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(Giuseppe Carotenuto photo courtesy FAO)

Food commodity prices seen stable over next decade

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 5, 2016

Paris | Reuters –– Higher agricultural productivity and slightly larger crop areas in the coming decade will cover rises in food demand, leading to stable prices and a period of more restrained agricultural markets, the FAO and OECD said Monday. In their annual Agricultural Outlook report, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the Organisation for

Livestock, Markets

Trump vows to renegotiate or withdraw from trade deals

By Emily Stephenson, GFM Network News June 28, 2016

Reuters — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday promised to renegotiate international trade deals, withdraw from them if he is not satisfied and use executive power to remedy trade disputes with China if he wins the White House. Trump, speaking at an aluminum scrap metal factory in Monessen, Pa., south of Pittsburgh, said he

Livestock, Markets

Loonie tanks post-Brexit, but benefits minimal for farmers

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus June 27, 2016

CNS Canada — The Canadian dollar slipped after Britain voted Thursday to leave the European Union, a trend which one financial analyst expects to continue in an otherwise uncertain environment. But the loonie hasn’t fallen far enough to bring support to Canadian commodity markets. “Short-term, we’re going to be dealing with the day-to-day volatility and

Livestock

Canada dilutes plan to limit temporary foreign workers

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 23, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s Liberal government on Thursday watered down measures to limit the number of low-wage temporary foreign workers firms can hire after complaints the restrictions would cause major labour shortages. Under rules introduced by the previous Conservative administration, the number of low-skilled foreign workers a firm could employ would have dropped to

Livestock

Postal workers pledge to move bees, chicks if striking

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 15, 2016

Canada Post and its unionized staff have agreed to set up a system in which workers would volunteer to move live animals, such as day-old chicks or bees, during a strike or lockout. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said Tuesday it has a new agreement with the Crown corporation to move and deliver social

Livestock, Markets

Lower feed costs weigh on supply-managed goods

By Erin Debooy, GFM Network News June 10, 2016

CNS Canada –– Relatively soft feed grain prices over the past year mean producers of supply-managed commodities, such as milk and eggs, have also received lower prices for their products. Such is the interpretation of industry participants accounting for declines in the latest Farm Price Index data released by Statistics Canada. The livestock and animal

Markets

World food markets set for stable year: FAO

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 2, 2016

Rome | Reuters — Global food commodity markets are likely to remain stable in the coming year, the United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday, even as prices rose for the fourth straight month. Solid output prospects and abundant stocks should keep prices and supplies stable, while lower prices than those seen last year are

Livestock

U.S. sees first case of bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic

By GFM Network News May 27, 2016

Reuters — U.S. health officials on Thursday reported the first case in the country of a patient with an infection resistant to a last-resort antibiotic, and expressed grave concern that the superbug could pose serious danger for routine infections if it spreads. “We risk being in a post-antibiotic world,” said Thomas Frieden, director of the

A Cold Stone Creamery outlet in China. (ColdStoneCreamery.com)

Livestock

Canadian firm to buy Taco Time, Cold Stone parent

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 26, 2016

A Montreal company known for mall food court and quick-service restaurant brands across Canada is set to buy a major U.S. player in the same sectors. MTY Food Group, which owns or holds franchises for 40 brands including Mr. Sub, Cultures, La Cremiere, Extreme Pita, Country Style, Yogen Fruz, TCBY and others, announced Wednesday it

Crops, Markets

New Whole Foods chain 365 faces tough mission

By GFM Network News, Lisa Baertlein May 25, 2016

Los Angeles | Reuters — Whole Foods Market’s 365 grocery chain offers lower prices and more technology than the company’s namesake supermarkets, but experts say the fledgling brand must beat its many rivals without hijacking customers from its parent. 365, which debuted on Wednesday with a bright and airy store in Los Angeles’ Silver Lake

Daily Network News

Wheat breeding system no longer works, Canadian Wheat Research Coalition report says

Feed grain weekly: Barley steady in late February

Reduced Argentine soybean harvest, bigger crush says USDA attaché

Eggs

Food commodity prices seen stable over next decade

Trump vows to renegotiate or withdraw from trade deals

Loonie tanks post-Brexit, but benefits minimal for farmers

Canada dilutes plan to limit temporary foreign workers

Postal workers pledge to move bees, chicks if striking

Lower feed costs weigh on supply-managed goods

World food markets set for stable year: FAO

U.S. sees first case of bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic

Canadian firm to buy Taco Time, Cold Stone parent

New Whole Foods chain 365 faces tough mission

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