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How JBS became collateral damage in a war between billionaires

JBS now plans to tweak U.S. IPO, executive says

By GFM Network News February 11, 2020

Sao Paulo | Reuters — A business dispute between the disgraced billionaire Batista brothers in Brazil and the heir to an Indonesian pulp and paper fortune is throwing a wrench in meatpacker JBS SA’s plans to for a U.S. listing of its international operations, such as its Canadian beef plant. The dispute stems from a

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Amended CUSMA pact includes anti-COOL clause

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 4, 2020

The new Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), a free trade deal set to replace NAFTA, includes language meant to block any future bids at a trade-disrupting country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law. The new clause would, in theory, checkmate a move made last summer by some Democrat members of the U.S. House of Representatives to have a new North

Livestock

Puerto Rico cries foul over U.S. Congress’s cockfighting ban

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 20, 2019

San Juan | Reuters — An attempt by the U.S. Congress to ban cockfighting in Puerto Rico has set off a debate about animal cruelty, put thousands of jobs at risk and sparked a possible power struggle between the U.S. territory’s government and Washington. The 500-year-old tradition of cockfighting in Puerto Rico was due to

Markets

Canada, U.S., Mexico sign agreement, again, to replace NAFTA

By GFM Network News, Sharay Angulo December 10, 2019

Washington/Mexico City | Reuters — Top officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States signed a fresh overhaul of a quarter-century-old trade pact on Tuesday that aims to improve enforcement of worker rights and hold down prices for biologic drugs by eliminating a patent provision. The signing ceremony in Mexico City launched what may be

Crops

U.S. biodiesel industry struggles without subsidy

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Kelly November 15, 2019

New York | Reuters — When John Whittington shut his Indiana biodiesel plant this week, he knew the move would leave all 14 of his workers there looking for jobs heading into the U.S. holiday season. But he felt he had no choice. A $1-per-gallon subsidy that had been propping up the industry since 2005

Markets

Canada takes first step on ratifying USMCA trade deal

By GFM Network News May 27, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada took a first step toward ratifying the new North American trade agreement on Monday just three days ahead of U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence’s trip to Ottawa to discuss the passage of the treaty. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland presented what’s known as a ways and means motion to the House of

Markets

USMCA deal modestly boosts U.S. economy, trade panel finds

By David Lawder, GFM Network News April 18, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The new North American free trade pact would modestly boost the U.S. economy, especially auto parts production, but may curb vehicle assembly and limit consumer choice in cars, a hotly anticipated analysis from the U.S. International Trade Commission showed on Thursday. The ITC report is a crucial step in the push

Markets

EU says ready to launch U.S. trade talks, but without agriculture

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop April 15, 2019

Brussels | Reuters — The European Union is ready to start talks on a trade agreement with the United States and aims to conclude a deal before year-end, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said on Monday. The EU approved two areas for negotiation, opposed by France with an abstention from Belgium. But agriculture was not

Markets

U.S. to seek comprehensive ag access in EU trade talks

By David Lawder, GFM Network News January 11, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Friday signaled it would not bow to the European Union’s request to keep agriculture out of this year’s planned U.S.-EU trade talks, publishing negotiating objectives that seek comprehensive EU access for American farm products. The objectives, required by Congress under the “fast-track” trade negotiating authority law, seek

The biggest wave in the recent U.S. midterm elections was neither blue or red – it was green, as in “greenbacks.”

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Comment: House GOP could claim Farm Bill victory despite electoral defeat

Outgoing congressional representatives may deliver President Trump  with a legislative victory before they head for the door 

By Alan Guebert November 21, 2018

A week before American voters decided whether the midterm elections would deliver a red wave or a blue wave, OpenSecrets.org, the non-partisan group that tracks money in politics, made a spot-on prediction: the biggest wave on Nov. 6 would be green. Think greenbacks, that is, because this year’s political candidates, OpenSecrets estimated, would spend US$5.2

Klassen: Weather, COVID, feed grains pressure feeder market

Wireworms a target for first Group 30 insecticide in Canada

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba’s edible beans come off in good shape

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Klassen: Weather, COVID, feed grains pressure feeder market

Wireworms a target for first Group 30 insecticide in Canada

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba’s edible beans come off in good shape

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How JBS became collateral damage in a war between billionaires

Amended CUSMA pact includes anti-COOL clause

Puerto Rico cries foul over U.S. Congress’s cockfighting ban

Canada, U.S., Mexico sign agreement, again, to replace NAFTA

U.S. biodiesel industry struggles without subsidy

Canada takes first step on ratifying USMCA trade deal

USMCA deal modestly boosts U.S. economy, trade panel finds

EU says ready to launch U.S. trade talks, but without agriculture

U.S. to seek comprehensive ag access in EU trade talks

Comment: House GOP could claim Farm Bill victory despite electoral defeat

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