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Trump says ‘getting there’ in NAFTA talks

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 19, 2018

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday progress was being made in slow-moving talks to update the NAFTA trade accord between the U.S., Canada and Mexico, but he held out the prospect of striking bilateral pacts if a three-way deal could not be reached. “We’re trying to equalize it. It’s not

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington on June 18. (Photo: Reuters/Leah Millis)

Crops

Trump’s tariff war threatens to erode support of farmers

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub June 18, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — President Donald Trump’s tariff battle with key buyers of U.S. apples, soybeans and corn threatens the support of some of his biggest backers — U.S. farmers now seeing their livelihoods in jeopardy. Farmers overwhelmingly supported Trump in the 2016 election, welcoming how he championed rural economies and vowed to repeal estate

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Saputo urges end to contentious Class 7 system

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel June 18, 2018

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Saputo, one of Canada’s largest dairies, supports ending a domestic milk ingredient pricing system that has angered the United States, CEO Lino Saputo Jr. said on Monday, showing a rare crack in solidarity among processors and the country’s dairy farmers. The Class 7 pricing agreement, struck in 2016 between Canadian dairy

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay at Savannah, Georgia in June 2017. (Georgia Ports Authority photo by Stephen B. Morton)

Livestock

As U.S., Canada spar, farm hopes ride on two men in lobster boat

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel, Tom Polansek June 15, 2018

Reuters — While Justin Trudeau vowed last week not to be pushed around and U.S. President Donald Trump called the Canadian prime minister “weak,” two key officials in their governments with a seemingly harmonious relationship were making fishing plans. On Friday, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue visited the farm of Canadian Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay

Italian sausages, cheeses and other traditional foods for sale in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo in December 2016. (Florin1961/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock, Markets

Italy won’t ratify EU trade deal with Canada, farm minister says

By GFM Network News June 14, 2018

Milan | Reuters — Italy will not ratify the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada, its new agriculture minister said on Thursday, ratcheting up an international trade spat and potentially scuppering the EU’s biggest accord in years. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is the first major trade deal the European Union has

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Markets

Canada says agreed with U.S. to keep NAFTA alive, no talks set

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News June 14, 2018

Reuters — Canada agreed with the U.S. on Thursday that slow-moving talks to update NAFTA should continue, although they did not set a date for the next round, a senior official said in remarks casting further doubt on the chances of a deal this year. Negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement started

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Saputo to build new Vancouver-area processing plant

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 14, 2018

Canadian dairy giant Saputo plans on further “maximizing its manufacturing footprint” in Canada in the next few years, starting with a new $240 million Vancouver-area processing plant at Port Coquitlam. The “state-of-the-art” plant is expected to be built within the next three years and commissioned in fiscal 2021, the company said in its fiscal 2018

Livestock

EU backs plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 14, 2018

Brussels | Reuters — EU member states backed a plan on Wednesday to combat antimicrobial resistance, an increasing global health issue, that would reduce the use of antibiotics in the food chain and limit certain drugs to humans. Antimicrobial resistance threatens the effectiveness of medicines such as antibiotics to treat infections in humans, as bacteria

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Canadian dairy sector skimming global exports, U.S. complains

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen, Rod Nickel June 12, 2018

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Canada’s surging exports of protein-rich skim milk powder have angered farmers in the U.S., as the sheltered dairy sector in Canada draws the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump for its high tariffs. Canada cannot expect to have both a protected system and compete globally, U.S. Dairy Export Council CEO Tom

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Trudeau safe for now as Trump attacks, but angry farmers loom

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News June 12, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, facing the threat of a trade war from U.S. President Donald Trump, has unanimous domestic support for now but to keep a firm hold on power must wring concessions from an unwilling powerful dairy lobby in order to mollify Washington. Trudeau, who over the last year

Daily Network News

Argus cuts Ukraine wheat crop forecast on lower harvest area

Argentina soybean production to be firm in 2026-27

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Dairy cattle

Trump says ‘getting there’ in NAFTA talks

Trump’s tariff war threatens to erode support of farmers

Saputo urges end to contentious Class 7 system

As U.S., Canada spar, farm hopes ride on two men in lobster boat

Italy won’t ratify EU trade deal with Canada, farm minister says

Canada says agreed with U.S. to keep NAFTA alive, no talks set

Saputo to build new Vancouver-area processing plant

EU backs plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance

Canadian dairy sector skimming global exports, U.S. complains

Trudeau safe for now as Trump attacks, but angry farmers loom

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