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Organization in Canada, China, sign memorandum

Canola Council of Canada touts benefits of canola oil and meal during trade mission to China

By Shannon VanRaes November 30, 2017

The Canola Council of Canada is celebrating a new memorandum of understanding after wrapping up a trade mission to China. Speaking from Beijing, canola council president Jim Everson emphasized the importance of the Chinese market for Canadian canola producers and processors. “We are just at the end of what we think is a very successful

Sunset in Egypt on the Nile River south of Luxor. (CIA.gov)

Crops, Markets

Egypt court ruling revives row over ergot in wheat

By GFM Network News June 22, 2017

Cairo | Reuters — A court that ordered the suspension of Egypt’s food inspection system based its ruling in part on the quarantine service’s right to ban grain imports with any trace of the ergot fungus, raising the possibility the contested rule could be restored. The government’s new food inspection system simplified trade after a

Crops

Egypt’s wheat imports again uncertain as ergot ban looms

By GFM Network News, Maha El Dahan June 6, 2017

Cairo | Reuters — An Egyptian court has decided to reinstate a zero tolerance policy on common grain fungus ergot, lawyers on the case told Reuters on Tuesday, plunging trade with the world’s largest wheat importer back into uncertainty. Egypt last year scrapped a ban on ergot in grain imports after it effectively halted purchase

Livestock

Brazil police probe ag ministry for corruption

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 16, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian federal police started two separate investigations on Tuesday into suspected corruption at the Agriculture Ministry to benefit meatpacking, dairy and other food companies. The probes into whether inspection procedures were eased in favour of certain unnamed companies comes two months after the country’s meatpacking industry was rocked by a

Crops

Health ministry decision makes zero ergot Egypt’s new normal

By GFM Network News, Maha El Dahan September 6, 2016

Abu Dhabi/Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s health ministry banned wheat with any ergot fungus on Monday, a decision traders said signals the zero tolerance policy that wreaked havoc on the country’s grain purchases earlier this year is back to stay. The decree, seen by Reuters, brings the ministry in line with an agriculture ministry decree

Livestock, Markets

Russia not planning expanded ban on Western foods

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 28, 2016

Moscow | Reuters — Russia does not plan to expand the list of banned Western food products, Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev told reporters. Earlier on Friday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered his ministers to draft proposals to extend Moscow’s food import ban until the end of 2017. The Agriculture Ministry has already started preparing

Crops, Markets

Egypt writes to wheat suppliers on ergot, hoping to win confidence

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 17, 2016

Abu Dhabi | Reuters — Egypt’s Agriculture Ministry sent a letter to traders saying it will allow an ergot fungus tolerance level of 0.05 per cent in wheat imports, hoping suppliers will make offers in international purchase tenders for the strategic grain. Disputes about ergot content level have disrupted top buyer Egypt’s wheat imports in

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock

Sask. to seek new animal protection agency

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 5, 2015

Saskatchewan’s agriculture ministry plans to seek other options for enforcement of animal protection laws, with three months before the current enforcer’s contract ends. The ministry confirmed Monday that the Saskatchewan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) has decided not to renew its contract for enforcement of the provincial Animal Protection Act. The

Crops, Oilseeds

Research supports new uses for Manitoba crops

Flax might be a help to people with high blood pressure

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 3, 2014

The federal and provincial governments have awarded $341,000 to Manitoba researchers developing foods as drug alternatives and better genetics from crops produced in the province. “These projects will explore the attributes of a wide range of crops from buckwheat to flaxseed and focus on the health benefits for consumers in a global market,” said Agriculture

News

New deputy minister appointed to federal Agriculture Department

Andrea Lyon steps in as deputy minister as Suzanne Vinet retires

By Alex Binkley April 28, 2014

Andrea Lyon will have a hard act to follow when she takes over as deputy minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada succeeding Suzanne Vinet, who held the post for nearly two hectic years. Vinet is retiring after 28 years in the federal civil service including several stints in agriculture as well as senior executive posts

Field-by-field mapping could improve yield, productivity predictions

U.S. grains: Corn futures edge up, soybeans sag on improving US crop ratings

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up, hogs mixed

Daily Network News

Field-by-field mapping could improve yield, productivity predictions

U.S. grains: Corn futures edge up, soybeans sag on improving US crop ratings

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up, hogs mixed

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Organization in Canada, China, sign memorandum

Egypt court ruling revives row over ergot in wheat

Egypt’s wheat imports again uncertain as ergot ban looms

Brazil police probe ag ministry for corruption

Health ministry decision makes zero ergot Egypt’s new normal

Russia not planning expanded ban on Western foods

Egypt writes to wheat suppliers on ergot, hoping to win confidence

Sask. to seek new animal protection agency

Research supports new uses for Manitoba crops

New deputy minister appointed to federal Agriculture Department

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