In this short paper, I assess how COVID‐19‐related disruptions in transportation services, as well as new demands for transportation services, could impact Canadian agricultural supply chains. The brief analysis reveals that agricultural access to bulk ocean freight, rail movement, and trucking has generally improved in the pandemic, bolstered by the reduced demand for these transportation services by other sectors of the economy. The intermodal containerized movement of grains and food products has seen some disruption from the lack of empty containers in North America. The widespread consumer adoption of physical distancing measures has vastly increased the demand for retail food pickup and delivery services to the point where these services are being rationed by long wait times. From a policy perspective, there is an apparent need for (a) continued supply chain monitoring and industry engagement, (b) the proactive development of strategies to deal with absenteeism and other potential threats to the supply chain, and (c) an assessment of the economic and health merits of providing additional public resources to provide greater access to grocery pickup and delivery services.

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农业，交通运输和COVID-19危机

在这篇简短的文章中，我评估了与COVID-19相关的运输服务中断以及运输服务的新需求如何影响加拿大农业供应链。简要分析表明，在大流行中，农业获得散装海运费，铁路运输和卡车运输的机会总体上得到了改善，这得益于其他经济部门对这些运输服务的需求减少。由于北美缺乏空集装箱，谷物和食品的联运集装箱运输受到了一些干扰。消费者广泛采用物理距离措施已大大增加了对零售食品提取和配送服务的需求，以至于这些服务因长时间的等待而被分配。从政策角度来看，