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No silver bullet for food price inflation

By Allan Dawson December 28, 2023

Canadian food price inflation has many causes, but grocers gouging customers isn't one of them, Michael von Massow of the University of Guelph said during the Fields on Wheels conference hosted by the University of Manitoba Dec. 14. Even the carbon tax hasn’t had much impact, according to the associate professor of food economics.[...]

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Calling grain farmers: Feedback needed on seed modernization next steps

By Allan Dawson April 11, 2024

[UPDATED: Apr. 23, 2024] As farmers enter one of their busiest times, they’re being asked to help shape Canada’s future seed regulations via online survey. The survey (found at the Government of Canada website) closes May 1 and is part of the seed regulatory modernization (SRM) process launched in September 2020 by the Canadian Food[...]

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Canada-U.S. ag trade worth billions, deputy ambassador says

By Allan Dawson May 24, 2023

Washington, D.C. — Agricultural trade between Canada and the United States is important and valuable to both countries, officials told journalists from both countries April 25. “We literally grow things together to feed communities at home and around the world,” Canada’s deputy ambassador, Arun Alexander, told members of North American Agricultural Journalists during their visit[...]

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Grain sector says government should fund Grain Research Lab

By Allan Dawson May 27, 2021

The Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) Grain Research Laboratory (GRL) is a public good and therefore the Canadian government should fund its work, rather the grain sector. That’s a recommendation a number of farm and grain industry groups make in their submissions to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) review of the Canada Grain Act and the[...]

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Farmers' friend in high places

By Allan Dawson April 2, 2024

It’s about 6,700 kilometres from a farm near Wilcox, Sask., to Canada House on London’s historic Trafalgar Square. But the road that took a long-serving Canadian politician from that village, population 322, to heading Canada’s second-largest diplomatic mission is even longer. Ralph Goodale is a familiar name to Prairie farmers. He served as member of[...]

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Goodale brings ag trade experience to U.K. post

By Allan Dawson April 4, 2024

Since his 2021 appointment, Goodale has pushed the U.K. to drop what Canada claims to be illegal restrictions on imports of Canadian beef. Canada has also struggled with the European Union over implementation of the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) since 2014.

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Supply management views especially strong

By Allan Dawson March 10, 2022

Supply management is a controversial policy and was since implemented for Canadian production of milk, eggs, chicken and turkey in the 1970s. How people feel about it is shaped by their ‘big-picture world views,’ including wealth redistribution, inequality, free trade and political party support, said University of Manitoba agricultural economist Ryan Cardwell while delivering the[...]

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U.S. beef pricing bill on Canadian radar

By Allan Dawson May 27, 2022

The United States is pondering federal legislation to boost competition among beef packers and improve cattle price discovery, and the Canadian cattle industry is watching closely. “Producers in general, but more specifically cattle and beef producers on both sides of the border, crave better price transparency and price discovery,” Manitoba Beef Producers president Tyler Fulton[...]

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Grain industry wrestles with unfulfilled grain contracts

By Allan Dawson September 17, 2021

Farmers who contracted to deliver a portion of this year’s crop at a specific price but can’t fill it because drought cut production have a problem. Depending on the contract they are obliged to either find the equivalent grain elsewhere and deliver it, or pay the grain company what it costs to acquire the grain.[...]

Livestock, News

Proposed meat label bad news for North American livestock, meat supply chains: industry

By Allan Dawson May 24, 2023

Washington, D.C. — Canada doesn’t want a proposed American rule for voluntary meat labelling to disrupt North America’s integrated meat and livestock industry, and thus damage Canada’s meat sector. “While we, of course, support efforts related to truth in labelling for consumers, we are concerned about the potential real-world consequences of the proposed rule on[...]

Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

U.S. grains: Soy futures top one-week high, US crop outlook limits gains

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down, hogs rise

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Second Harvest redirecting surplus food to those in need

U.S. grains: Soy futures top one-week high, US crop outlook limits gains

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down, hogs rise

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No silver bullet for food price inflation

Calling grain farmers: Feedback needed on seed modernization next steps

Canada-U.S. ag trade worth billions, deputy ambassador says

Grain sector says government should fund Grain Research Lab

Farmers' friend in high places

Goodale brings ag trade experience to U.K. post

Supply management views especially strong

U.S. beef pricing bill on Canadian radar

Grain industry wrestles with unfulfilled grain contracts

Proposed meat label bad news for North American livestock, meat supply chains: industry

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