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Ag issues remain unresolved in Europe trade talks

By Alex Binkley July 30, 2012

Canada and Europe remain on course to complete a free trade deal before the end of the year, but agriculture issues have yet to be dealt with, says Canada’s chief negotiator. The EU wants greater access to the Canadian cheese market while “we’ve expressed a lot of interest in their beef market and in their pork market in particular, among

Cereals, News, Opinion

July 30, 2012

Province active in Growing Forward discussions A letter (“Where is the vision?” July 5) from the PC member from Midland, Blaine Pedersen, failed to provide Manitobans and producers in our province with helpful information when it comes to Growing Forward 2. Growing Forward is often referred to as the single most important Agricultural Policy Framework

Cereals, Crops, News

Producers urged to take part in Growing Forward consultations

By Shannon VanRaes June 16, 2012

The province of Manitoba is asking farmers and farm organizations for input into Growing Forward II, which is currently being negotiated with the federal government. “The more input Manitoba industry stakeholders provide through the consultations, the more influence they will have on the future content and direction of the next generation of Growing Forward programs,”

Crops, News, Weather

Insured projects are covered for hail

By Cfgb Release June 8, 2012

Everything was going fine for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) Share growing project near Morden, Manitoba in 2011. Then it hailed. “We had a beautiful crop of wheat,” recalls Ben Friesen, who helps organize the Share project for CFGB, a partnership of 15 churches and church agencies working to end global hunger. “Then the hail

Dairy cattle, News

Food strategy missing from ag committee report

By Alex Binkley June 8, 2012

The Commons agriculture committee is backing calls for a national food strategy, but says there’s not time to develop one before the launch of the Growing Forward Two program next April. “It’s really a different issue from Growing Forward, which is a slate of programs to help farmers,” said Tory MP Larry Miller, the committee’s

News, Opinion

Here’s your chance

By Laura Rance-Unger April 30, 2012

It’s a common rant in the coffee shops and at the microphone of farm meetings. It’s been the subject of conferences and multi-stakeholder think-tanks. People outside of agriculture just don’t understand what it means to be a farmer. Farm Credit Canada recently consulted with its Farm Vision Panel on the matter and came up with

Cereals, Dairy cattle, Opinion

Moving beyond supply management

By Sylvain Charlebois April 7, 2012

Now that we have some clarity on the economic future of the Canadian Wheat Board, attention is slowly turning toward the issue of supply management, which has arguably served our agricultural economy well for decades. Economically speaking, these sectors have been unwavering, and consumers have long benefited from stable retail prices for these products. However,

Cereals, Crops, News

Farmers fear consolidation, not foreigners, in Viterra bid

By Rod Nickel March 23, 2012

Reuters / For most of the past year, western Canadian farmers have braced for the rush of competition that will follow the end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s 69-year-long monopoly on grain marketing in August. Now, they’re preparing for the possibility of seeing less than expected. The fertile region’s biggest grain handler, Viterra, said March

International news, News

Looming political fight puts U.S. farmers on battlefield

By Charles Abbott March 23, 2012

Analysis: It usually takes a year to draft new Farm Bill but the cost of failure may be too high to bear

(Reuters) U.S. lawmakers are short on time and money to make the biggest cuts in agriculture in a generation and failure risks unintentionally driving up food prices and adding to an already onerous deficit. Fractious Republicans and Democrats may wait until the last minute to agree to significant cuts to farm supports amid historically high

News

Sustainability equals profitability

By Shannon VanRaes March 14, 2012

Bigger doesn’t mean better and unconventional doesn’t mean unprofitable. In fact, Lisa Clouston of Spring Creek Farms, a holistic rancher and part-time social worker, thinks it’s time to toss those ideas aside when it comes to farming. “You need to look at your costs, your time, and quality of life … higher volume doesn’t mean

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slide under pressure from weak cash prices

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola likely to remain rangebound

U.S. grains: Soybean futures ease from 17-month peak as traders gauge China buying pace

Tag Archives Agricultural economics

Ag issues remain unresolved in Europe trade talks

Producers urged to take part in Growing Forward consultations

Insured projects are covered for hail

Food strategy missing from ag committee report

Here’s your chance

Moving beyond supply management

Farmers fear consolidation, not foreigners, in Viterra bid

Looming political fight puts U.S. farmers on battlefield

Sustainability equals profitability

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