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Canadian wines certified as organic in Canada can now be exported to the EU without another layer of certification. (Southbrook.com)

Wine, foreign content now covered in organic pact with EU

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

Crops

Constellation considering Canadian wine IPO

By GFM Network News, Subrat Patnaik April 6, 2016

Reuters — Constellation Brands said on Wednesday it was considering taking a part of its Canadian wine business public and reported better-than-expected quarterly net sales, helped by strong demand for its premium Corona and Modelo beers. Shares of the New York-based wine, beer and spirits company, which forecast full-year profit largely above estimates, rose as

Crops, Markets

Glencore sells 40 per cent of agribusiness to CPP

By Dmitry Zhdannikov, GFM Network News April 6, 2016

London | Reuters –– Commodity miner and trader Glencore has agreed to sell 40 per cent of its agricultural unit to Canada’s state pension fund for US$2.5 billion, the company’s latest step to cut debt and soothe investor concerns about the impact of weak commodity prices. The sale values the agricultural unit as a whole

Crops, Markets

Limited selling, buying leave feed barley flat in Lethbridge

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus April 5, 2016

CNS Canada — Lethbridge’s feed barley market is sitting stagnant, as feedlots quit hand-to-mouth buying and farmers hold onto their grain. Farmers who stored their feed barley post-harvest don’t want to sell at current prices, despite relative strength, said Jared Seitz, trade manager for Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “It’s not so much that prices

Crops

CPP reported in talks for stake in Glencore agribusiness

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 5, 2016

Reuters — Commodity trading and mining firm Glencore is in advanced talks to sell a stake in its agricultural business to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The CPPIB would take a stake of up to 40 per cent, valuing the business at

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feedlot operators throw in towel on feeder market

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen April 5, 2016

Weaker wholesale beef values, along with softer fed cattle prices, set a negative tone for the feeder cattle market this past week. Western Canadian feeder markets were trading $4-$8 below week-ago levels, with calves trading as much as $10 lower in some cases. Producers can become nauseous watching these live cattle futures, but this is

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle limit up on bearish corn data

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 31, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Thursday settled up their 4.5-cents/lb. maximum daily price limit, spurred by the morning’s bearish government grain report, traders said. U.S. farmers intend to plant 93.6 million acres of corn and 82.2 million acres of soybeans in 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on

Crops, Markets

End of China’s corn stockpiling threatens global feed trade

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek March 29, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Grain traders worried on Tuesday about the risk for reduced demand from China after the government said it would scrap its corn stockpiling program at a time when global markets are awash with excess supplies. Traders said importers in China would likely reduce purchases of farm products used to feed livestock,

Cereals, Crops

Winter Cereals Manitoba ponders plant breeding

End-point royalties are unlikely to be popular with farmers and are viewed as unfair and inefficient

By Allan Dawson March 29, 2016

Winter Cereals Manitoba members are grappling with how farmers can best fund development of new wheat and barley varieties. It’s part of a sector-wide soul searching for checkoff-funded wheat and barley groups across the Prairies, prompted by the ongoing need for new varieties and the changing funding landscape following the move to an open market.

Crops, Markets

China to end state corn stockpiling, free up prices

By GFM Network News, Niu Shuping March 29, 2016

Beijing | Reuters — China plans to scrap its corn stockpiling scheme and allow markets to set prices for the grain, pushing to boost efficiency on its farms and to narrow a gap between local and international prices that has sparked a surge of cheaper imports. The government will instead subsidize corn growers and encourage

Daily Network News

Strong 2025 could mean complications for Canadian grain sector in 2026 says analyst

Egyptian wheat imports to be firm as domestic output increases

Federal government to ease some restrictions on temporary foreign workers

Barley

Wine, foreign content now covered in organic pact with EU

Constellation considering Canadian wine IPO

Glencore sells 40 per cent of agribusiness to CPP

Limited selling, buying leave feed barley flat in Lethbridge

CPP reported in talks for stake in Glencore agribusiness

Klassen: Feedlot operators throw in towel on feeder market

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle limit up on bearish corn data

End of China’s corn stockpiling threatens global feed trade

Winter Cereals Manitoba ponders plant breeding

China to end state corn stockpiling, free up prices

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