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Ag issues bog down European trade talks

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Meeting the needs of export oriented commodities without compromising the supply managed sector is an ongoing challenge for negotiators

Agriculture and food issues remain a stumbling block for free trade talks between Canada and Europe, according the Commons trade committee. Export-oriented agri-food industries are keen to gain access to Europe’s 500 million consumers, but tariffs protecting supply management, genetically engineered crops, and rules of origin are among the most sensitive issues in the talks,
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Battle of the beta-agonists

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One of North America’s largest beef buyers is telling feeders that it wants a little more fat and a little less lean, and is delivering a not-so-subtle hint on their choice of growth promotants to achieve it. “Maximizing performance and efficiencies pre-harvest at the expense of beef taste and tenderness concerns us — it’s not
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Alta. economist urges Australian-style beef grading

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Canadian beef producers and retailers could add value to their product by moving to a “more consistent” beef-grading system, a University of Alberta economist suggests. Canada’s current beef-grading system, in which carcasses are visually inspected and meat labelled accordingly, “cannot provide the same quality assurance as the more extensive (Meat Standards Australia, or MSA) system,”
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Manitoba’s Unrau new CCA president

  The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) board of directors acclaimed Martin Unrau as president and Dave Solverson as vice-president at the CCA’s recent annual general meeting in Ottawa. Unrau, from Manitoba, takes over from outgoing CCA president Travis Toews. Having completed a two-year term, Toews remains an officer of the CCA, and will serve as
Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

The $5 million advantage of local processing

(Excerpts from the latest Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council newsletter) Alberta cattle fetch more at auction than Manitoba cattle. A lot more. “One of the main reasons why Manitoba’s prices are lower is because they are the furthest distance away from any federally inspected slaughter plants,” said Canfax market analyst Brian Perillat. The simple fact is
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Giving meat a bad name

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Laws are like sausages — it is best not to see them being made.” This quote has been widely but wrongly attributed to Otto Von Bismarck, the “Iron Chancellor” of Germany in the 19th century, which proves that misinformation was spreading long before the Internet. However, the Internet is certainly a much more efficient way
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Peru loosens restrictions on Canadian cattle

Peru has reopened its markets to Canadian beef and dairy cattle, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said in a Feb. 21 release. Canada Beef and the Canadian Livestock Genetics Association estimate the market to be valued at more than $2.5 million in 2012 for the Canadian cattle sector. Canadian exporters are eligible to export to Peru

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