Resource News International Left for dead back in the summer, the World Trade Organization’s struggling Doha round is slowly being prodded back to life through a series of informal consultations in Geneva. Canadian agriculture groups welcomed the news. Ambassador Crawford Falconer, chair of the WTO’s agricultural committee, has been meeting informally with countries since early
Doha not dead yet
Further weakening seen for loonie
The Canadian dollar, which has already taken a beating in the past month, is likely to see further downside before stability returns to foreign exchange markets. Barring a major reversal in investor sentiment, the Canadian dollar is on course to see its biggest monthly decline since at least 1950, market watchers say. On Oct. 28,
U.S. sees Canada as growth market for DDGS
(Resource News International) — Since the boom in the U.S. biofuel industry, U.S. supplies of distillers dried grains, a co-product of ethanol production, have grown significantly and U.S. exporters have been looking north to a large and growing market for their feed alternative. At the recent United States Grain Council’s (USGC) International Distillers Grains Conference
Ag groups encouraged as Doha talks resume
(Resource News International) — Left for dead back in the summer, the World Trade Organization’s struggling Doha round is slowly being prodded back to life through a series of informal consultations in Geneva — and Canadian agriculture groups welcome the news. Since the beginning of October, Ambassador Crawford Falconer, chair of the WTO’s agricultural committee,
USW to seek charges against PotashCorp
(Resource News International) — The United Steelworkers (USW) union says it’s proceeding with charges of bargaining in bad faith and unfair labour practices against Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan. The charges, brought forward under the Saskatchewan Trade Union Act, relate to a letter sent by PotashCorp to striking employees at three Saskatchewan mines in early October
No talks planned in PotashCorp strike
(Resource News International) — Workers at three PotashCorp potash mines in Saskatchewan continue to strike with no plans between company and union officials to return to the bargaining table. Limited production from the largest of the affected mines continues in the meantime, the Saskatoon-based fertilizer company says. Nearly 490 workers have been on strike since
Sow cull falls short of target: CPC
(Resource News International) — The Canadian Pork Council’s first-ever breeding swine cull program will fall short of its target to reduce the Canadian swine breeding herd by 10 per cent, equivalent to roughly 150,000 sows. However, a spokesperson for the council said it’s not disappointed about having missed that amount. Under the Cull Breeding Swine
Dion’s revisions don’t silence “Green Shift” critics
(Resource News International) — After drawing heavy criticism from a variety of Canadian industries, Liberal leader Stephane Dion revised his party’s controversial environmental plan. However, sources within the Canadian agriculture and trucking industries say the revisions still do not address their concerns about the plan. The cornerstone of Dion’s environmental proposal, dubbed the “Green Shift,”
PotashCorp workers plan to strike “until we win”
(Resource News International) — The workers at three Saskatchewan mines owned by Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. have been striking since Aug. 7, but the union representing the workers said they are prepared to strike “until we win.” “We are prepared to strike until we win. We are prepared to strike one day longer than
Financial “crunch time” looms for farmers: FCC
(Resource News International) — While a lot of money was required to get this year’s crop into the ground, a representative from Farm Credit Canada said he fears the real effect of higher input costs has yet to be felt. “To my knowledge there has been an increase but the bigger bang is coming next
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