By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday June 3, 2021

Jun 3, 2021 | 9:38 AM

MELFORT, Sask. — The JBS Canada beef processing facility in Alberta has resumed production after a cyberattack that impacted the company’s operations.

Some plant shifts in Canada were cancelled Monday and Tuesday, according to JBS Facebook posts.

The world’s largest meat processing company was the target of an organized cybersecurity attack, affecting some of the servers for its North American and Australian IT systems.

It said its backup servers were not affected and that it was not aware of any evidence that any customer, supplier, or employee data had been compromised.

The company said Tuesday it was making progress in resuming plant operations in the U.S. and Australia. It said several of its pork, poultry and prepared foods plants were operational as well as the Canadian facility.

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The JBS Canada facility in Brooks, Alta., employs more than 2,800 people.

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Alberta Wheat Commission is continuing its support of BeGrainSafe for the sixth consecutive year.

The program raises awareness about the dangers of grain entrapment. The work is done through the BeGrainSafe.ca website, and when possible, through in-person events.

Chair Todd Hames said protecting farmers and farm families is paramount for the commission.

“We are proud to be a long-standing supporter of this important initiative that ensures farmers, and their employees have access to grain entrapment safety resources,” Hames said.

The BeGrainSafe program also provides training to firefighters who respond to a grain entrapment incident on-farm or at a grain handling facility.

In March, firefighter training was provided in Wetaskiwin, the County of Camrose, Magrath, and Cypress County to roughly 85 firefighters.

The BeGrainSafe mobile demonstration and training unit will return to Alberta in the summer of 2021 to provide firefighter training.

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Manitoba’s pork producers are applauding the government’s passage of new bills designed to enhance the ability of farmers to enforce biosecurity protocols.

Prior to adjourning for its summer recess, the Manitoba Legislature passed the Animal Diseases, Petty Trespass and Occupiers’ Liability Amendment Acts.

Manitoba Pork general manager Cam Dahl said this will help ensure that farmers can help protect their animals from biosecurity threats.

Dahl said seeing the devastation caused by African Swine Fever in Europe and Asia, it’s clear action needed to be taken to keep the disease off the farm.

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alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com

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