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Free trade between provinces far from a done deal
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Free trade between provinces far from a done deal

Our History: October 1987

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The soon-to-be ratified Canada-U.S. free trade agreement was much in the news in 1987, but as indicated by this editorial cartoon from our Oct. 1 issue, free trade between provinces, as today, still seemed elusive. We reported that Canadian hog and cattle farmers were enthusiastic about the free trade deal, but that supply management producers
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Federal TPP study draws criticism

Global Affairs Canada’s report is said to downplay potential negative effects and overestimate benefits

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A study from the federal external relations department Global Affairs Canada is drawing sharp criticism for ignoring the costs to agriculture. The study says Canada would gain $4.3 billion in trade benefits from the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership, but critics say it doesn’t properly account for the impact on farmers. TPP gains would be offset by
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Comment: Closing the barn door after the fact

Sudden concern about mergers on the part of politicians is too little, too late

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One of the oldest truisms agriculture offers is the simple, rock-solid advice that the time to close the barn door is before the cows get out. Closing the door afterwards, as everyone knows, is pointless because the cows are already long gone. Everyone, except of course, the U.S. Congress which, on Sept. 20, hosted a
Opinion

Why Canada should avoid free trade with China

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China and Canada appear to be considering a free trade deal. The basic principle of free trade is clear. Imagine two isolated neighbouring islands. One is green and fertile, capable of producing more food than it can consume. The other, while dry and barren, possesses natural resources needed to manufacture consumer goods. Farmers in the
“Look, I grew up on a farm and I know that for a lot of farmers, just like for anybody else, change is a little disconcerting." – Robert Fraley
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Consolidation won’t reduce innovation: Monsanto

No word yet on whether a Monsanto-Bayer merger will affect canola growers

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Fewer companies means more innovation. That’s the world according to Robert Fraley, Monsanto’s chief technology officer and executive vice-president, who says biotechnology companies need to consolidate to remain effective. “Consolidation is both needed and healthy in order to be able to provide the kind of investments that you need in cutting-edge biology and data science
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Direct Farm Manitoba wants more marketing freedom for farm products

Direct Farm Manitoba, organized in March 2016 to represent farms producing and selling direct 
to consumers, holds first meeting with provincial ag minister

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A first meeting with the provincial minister of agriculture has gone well, says a spokesman for a new organization representing direct marketers of farm products. Phil Veldhuis is spokesman for Direct Farm Manitoba, a group organized this spring to promote an improved policy environment for direct-to-consumer farm business. They sat down last week with Ralph
Comment, Opinion

Monsanto is dead. Now what?

The lightning rod for resentment won’t be there to kick around anymore

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It seems Monsanto is finally out of its misery. Arguably the most detested company in the world, it will likely cease to exist with Bayer’s acquisition. Monsanto’s own attempt to acquire Swiss-based Syngenta not only failed, but also was received with extreme prejudice. But now with Bayer’s acquisition of the St. Louis-based company, Monsanto, or
University of Saskatchewan’s Richard Gray says there’s plenty of reason to be concerned about the Bayer-Monsanto merger.
News, Oilseeds

Canola farmers worried about Bayer-Monsanto merger

The fear is the new company’s market power will result in higher seed prices and less innovation unless regulators order some divestiture of assets

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Farmers who are worried about chemical and seed giants Bayer and Monsanto merging should be, according to one prominent agriculture economist. With 94 per cent of western Canadian canola containing Bayer’s Liberty Link or Monsanto’s Roundup Ready traits, the new company will have tremendous market power resulting in higher canola seed prices for farmers, said
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Feeding the fish

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There’s a familiar trope of editorial cartoonists that features a chain of fish, small to large, with each larger incarnation set to consume the next smallest, until the tiny, blissfully unaware minnow at the very end of the food chain. It’s an image that’s been much on my mind lately as I’ve watched the latest
Pressure is growing from gasoline refiners to rethink the structure of biofuel mandates.
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U.S. refiners revamp operations as renewable fuel costs surge

Pressure is building to tweak renewable fuel standards as refiner profit margins are crushed

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U.S. oil refiners, beset by the weakest profit margins in six years, have been laying off workers, revamping operations and ratcheting up pressure on regulators and lawmakers to tweak the renewable fuel program, whose costs have ballooned. The top 10 U.S. independent refiners look set to take a record hit on renewable fuel credits this

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