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CETA deal reaches key milepost

The Canada-EU agreement could  soon be ratified

By Alex Binkley March 3, 2016

After almost 17 months, Canada and the European Union have finally agreed on a legal text for a proposed free trade deal, raising hopes it will be ratified by the end of this year and in effect in 2017. The conclusion of the legal text was announced by Chrystia Freeland, minister of international trade and

Livestock, Markets

Canada, EU finally settle trade deal after opposition

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop February 29, 2016

Ottawa/Brussels | Reuters — The European Union has convinced Canada to include a new way of settling investor claims in their trade deal, making it more likely that it will be passed and putting the U.S. under pressure to accept the same terms. The two sides wrapped up negotiations on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade

Comment, Dairy cattle, Poultry

The TPP attacks democracy and supply management

Increasing imports of U.S. milk would be blended with Canadian product

By Jan Slomp February 29, 2016

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is designed to entrench the interests of foreign corporations at the expense of our sovereignty and democratic processes. Its Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism gives foreign corporations the right to sue our government if they believe future profits will be reduced as a result of democratically enacted measures. ISDS puts

Crops

Australia to hike tax on ‘backpacker’ workers

By Colin Packham, GFM Network News February 26, 2016

Sydney | Reuters — Australia is set to increase taxes on foreign travellers who work in the country, raising concerns from farmers that their supply of “backpacker labour” at harvest times may dry up and undermine Australia’s ambitions of being Asia’s delicatessen. Australian fruit exports are set to hit a record A$2.27 billion (C$2.19 billion)

Crops

Input costs to chip away at farmers’ shrinking income

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus February 24, 2016

CNS Canada — An anticipated downturn in farm income and higher input costs mean Canadian producers will be in a tough financial position this year, the head of the National Farmers Union (NFU) predicts. Farmers’ net cash income is expected to move lower in 2016, declining nine per cent to $13.6 billion in 2016, according

Dairy cattle, Did you know?

A little Italian seasoning cuts greenhouse gases

Oregano is believed to reduce methane levels in cow burps

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 22, 2016

Scientists with Aarhus University in Denmark have launched a four-year study studying the effects of adding oregano to dairy rations as a means of reducing the amount of methane they burp. If their theory that methane emissions from dairy cows can be reduced by up to 25 per cent is confirmed, the tactic would become

Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan to halt winter weights early in southwest

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 19, 2016

Weight allowances that let heavier grain trucks roll on more southwestern Saskatchewan highways over the winter will end a week early, thanks to recent mild weather. The province’s highways ministry announced Friday it will remove the winter weight allowances on secondary-weight highways in the southwest region effective Monday (Feb. 22). “While frozen roads provide a

Markets

Farm incomes set to fall from record high

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 19, 2016

Reuters — Canadian farm incomes look set to fall in 2016 after a year of record profits, but will still reach above-average levels, according to a report from the federal government. Rising receipts for crops and livestock have boosted incomes in recent years, due to greater demand in developing countries and a weak Canadian dollar,

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Arla CEO says world dairy market in crisis

By GFM Network News, Ole Mikkelsen February 17, 2016

Copenhagen | Reuters –– Arla Foods, one of Europe’s biggest dairy companies, said on Wednesday the global milk market was in crisis due to oversupply, but it expected demand, particularly from China, to pick up at the end of the year. Headquartered in Denmark, Arla is Britain’s largest and the world’s seventh-largest dairy company. It

Livestock

Burger King, Tim’s owner says 2016 off to ‘great start’

By GFM Network News February 16, 2016

Reuters — Restaurant Brands International said it was off to a “great start” this year, after new product launches at its Burger King and Tim Hortons chains in 2015 helped boost sales in a highly competitive market. Shares of the Ontario-based company, which reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, rose as much as nine

Daily Network News

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

CBOT Weekly: April supply and demand report a ‘nothing burger’

Canada blocks meats, dairy from Greece over foot-and-mouth disease

Dairy cattle