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CP conductors, engineers authorize strike

By Allison Lampert, GFM Network News April 6, 2018

Montreal | Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway conductors and locomotive engineers on Friday voted to authorize a strike action that could have the 3,000 workers walk off the job as early as April 21, Teamsters Canada said in a statement. The workers, whose collective agreement expired late last year, are asking for more predictable schedules

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U.S. lawmakers skeptical of promises to shield farmers from trade dispute

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek April 6, 2018

Overland Park, Kan. | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers and the farm industry were skeptical of the Trump administration’s promise to shield farmers from the rapidly escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China, concerned about the lack of details in protecting the agricultural export sector now embroiled in the back-and-forth. Major farming states supported U.S.

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans close firm despite trade threats

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub April 6, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Friday, with traders shrugging off rhetoric about escalations in a trade war between China and the U.S. to focus on fresh export deals. China warned on Friday it was fully prepared to respond with a “fierce counter strike” of fresh trade measures if the U.S. follows

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CPS outlets to take merged parent’s name

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 5, 2018

A well-known and unusually literal brand in Canadian and U.S. agribusiness is set to disappear this summer under the name of its new parent firm. Crop input retail stores and facilities run by Crop Production Services (CPS) — the brand today used across North America by the retail arm of the company formerly known as

(Mark Wilson photo courtesy Louis Dreyfus Co.)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally as market digests Chinese tariff threat

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer April 5, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rallied more than one per cent on Thursday as investors played down the immediate impact of proposed Chinese tariffs on U.S. supplies, a move that had sent prices plunging a day earlier. U.S. wheat futures jumped as much as two per cent, lifted by worries that cold temperatures

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Who needs convincing?

By John Morriss April 5, 2018

Maybe it’s just a guilty pleasure or maybe you can justify it by saying it’s good mental exercise, but one way or another I confess — I watch “Jeopardy.” One of the benefits of being semi-retired is that you can be home to watch it at 4:30. Considering the U.S. drug commercials (with their terrifying

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer take part in a joint news conference on the closing of the seventh round of NAFTA talks in Mexico City. (Photo: Reuters/Edgard Garrido)

Markets

Canada reports progress on NAFTA, says ‘we’re not there yet’

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News April 5, 2018

Ottawa/Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico, Canada and the U.S. have made good progress in their bid to modernize the NAFTA trade pact but still have work to do, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday. Freeland also said she would be flying to Washington for a meeting on Thursday with U.S. Trade Representative Robert

Artist’s rendition of the planned Richardson Innovation Centre in Winnipeg. (Graphic courtesy Richardson International)

Crops

Richardson to take food innovation downtown

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 4, 2018

Canadian grain and agrifood firm Richardson International plans to marshal its food research and product development crews in a new downtown Winnipeg space. The privately-held, Winnipeg-based company announced Wednesday it will put up over $30 million to build what it calls the Richardson Innovation Centre, a four-story, 62,000-square foot facility to go up a block

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy, corn tumble as China slaps tariffs on imports

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer April 4, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures tumbled two per cent on Wednesday after China readied tariffs against U.S. soy, corn, beef and other goods to retaliate against the Trump administration’s planned tariffs on Chinese exports as a trade war intensified. U.S. corn futures also fell sharply, then recovered a portion of the heavy losses.

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The crops produced on Prairie farms don’t need processing to be eaten

By Getty Stewart April 4, 2018

Isn’t it ironic that we live in the Grain Belt of Canada and produce some of the world’s finest grains, but we rarely eat those grains until they’re processed? For the longest time, I didn’t even know you could cook raw wheat kernels just as they are. The only thing I ever ate out of

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

Cereals

CP conductors, engineers authorize strike

U.S. lawmakers skeptical of promises to shield farmers from trade dispute

U.S. grains: Soybeans close firm despite trade threats

CPS outlets to take merged parent’s name

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally as market digests Chinese tariff threat

Editorial: Who needs convincing?

Canada reports progress on NAFTA, says ‘we’re not there yet’

Richardson to take food innovation downtown

U.S. grains: Soy, corn tumble as China slaps tariffs on imports

Put wheat and barley and other grains in your diet

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