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Tough U.S. NAFTA demands send ball back into lobbyists’ court

By Dave Graham, David Lawder, GFM Network News October 16, 2017

Arlington, Va. | Reuters — Lobbying efforts on the North American Free Trade Agreement faced a major test this week after the Trump administration ignored advice from U.S. business groups and pitched proposals to radically reshape NAFTA, leaving its future in doubt. The U.S. demands to force renegotiation of NAFTA every five years and reserve

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Oct. 3 in Ottawa. (PM.gc.ca)

Feds pledge lower small business tax rate

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff, Reuters October 16, 2017

UPDATED, Oct. 16 — The federal government says it will cut the small business tax rate to nine per cent from 10.5, a move seen as an attempt to counter a growing backlash against its July tax reform announcement. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau appeared side-by-side in Toronto’s far suburbs to

Weather

Insurer SGI Canada sets up farm unit

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 12, 2017

The property and casualty arm of Saskatchewan’s Crown insurance agency has set up a new unit zoned strictly agricultural. SGI Canada — the Regina-based property and casualty insurance provider which operates in tandem with the Saskatchewan Auto Fund, the Crown auto insurer — on Wednesday launched a new Farm Business Unit with “a specialized team

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a science fair at the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council in Ottawa on Sept. 26. (PM.gc.ca)

Markets

U.S. hikes NAFTA tension with call for ‘sunset clause’

By Dave Graham, David Lawder, GFM Network News October 12, 2017

Arlington, Va. | Reuters — Washington has dramatically increased tensions in talks to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement by proposing that the lifespan of any new deal be limited to five years, people familiar with the negotiations said on Thursday. The proposal for a so-called sunset clause — just one of a series

Advanced Education Minister Marlin Schmidt and Baljit Singh, dean of veterinary medicine at the University of Calgary, tour the UCVM’s Spy Hill campus. (Gov.ab.ca)

Livestock

Alberta to reallocate veterinary school funding

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 12, 2017

Alberta is set to gradually pull its $8 million in annual funding from the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) and instead expand the vet school at the University of Calgary. The province announced Thursday it will expand enrolment for the University of Calgary’s Veterinary Medicine program (UCVM) from 130 students currently

Markets

Trump says U.S.-Canada trade deal possible, excluding Mexico

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News, Roberta Rampton October 11, 2017

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be open to a bilateral trade pact with Canada if a deal cannot be reached with Mexico to substantially revise the North American Free Trade Agreement. Asked by a reporter if he could envision maintaining free trade with Canada if NAFTA talks

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks Aug. 23, 2017 at a Montreal charity event. (PM.gc.ca)

Markets

Trudeau to tell Trump: We’re not your problem at NAFTA

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News October 10, 2017

Ottawa | Reuters — When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets President Donald Trump on Wednesday, he will try to persuade the U.S. leader to focus on Mexico as a source of potential problems at talks to update NAFTA. Although Trudeau officials were confident Trump would mostly target Mexico as the three nations started to

Livestock, Markets

Britain reported looking to NAFTA if Brexit deal fails

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 10, 2017

London | Reuters — Britain could join a formal trade alliance with the United States, Canada and Mexico if the European Union refuses to clinch a post-Brexit trade deal, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday. The newspaper said British ministers were looking at joining the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as part of

Crops, Markets

B.C. Greens seek limits on foreign ownership of farmland

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 9, 2017

The party holding the balance of power in British Columbia’s legislature wants to curb foreign ownership of farmland in the province’s Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). Green Party leader Andrew Weaver on Thursday introduced the Property Law Amendment Act as a private member’s bill, which he said “would prohibit foreign entities from purchasing ALR land over

Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature anomalies in degrees Celsius for the week centred on Sept. 27. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Crops, Weather

La Nina could return cold, snowy tradition to Prairies

By GFM Network News, Terry Fries October 5, 2017

CNS Canada — The world’s major weather forecasters predict a slightly better than 50 per cent chance that a La Nina weather pattern will occur this fall and winter. Most Prairie farmers could see good things happening if the system does materialize, because La Nina systems tend to bring what many people think of as

Daily Network News

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Horses

Tough U.S. NAFTA demands send ball back into lobbyists’ court

Feds pledge lower small business tax rate

Insurer SGI Canada sets up farm unit

U.S. hikes NAFTA tension with call for ‘sunset clause’

Alberta to reallocate veterinary school funding

Trump says U.S.-Canada trade deal possible, excluding Mexico

Trudeau to tell Trump: We’re not your problem at NAFTA

Britain reported looking to NAFTA if Brexit deal fails

B.C. Greens seek limits on foreign ownership of farmland

La Nina could return cold, snowy tradition to Prairies

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