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Kharl Cabatingan came to Canada eight years ago as a temporary foreign worker, arriving in Neepawa in 2009 to work at Springhill Farms. He brought his wife Ruby Ann and daughter Annikha to live in Neepawa in 2011.

New life in Canada ‘a dream come true,’ couple says

The Cabatingans are one of hundreds of young families now calling  Neepawa and surrounding municipalities home

By Lorraine Stevenson July 1, 2016

Kharl Cabatingan will have his own “settler story” to tell his grandchilden one day. He and wife Ruby Ann became Canadian citizens last year. The couple, both born in the Philippines, has lived in Neepawa not quite all of their young daughter Annikha’s life. She was born shortly after Kharl emigrated in 2008, initially working

Cereals, News

U.S.-Canada wheat tensions already easing

At least four American spring milling wheats are registered in Canada now and more are expected in the future

By Allan Dawson May 5, 2016

The United States government and American wheat growers should put their beef with how Canada grades imported American wheat into context, says Cereals Canada president Cam Dahl. “Very substantial changes have been made to the Canadian system in the last 10 years,” he said in an interview April 29. “It was almost impossible for varieties

Cereals, Crops

Canadian wheat growers hit by subsidy effects

Advanced developing nations subsidize wheat growers,  hurting farmers from exporting nations

By Alex Binkley April 20, 2016

Canadian farmers are among those being disadvantaged by wheat subsidies in advanced developing countries like China, India, Turkey and Brazil, according to two U.S. groups. The U.S. Wheat Associates and the U.S. National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) pegged the annual cost to Canadian farmers at about 249,000 tonnes in lost sales and $251.9 million

News

Canada-Europe trade deal on track for scheduled implementation

CETA includes protection of the state’s right to regulate in many areas, says the top Canadian negotiator

By Alex Binkley April 1, 2016

A senior European Union politician says he’s hopeful the Canada-Europe free trade agreement will come into effect on schedule, sometime in 2017. Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament’s trade committee, made the comments while visiting Ottawa and Montreal for a series of intensive meetings that are part of the committee’s final assessment of the

Beef cattle, News

Selling beef to Europe requires commitment to high quality

Glacier FarmMedia Special Report: It’s the story that sells quality into a premium market

By Barb Glen, Gfm Staff March 28, 2016

Our March 24, 2016 issue marks the second in a series of Special Reports prepared by reporters from the Glacier FarmMedia network, which includes the Manitoba Co-operator. In these articles, reporters explore the implications of the yet-to-be- ratified Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union. Marketing beef into Europe is not

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

Canada presses China on science in canola trade spat

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel March 10, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is urging the Chinese government to stick to scientific facts in decisions on trade as Beijing plans to toughen its standard on Canadian canola shipments, federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay said Thursday. China’s quarantine authority, AQSIQ, notified the Canadian Food Inspection Agency last month that it would allow no more

Livestock, Markets

Canada, EU finally settle trade deal after opposition

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop February 29, 2016

Ottawa/Brussels | Reuters — The European Union has convinced Canada to include a new way of settling investor claims in their trade deal, making it more likely that it will be passed and putting the U.S. under pressure to accept the same terms. The two sides wrapped up negotiations on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade

Hogs, Opinion

Federal candidates need to understand the challenges facing today’s hog industry

Market access, labour and financing issues threaten to undermine its future

By Rick Bergmann October 6, 2015

Over 7,000 pig farms in Canada produce 25.52 million animals a year and generate over $13 billion in economic activity, making the country’s swine industry the fourth-largest source of farm cash receipts of any agricultural commodity. In 2014, over 1.14 million tonnes of pork and pork products valued at over $3.7 billion were exported to

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Election shifts attention to trade deal as race narrows

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News October 5, 2015

Ottawa | Reuters –– Trailing in second place with two weeks left before Canada’s election, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a new trade deal Monday that largely protects the key agricultural voting bloc, putting pressure on opponents who had hoped to have more to attack. Harper touted the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a good deal

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Canada says TPP offers limited access to dairy market

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News October 5, 2015

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada said on Monday that a major trade deal agreed by 12 Pacific nations would only allow limited access to protected Canadian domestic dairy and poultry markets, a politically sensitive issue ahead of the Oct. 19 election. Officials said the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would offer up just 3.25 per cent of

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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