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Toromont to buy Cat dealer Hewitt

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 28, 2017

Reuters — Toromont Industries said Monday it would buy privately held Hewitt Group for about $1.02 billion in cash and shares to expand its network of heavy equipment dealers in Eastern Canada. Through the deal, Concord, Ont.-based Toromont will acquire Hewitt’s 45 Caterpillar dealerships in Quebec, the Maritimes, Labrador and Ontario, increasing the number of

About 180 people attended a meeting Aug. 25 about a potential high-speed rail line through southern Ontario. (John Greig photo)

Crops

Greig: Southern Ontario farmers protest high-speed rail impact

By GFM Network News, John Greig August 25, 2017

A power corridor that runs from London to Kitchener, Ont. has been a silent neighbour for many who farm in that area. But it’s looking a lot more menacing to them lately, as the likely route for a proposed high-speed rail line from London to Toronto, with stops in Kitchener-Waterloo and Guelph. Farmers in the

A Whole Foods storefront in New York City. (WholeFoodsMarket.com)

Markets

Amazon to cut Whole Foods prices amid intense grocery turf war

By GFM Network News, Lisa Baertlein August 24, 2017

Reuters — Amazon.com said Thursday it will cut prices on a range of popular goods as it completes its acquisition of Whole Foods Market, sending shares of rival grocers tumbling over fears of even more brutal market share battles. Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods, which won antitrust approval from U.S. regulators on Wednesday,

A Whole Foods Market store in San Francisco. (WholeFoodsMarket.com)

U.S. FTC clears Amazon acquisition of Whole Foods

By GFM Network News August 23, 2017

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday it has cleared Amazon.com’s planned US$13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market. The FTC said in a statement that it had reviewed whether the deal would substantially lessen competition or constituted an unfair method of competition and opted not to pursue its investigation

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Myer, Va. on Aug. 21, 2017. (Video screengrab from WhiteHouse.gov)

Markets

Mexico, Canada dismiss Trump threats to scrap NAFTA

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News August 23, 2017

Mexico City/Ottawa | Reuters — Mexico and Canada on Wednesday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to scrap NAFTA, describing it as a negotiating tactic designed to gain an advantage during talks to update one of the world’s biggest trading blocs. In comments that initially pushed Mexico’s peso currency down by more than one per

Livestock

Online livestock supply store expands reach west

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 19, 2017

An Ontario livestock nutrition firm’s venture into online retail for producers is expanding into the Prairie provinces with four pickup and ordering points in the region. Cambridge, Ont.-based GVF Group announced Thursday its Farmers Farmacy business, previously available only to producers in Ontario, the Maritime provinces and Quebec, now also serves Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Markets

NAFTA negotiators hone in on origin rules, dispute settlement

By Anthony Esposito, David Ljunggren, GFM Network News August 18, 2017

Washington | Reuters — U.S., Canadian and Mexican negotiators on Friday began digging into some of the thorniest issues in modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreement, including rules of origin for goods produced in the region, services trade and a controversial dispute settlement system. A copy of the NAFTA negotiating agenda obtained by Reuters

Livestock

Troops to help cull fowl in Philippines’ bird flu battle

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 16, 2017

Manila | Reuters — The Philippines will deploy hundreds of troops to hasten a cull of about 600,000 fowl, the farm minister said on Wednesday, as part of efforts to rein in the Southeast Asian nation’s first outbreak of bird flu. There has been no case of human transmission after the flu was detected on

Markets

U.S. takes tough lines as NAFTA negotiations begin

By Anthony Esposito, David Ljunggren, GFM Network News August 16, 2017

Washington | Reuters — The United States drew a hard line for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement on Wednesday, demanding major concessions aimed at slashing U.S. trade deficits with Mexico and Canada and boosting U.S. content for autos. At the start of talks in Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser, Robert

Markets

Canada suggests it could quit NAFTA talks over dispute mechanism

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News August 14, 2017

Ottawa | Reuters –– Canada laid down a tough line ahead of talks on modernizing NAFTA on Monday, suggesting it could walk away if the U.S. pushed to remove a key dispute-settlement mechanism in the trade deal. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, giving the most substantive outline yet of Canada’s goals, said she was “very optimistic”

Daily Network News

Pulse weekly: USDA to buy US$75 million in pulses as part of support package

India and Canada to begin free trade talks during Carney’s visit, minister says

Strong grain shipments by rail offset freight losses in 2025

Eggs

Toromont to buy Cat dealer Hewitt

Greig: Southern Ontario farmers protest high-speed rail impact

Amazon to cut Whole Foods prices amid intense grocery turf war

U.S. FTC clears Amazon acquisition of Whole Foods

Mexico, Canada dismiss Trump threats to scrap NAFTA

Online livestock supply store expands reach west

NAFTA negotiators hone in on origin rules, dispute settlement

Troops to help cull fowl in Philippines’ bird flu battle

U.S. takes tough lines as NAFTA negotiations begin

Canada suggests it could quit NAFTA talks over dispute mechanism

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