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South Korean beef ban lifted

January 26, 2012

Cattle producers across Canada celebrated the news that South Korea had lifted its eight-year ban on Canadian beef aged 30 months or younger Jan. 20. South Korea will begin accepting Canadian beef imports immediately. The South Korean government published its approval of the import health requirements (IHRs) and notified the Canadian government that all certification

Livestock, Livestock Markets, News, Weather

Dry winter a worry for cattle, winter wheat

By Rod Nickel January 17, 2012

Canada’s western farm belt is the driest it has been in five years, raising concerns for cattle and winter cereals. Large pockets of the Prairie provinces have received less than 40 per cent of normal precipitation during the past three months, according to federal Agriculture Department maps. “We have a lot of winter ahead of

Livestock, Livestock Markets, News, Weather

Dry winter a worry for cattle, winter wheat

By Rod Nickel January 5, 2012

Canada’s western farm belt is the driest it has been in five years, raising concerns for cattle and winter cereals. Large pockets of the Prairie provinces have received less than 40 per cent of normal precipitation during the past three months, according to federal Agriculture Department maps. “We have a lot of winter ahead of

Crops, Oilseeds

ADM To Build Canola Biodiesel Plant In Canada

November 17, 2011

briefs reuters / U.S.-based agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland Co. said Nov. 14 that it would build a 265-millionlitre biodiesel plant in Lloydminster, Alta. The plant would crush canola, Canada s second- biggest crop after spring wheat, and boost ADM s North American biodiesel production capacity by 50 per cent. ADM said it would start building

Opinion

Climate Change Adaptation Is A Priority

By Carol Thiessen November 10, 2011

Here at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, we ve been saying that a lot over the past couple of years. For smallholder farmers, women, fisher folk and other people especially vulnerable to climate change, support in adapting to the changes they re experiencing is more important than trying to slow those changes. After all, they produce

Cereals, Opinion

KAP’s Policy On The CWB

By Doug Chorney October 27, 2011

The future of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and the Canadian government s decision to remove its single-desk marketing structure continues to be the paramount issue affecting Prairie farmers this fall. Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) has strived to take a balanced approach in dealing with this issue while using our official policy positions as guidelines.

News, Oilseeds

Canada Working On Low-Level GM Presence Policy

By Allan Dawson October 20, 2011

Just a trace of an unapproved genetically modified (GM) plant can close borders costing grain traders and farmers millions in lost sales, something Canada knows all too well. In 2009 flax exports to the European Union (EU) were disrupted after they were found to contain low levels of CDC Triffid, a GM flax approved in

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Blood Meal Exports To U.S. Resume

October 6, 2011

briefs reuters / The United States is resuming imports of blood meal from Canadian cattle for the first time in eight years, a senior Canadian government source said Sept. 27. Trade in bovine blood meal, which is used in fertilizers and animal feeds, will be worth about $4 million per year to the Canadian beef

Cereals, Dairy cattle, News

Australian Trade Minister Supports End To Single Desk

By Allan Dawson September 15, 2011

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has a new high-profile ally in his quest to end the Canadian Wheat Board s (CWB) single desk Australian trade minister Craig Emerson. The Australian Wheat Board s export monopoly ended in 2008 and Emerson said it has been a great success. The Australian experience has been unambiguously good, he said

News

Visa Delays For Chinese Assemblers Stall Hemp Fibre Plant

By Daniel Winters September 15, 2011

Plans to open Manitoba s first large-scale industrial hemp fibre processing plant by this spring have hit a snag. Some 20 ocean-freight containers filled with Chinesemade processing machinery have already been on site for months now, but the first team of six Chinese engineers sent by the manufacturer has encountered difficulties acquiring visas to enter

U.S. grains: Soybean futures jump on hopes for US export demand

Canada announces steel tariffs on some trade partners

Agriculture chemical company embraces regenerative farming

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybean futures jump on hopes for US export demand

Canada announces steel tariffs on some trade partners

Agriculture chemical company embraces regenerative farming

Tag Archives Canadian government — page 4

South Korean beef ban lifted

Dry winter a worry for cattle, winter wheat

Dry winter a worry for cattle, winter wheat

ADM To Build Canola Biodiesel Plant In Canada

Climate Change Adaptation Is A Priority

KAP’s Policy On The CWB

Canada Working On Low-Level GM Presence Policy

Blood Meal Exports To U.S. Resume

Australian Trade Minister Supports End To Single Desk

Visa Delays For Chinese Assemblers Stall Hemp Fibre Plant

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