EU livestock farmers get compensation

Dairy farmers receive funds to offset price slump after scrapping of quotas

Brussels/Paris – Reuters — The European Union will grant an additional 500 million euros (C$721 million) to EU farmers struggling with a long-running crisis linked to low prices, notably in the dairy sector where it aims to reverse a boom in milk output after the scrapping of production quotas. European milk farmers have been struggling with


Global dairy prices fall on subdued demand

Buyers have ample supplies and are in no rush to buy

International dairy prices fell in this month’s first Global Dairy Trade auction as demand remains subdued. The GDT Price Index, which covers a variety of products and contract periods, dipped 0.4 per cent, with an average selling price of $2,345 per tonne, in the auction held July 5. Whole milk powder, which makes up the




European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker — shown here at right with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last November — has taken the EU’s free trade pact with Canada off the fast track by allowing each EU member nation’s parliament to ratify the deal. (PM.gc.ca)

EU bows to pressure, gives member parliaments say in Canada trade deal

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Commission bowed to pressure to give Europe’s parliaments the right to ratify a landmark free-trade deal with Canada, a decision meant to address public concerns but which could wreck Europe’s broader trade strategy. In the face of popular suspicion about secretive trade deals benefiting big companies, Commission President Jean-Claude



Canadian breeding cattle exports, such as these animals en route to Croatia by air in a CLGA file photo, now have access to Turkey. (CLiveGen.org)

Breeding cattle get market access to Turkey

Exporters of Canadian breeding cattle expect to see another $4.5 million per year in business from a new agreement for market access to Turkey, according to the federal government. Canada’s Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday announced an agreement with Turkey on export certificates for Canadian breeding cattle effective “immediately.”


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Manitoba agriculture economists earn national award

Paper examining impact of supply management on consumer welfare in poorer households was controversial but widely read

A controversial paper on the welfare effects of supply management in poorer households by two University of Manitoba economists has earned a national award. Agricultural economists Ryan Cardwell and Chad Lawley earned the John Vanderkamp Prize from the Canadian Economics Association earlier this month, awarded for the best paper in the journal Canadian Public Policy.