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Cautious Approach Urged In EU Trade Talks

By Alex Binkley July 15, 2010

“(Canadian farmers) would be forgiven for suggesting that the standard of support in the EU is risk elimination.” – TRADE CONSULTANT PETER CLARK Acautious approach to negotiating the agriculture component of a free trade agreement with the European Union is needed, warns trade expert Peter Clark. Clark’s observations about the trade talks came as the

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Red Tape Hurts Farm Competitiveness

By Ron Friesen June 3, 2010

Aparl iamentary committee recommends major changes to federal regulations that disadvantage Canada’s farmers against their global competitors. If implemented, the recommendations in a recently tabled House of Commons agriculture committee report could go a long way toward dealing with farmers’ complaints that government fees and red tape make them uncompetitive in the marketplace. In all,

Crops

Monsanto Cuts 2010 Outlook

By Carey Gillam June 3, 2010

Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company and a leading agricultural chemicals company said it would “drastically narrow” its Roundup portfolio and lower prices to be more in line with generics. In addition to lowering prices for the 2011 season, the company will accelerate payment on certain distributor and retailer incentives to close out the

Dairy cattle, News, Poultry

Quota Levy Issue Still Flummoxes Industry

By Ron Friesen May 6, 2010

“It’s the precedent issue that’s most alarming.” – PENNY KELLY, MEF Manitoba’s supply management producers are still in the dark about a new provincial levy on quota transfers, despite asking for an explanation. “We’re going to have to have some more discussions so we can better understand exactly where it’s coming from,” said David Wiens,

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Circumstances Outweigh Bearish Canola News

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 22, 2010

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw some heavy-volume activity during the week ended April 16, as commercial and commodity fund traders rolled their positions out of the nearby May contract. However, those large volumes did little to rouse values out

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

U. S. Cowboy Checkoff Fight Grows

By Alan Guebert April 1, 2010

“There’s a real sense that the proposed NCBA changes leave no strong role for state beef councils and non-NCBA members. Who speaks for them if these changes are adopted?” – NANCY ROBINSON Of all the political hot rocks farm groups are juggling now in Washington, D. C. – cap and trade, cuts in crop insurance,

Crops

Ontario MP Tries To Cut Red Tape For Farmers

By Alex Binkley March 25, 2010

Ontario Conservative MP Bev Shipley wants to cut the red tape slowing the introduction of new agriculture technologies for farmers. He’s presented a motion in the Commons, which, if approved, would spare companies the expense and paper shuffling involved in repeating research on their developments already approved in other countries. He wants the government “to

News

Agrium, Rivals Seen Focusing On Smaller Deals

By Euan Rocha March 18, 2010

“Consolidation of the fertilizer industry worldwide is far from over.” – JOERGEN OLE HASLESTAD Aprotracted takeover battle in the global fertilizer industry ended this week with a victory for CF Industries Holdings Inc., but the losers are unlikely to wait long before climbing back into the fray. CF Industries’ agreement to acquire Terra Industries brought

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Trade Lacking Direction

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 4, 2010

Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform held within a rather tight range during the week ended Feb. 26, initially moving higher before eventually finishing the week with small losses in the nearby contracts – although the advances did hold up in the new-crop months. The canola trade could be best described as “range

Country Crossroads, Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Cattle Farms On Landscape Reach Recorded Low

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 25, 2010

Young Farmers’ Programming Funded STAFF Meetings, workshops and information sharing for young farmers by way of the Canadian Young Farmers’ Forum will get $1.2 million in federal support over the next four years. The federal government on Sunday announced its funding commitment to the CYFF, which Jean-Pierre Blackburn, the federal minister of state for agriculture

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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