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World Milk Crisis Could Threaten Dairy Tariffs

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“The tariffs would not be sufficient.” – RICHARD DOYLE, DFC Canada’s milk producers are evading a dairy crisis raging in the rest of the world, but a renewed threat to their protective shield might change that. A combination of low world milk prices and a strong Canadian dollar could allow cheap foreign dairy products into
Cereals, Opinion

Myths Distort Canadian Farm Policy

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“(T)he argument that we need to subsidize farming in case the world collapses and we need to supply ourselves simply makes no sense. Myths exist about the strategic position of food, the importance of the family farm to the preservation of rural Canada, and the need to defend Canadian farming in the face of European
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U. S. Farm-Cut Fight Far From Over

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The fight to cut U. S. farm subsidies is just beginning in Congress despite a committee vote against a $250,000-a-year cap on payments, a limit supported by the White House, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says. “Let’s see where things end up,” Vilsack said during an interview with Reuters March 27. He said deficit hawks in
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U. S. Senate Panel Rejects $250,000 Farm Subsidy Cap

The Senate Budget Committee rejected a proposed $250,000-a-year limit on farm subsidies March 26 in a rebuff to reformers and the Obama administration. President Barack Obama proposed a $250,000 payment cap in his fiscal 2010 budget plan. It was part of a package of farm cuts estimated to save nearly $16 billion over 10 years
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Trade Risk In Emerging-Country Farm Policies

Steps taken by major emerging economies to counter food price volatility and spur farm development have in many cases undermined international trade, the OECD said March 17. In a report on farm policy in seven emerging countries – Brazil, Chile, China, India, Russia, South Africa and Ukraine – the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Obama Names Miller, Tonsager To Top USDA Posts

President Barack Obama chose Jim Miller to run the U. S. farm subsidy program and Dallas Tonsager as the top rural development official at the Agriculture Department, the White House said March 13. Both appointments, as USDA undersecretary, require Senate confirmation. In late February, Obama selected Kathleen Merrigan for deputy secretary, the No. 2 job
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Mar. 5, 2009

Streamlining farm subsidies: European Union ministers are considering changing the way farmers receive subsidies. The Czechs plan to launch a debate on how the EU’s complex farm payment system might be altered for the next seven-year budget period, which starts in 2013, Czech Agriculture Minister Petr Gandalovic said. Average levels of direct farm payments vary
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Obama Pledges To Lower Farm Subsidies

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President Barack Obama’s pledge to cut subsidies to big U. S. farm businesses falls short of the cuts needed to revive mor ibund world trade talks, proponents of an expanded global trade agreement said Feb. 25. “Anything that would reduce payments to farmers in the U. S. would be looked on favour-ably by the rest
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Subsidy Debate Weighs Farmers Versus Children

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U. S. lawmakers will need to choose between supporting rich farmers or feeding more hungry children amid a slumping economy and surging deficit, U. S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said March 2. Vilsack said he already has heard some questions and concerns about the Obama administration’s plan to redirect subsidy payments for large farmers into
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EU export subsidies provoke Cairns Group

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“This is not the leadership we require from key economies at this point in time.” – Cairns group statement Canada, Australia and their farm trade allies called on Brussels Jan. 28 to repeal its decision to offer subsidies for European Union dairy exports, saying the move could drive down world prices and hurt poor farmers.

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