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Klassen: Limited buying interest softens feeder market

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen April 26, 2016

Just when I thought feeder cattle prices were stabilizing, once again the unexpected occurs. A sharp rally in U.S. grain futures, along with weaker fed cattle prices, caused western Canadian feeder cattle to trade $6-$12 lower compared to week-ago levels. Auction markets reported limited buying interest, with often only two or three larger feedlots stepping

Manitoba’s incumbent agriculture minister Ron Kostyshyn, shown here in March last year, was one of 12 ministers in Premier Greg Selinger’s cabinet defeated in their constituencies in the April 19 election. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Shannon VanRaes)

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Manitoba ag minister unseated in Tory sweep

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 20, 2016

Manitoba’s incumbent agriculture minister was among the casualties in Tuesday’s provincial election as Brian Pallister’s Progressive Conservatives swept the New Democrats from office. Ron Kostyshyn lost his seat Tuesday to Tory candidate Rick Wowchuk, a schoolteacher from Swan River, by a spread of over 1,500 votes. Kostyshyn, a cow-calf producer from Ethelbert, Man., had been

Nova Scotia Finance Minister Randy Delorey lays out the budget for reporters Tuesday in Halifax. (NovaScotia.ca)

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Nova Scotia pledges food donation tax credit in budget

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

A tax credit for Nova Scotia farmers who donate produce to local food banks is among the policy plans laid out in the province’s latest budget. Finance Minister Randy Delorey’s budget on Tuesday showed an overall $17.1 million net surplus position on $10.15 billion in total expenses and $10.26 billion in total revenues (minus $110.3

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Klassen: Feeder cattle market garners support

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen April 18, 2016

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively stable over the past week while prices in the major feeding regions were $2 to $5 higher. Alberta fed cattle prices were $2 higher, trading in the range of $170 to $172, which bolstered buying enthusiasm in the heavier weight categories. Feedlot operators in the Lethbridge area were

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France set to ban dimethoate-treated cherries

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 15, 2016

Paris | Reuters — France will stop importing cherries from countries that use insecticide dimethoate after banning the chemical due to concerns over consumer health risks, the French agriculture ministry said. At a meeting of European Union country representatives on Friday, Italy and Spain said they would also withdraw dimethoate from their markets, but France

Confederation Building, St. John’s, N.L. (Gov.NL.ca)

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Newfoundland, in cost-cutting mode, scraps agrifood fund

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

A fund meant to support large-scale agrifood projects in Newfoundland and Labrador is a victim of spending cuts in the province’s latest budget. Finance Minister Cathy Bennett on Thursday mapped out an overall $8.48 billion provincial budget for 2016-17, with an expected deficit of $1.8 billion and a list of “measures to reduce spending.” For the

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Global GMO area dips in 2015 in first-ever decline

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume April 13, 2016

Reuters — The world scaled back biotech crop planting for the first time ever in 2015, led by a decline in the U.S., which has fuelled rapid expansion of genetically modified crops since their commercial launch two decades ago, according to an annual report released Wednesday. The decline was blamed largely on lower crop plantings

Cattle being herded at the Southern Plains Experimental Range outside Fort Supply, Oklahoma. (Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Oklahoma senators seek tougher cattle rustling penalties

By GFM Network News April 12, 2016

Oklahoma City | Reuters — Oklahoma lawmakers sent a measure to the governor on Tuesday to increase penalties for cattle rustling, in an attempt to curtail a crime associated with the Wild West that has seen a resurgence from ranch hands stealing livestock to feed their drug habits. The bill approved by the Oklahoma Senate

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EU food safety experts warn on crop insecticide

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 12, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– Dimethoate, an insecticide widely used to protect crops such as cherries, could be harmful to humans, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which advises EU policymakers, said Tuesday. The report follows a request from France, which is calling for a Europe-wide ban of the substance made by companies including BASF and

Eileen Donan Castle, Loch Duich, Scotland. (Cia.gov)

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Scotland moves against wealthy gentry dominating land

By Chris Arsenault, GFM Network News April 8, 2016

Rio de Janeiro | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Centuries-old traditions that led to 430 people owning half of Scotland’s privately held land are soon to become history, as local communities seek to double their ownership in the nation known for its rugged landscape, sheep and fine whisky. While inequality of land ownership is more often

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

Hay

Klassen: Limited buying interest softens feeder market

Manitoba ag minister unseated in Tory sweep

Nova Scotia pledges food donation tax credit in budget

Klassen: Feeder cattle market garners support

France set to ban dimethoate-treated cherries

Newfoundland, in cost-cutting mode, scraps agrifood fund

Global GMO area dips in 2015 in first-ever decline

Oklahoma senators seek tougher cattle rustling penalties

EU food safety experts warn on crop insecticide

Scotland moves against wealthy gentry dominating land

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