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Crops

EU food safety experts warn on crop insecticide

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Brussels | Reuters –– Dimethoate, an insecticide widely used to protect crops such as cherries, could be harmful to humans, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which advises EU policymakers, said Tuesday. The report follows a request from France, which is calling for a Europe-wide ban of the substance made by companies including BASF and
Swaledale, a dale (valley) in Yorkshire. (CIA.gov)
Livestock

England’s farmland prices fall ahead of Brexit vote

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London | Reuters –– Farmland prices in England fell by 3.2 per cent in the first quarter of this year — the largest quarterly decline since 2008, weighed partly by uncertainty ahead of the June 23 referendum on European Union membership, estate agent Knight Frank said. Knight Frank’s Farmland Index fell to 19,538 pounds (C$35,881)
Canada is well positioned to capture diversified export opportunities, says Richardson International head Curt Vossen.
Cereals, Crops

Many factors behind higher Canadian wheat exports

The move to an open market for wheat and barley seems to have been neither make nor break for Canadian wheat exports, says Richardson International head Curt Vossen

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Canadian wheat exports are up but don’t try to say it’s because of the demise of the Canadian Wheat Board. Trying to take a complex situation and boil it down to a simple yes or no based on that single factor would be a dramatic oversimplification, says Curt Vossen, president and chief executive officer of
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Crops

U.S. Justice Dept. urges rejection of CP voting trust

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Reuters — The U.S. Justice Department on Friday urged a regulator to reject a voting trust Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has proposed as part of its takeover bid for U.S. railway Norfolk Southern, saying it could hurt competition and would violate rules. In mid-November, CP disclosed a $28 billion offer for the Virginia-based company, which
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Crops

France to ban some glyphosates over surfactant

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Paris | Reuters –– France’s health and safety agency is poised to ban herbicides that combine chemicals glyphosate and tallowamine, citing concerns over possible health risks, it said Friday. The ANSES agency sent a letter this week to manufacturers informing them that it intends to withdraw the authorization for such products, Francoise Weber, the ANSES
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Beef cattle, Crops, Markets

Cargill books higher profits, warns of tough markets

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Reuters — U.S. agricultural commodities trader Cargill on Thursday reported a rise in third-quarter profit on stronger results in food ingredients and grain handling, but warned about headwinds from oversupplied grain markets and low commodity prices. The privately-held company is exiting lower-margin operations, including its U.S. pork business, and expanding deeper into food ingredients and
Canadian wines certified as organic in Canada can now be exported to the EU without another layer of certification. (Southbrook.com)
Crops

Wine, foreign content now covered in organic pact with EU

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The deal that clears Canadian-certified organic food for sale as organic in the European Union is now expanded to cover Canadian-processed products with some imported ingredients — and to include organic wine. Canada’s Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan on Thursday confirmed the expansion of scope for the EU-Canada Organic Equivalence

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