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Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership a good deal for Canada?

The economic logic behind free trade is that ‘a rising tide lifts all boats’

By Robert McGarvey May 19, 2015

Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership a bulwark of freedom as proponents claim, or is Canada about to be shoehorned into another free trade deal that will continue the hollowing out of our economy? It depends on your perspective. The TPP, championed by U.S. President Barack Obama as an important addition to the world’s free trade zone

Cereals, Crops

Asian markets interested in Canada Prairie Spring wheats

Manitoba farmers haven’t shown much interest in the class in recent years focusing instead on CWRS 

By Allan Dawson January 6, 2015

Canada’s Western Red Spring wheat, this country’s flagship wheat that is famous for its bread-making quality, is accustomed to having the spotlight all to itself. But lately two of its siblings — Canada Prairie Spring (CPS) and Canada Western Red Winter classes of wheat have been earning quite a name for themselves with buyers. Interest

International news

Landlocked Central Asia gets shorter railway link to Persian Gulf

The new route will enhance exports of natural gas, grain and textiles

By Marat Gurt December 15, 2014

Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Iran inaugurated a new railway route Dec. 3 that will improve resource-rich Central Asia’s access to markets in the Middle East and South Asia. The 925-km (578-mile) stretch of railway, built jointly by the three Caspian neighbours, will ease the exchange of goods between the landlocked post-Soviet region and the countries lying

Most North Americans use velvet antler as dried powder in capsules, for recovery from injury or exercise, to boost testosterone, and improve circulation.

Livestock, Oilseeds, Opinion, Other livestock

Regaining access to China markets

Tainted food scandals have convinced Chinese buyers that imports are safer

By Ian Thorleifson July 22, 2014

Cervid (elk and other deer) products have been used and prized in China for at least 2,700 years. That makes China a very valuable marketplace for cervid products. Indeed, it was a good market until Canada and the U.S. took action to contain and eradicate BSE in early 2003. China immediately closed its markets to

Crops

Conservation not a hippie delusion

Small-scale farmers can implement conservation agriculture and improve soil health  in developing areas, often by using a mix of science and local knowledge

By Shannon VanRaes July 16, 2014

The damaging effects of tillage on soils is well documented on Europe and North American soils. So why is that approach still being exported to developing nations, proponents of conservation agriculture asked the recent World Conference on Conservation Agriculture. “We’re taking that paradigm to developing countries, so one has to ask, what is actually going

Crops, News

Mosaic to mine phosphate in Saudi Arabia

March 28, 2013

reuters / U.S. fertilizer producer Mosaic plans to invest up to $1 billion in a joint venture to produce phosphate in Saudi Arabia, giving the Minnesota-based company a road into India and other growing Asian markets. Mosaic will own one-quarter of the $7-billion project, with the remainder held by two Saudi companies. Phosphate production has

International news, News

China’s planners push urbanization as main growth driver

By Aileen Wang And David Stanway March 16, 2013

Reuters / China’s planned urbanization drive will be main engine of growth for domestic economic activity in the years ahead, giving the government scope to boost domestic demand and infrastructure investment, a senior planning official said March 6. China plans to spend 40 trillion yuan ($6.4 trillion) to bring 400 million people to cities over

International news, News

China’s giant challenge — defining who owns the farmland

By Lucy Hornand Hui Li February 22, 2013

Reuters / The bare lightbulbs, unheated rooms and elderly residents of the whitewashed village of Yangwang in eastern China make it seem an unlikely place for an experiment in cutting-edge satellite technology. This tiny village in Anhui province was home to a pilot project that for the first time mapped farmers’ land holdings, putting it

Crops, International news, News

Thailand struggles to find storage space for rice

February 12, 2013

bangkok / reuters Thailand, struggling to find storage for a rice-buying scheme that cost the country its crown as the world’s biggest exporter of the grain, will rent private warehouses to store this month’s harvest, government officials say. February’s harvest will add five million to seven million tonnes to stocks, on top of the 20

Crops, International news, News

Saudi investor ties up with Russian grain dealer

January 17, 2013

moscow / reuters / A Saudi Arabian investment company has set up a joint venture with SAHO, a Siberian grain producer, to ship Russian wheat and barley to the Middle East and North Africa. The deal is a rare one between Russia and Saudi Arabia, which consumes about 15 million tonnes of grain per year.

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise, hogs fall on WASDE

Resignation of Saskatchewan wheat breeder draws concern

USDA, attachés differ on South American soybeans

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