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Wells Condemns Corporate Seed Power

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Afew very large seed corporations led by Monsanto have too much power over farmers, according to retiring National Farmers Union (NFU) president Stewart Wells. “With the rapid changes the seed companies are making to the system – seed registration, patent protection, seed contracts and inter-company seed agreements – Monsanto and the seed trade will quickly
News, Oilseeds

Japan Finds GMOs In Canadian Flax

“If the GMO material exceeds one per cent, it cannot be used for animal feed.” – JAPANESE FARM MINISTRY OFFICIAL Japan has found genetically modified flaxseed, which has not been approved by Japan, in imports from Canada, Health Ministry officials said Nov. 16. In Japan, the bulk of flaxseed is used to produce oil for
Cereals, Crops

National Farmers Union Celebrates 40 Years

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“Structure determines process, process determines results.” – ROY ATKINSON If there’s a constant with the National Farmers Union, it’s consistency. Canada’s only national, voluntary, direct-membership general farm organization, which holds its 40th annual meeting in Ottawa this week, sticks to its principles. “The first person who compromises, loses,” Roy Atkinson, the NFU’s first president, said
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

SRM Subsidy Critical To Survival, Packers Say

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“There’s a very real possibility that there would not be a cow killer east of Brooks.” – BRAD WILDEMAN, CCA Canada risks losing its entire processing sector for older cattle unless the federal government subsidizes the cost of removing specified risk materials (SRMs) from beef carcasses, the industry warns. New, less stringent regulations for SRM
Cereals, Opinion

Ritz Must Stand Up For Farmers’ Marketing Systems At WTO

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The upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in Geneva are targeting farmers’ marketing agencies – including supply-management and the Canadian Wheat Board single desk. I predict that Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz will return home from the current round of negotiations announcing that these so-called “state trading enterprises” are no longer legal under WTO trade rules
Crops, Oilseeds

China To Restrict 70 Per Cent Of Canada Canola Exports

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China’s measures against Canadian canola with blackleg disease will restrict 70 per cent of Canada’s canola sales to its biggest export market, the Canola Council of Canada said Nov. 10. China’s quarantine authority said importers of canola from Canada and Australia must apply for import permits before signing contracts as of Nov. 15 to prevent
News, Oilseeds

Chinese Demand Blackleg-Free Canola

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China’s demand that Canada start delivering certified blackleg-free canola starting Nov. 15 will be tough to fulfil because the fungus disease is common here, says Canola Council of Canada president JoAnne Buth. But she says the Canadian government and canola industry are working hard to restore access to one of Canada’s major canola customers. Last
News, Oilseeds

Progress On Resuming Flax Exports

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“No one should be under the impression that the acceptance of this protocol is suddenly going to open up the market in Europe again.” – BARRY HALL Flax industry officials are hopeful a new testing protocol presented to the European Union earlier this month will help restore export trade. A protocol for testing Canadian flax
Cereals, News

White Flag Or Prudent Planning?

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A former chair of the Canadian Wheat Board says work should begin now on a compensation package for farmers if a World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement kills the board. Ken Ritter says he is convinced there will be a WTO agreement given most nations’ desire to stimulate the world economy. The current WTO proposal singles
Cereals, Crops

Canada Defends Wheat Board Monopoly At WTO

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Canada’s Conservative government is defending the Canadi an Wheat Board’s grain-marketing monopoly at World Trade Organization talks, even though it has long said it wants to scrap it, CWB chairman Larry Hill said Sept. 17. “We had good assurance from the Government of Canada that farmers’ (ability to) adhere to the single desk will be

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