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Aerial photo of a tractor during harvest season.

CTV Winnipeg: ‘Another black eye’: Vancouver port strike impacting Manitoba grain farmers during harvest season

September 26, 2024 — 

“This is their payday. And they got loans and they got people who (they) have to pay,” said Barry Prentice, a supply chain manager professor at the University of Manitoba.

Prentice said Manitoba producers will be hurt, but not as bad as farmers in Saskatchewan and Alberta because of the province’s proximity to other ports.

“Prince Rupert and Thunder Bay are still open. And in the case of Manitoba, we ship more grain through Thunder Bay than the other two provinces. So again, a little less impact, but it depends where you’re shipping.”

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