvaccinated U.S truckers at its border this weekend, upending the flow of everything from food to auto parts between the two trading partners

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  5. Jan 7

    Why has the world's biggest fertilizer company lost two CEOs in short order when markets are booming? Nutrien won't say

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    19 Nov 2021

    The Biden Administration didn't even need to ask (or did they?) ... The OPEC of maple syrup is dipping into its strategic maple syrup reserve to cover this year's harvest shortfall via

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  7. 8 Nov 2021

    Inflation's next victim might be your Sunday dinner

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    29 Oct 2021

    First they came for the lumber. Then they came for the steel. Now, beer inflation is soaring, and I don't think the world's ready for this. Important read to start your weekend from

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    26 Oct 2021

    High lumber prices are back, even as the industry steps into what is normally a seasonal lull, report

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    22 Oct 2021

    This is... very bad news. Get ready to pay more for your pasta as drought drives up price of vital durum wheat. By via

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  11. 29 May 2020

    Farm workers are falling ill with coronavirus just as the U.S. heads into the peak of summer produce season.

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  12. 21 May 2020

    Scared and sick, U.S. meat workers are still `right on top of each other' in some areas as plants reopen. via

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    21 May 2020

    Closing pubs and restaurants, canceled sporting events and festivals like Germany’s Oktoberfest have hurt demand for malt used to make and whisky, via

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    20 May 2020

    The squeeze on America's meat supplies appears to be easing.

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  15. 14 May 2020

    Turmoil in Canada's food supply chain points to summer shortages

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  16. 14 May 2020

    Thousands of pigs are rotting on U.S. compost heaps as grocers run out of meat w/

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    13 May 2020

    U.S. Meat Plants Changes to Address Coronavirus Outbreaks Ending 99-Cent Chicken, Cheap Hamburger. via

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    7 May 2020

    More U.S. dairy farmers are sending their cows to be turned into hamburgers as demand drops for milk and rises for cheap beef via and

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  19. 6 May 2020

    U.S. meat workers are quitting as virus-ridden plants reopen

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  20. 1 May 2020

    Wary workers are trying to keep a big Canadian beef plant shut

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