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Following the Brexit vote farmers are pulling in their horns and cutting investment plans.

U.K. farmers hold on to cash, cut investment on Brexit uncertainty

Uncertain about trade access and farm programs they’re planning  to cut investments in machinery and land

By Mariana Ionova March 6, 2017

British farmers are holding back on big investments as they brace for the U.K.’s exit from the European Union, their largest market and a vital source of subsidies. Agriculture enjoyed a brief boost after Britain voted to leave the bloc last June, when a weaker pound lifted profits by about 12 per cent and subsidy

An anti-CETA protest in Vienna, Austria in 2016.

Opinion

CETA: A false solution to economic and political woes

By Jan Slomp March 6, 2017

Since Donald Trump took office as president of the United States, a shocking list of executive orders is making people around the world uneasy about unpredictable days ahead. Democracy and civil liberties are in peril. It is reasonable for Canadian and European officials to respond with concern to Trump’s aberrations. But it appears that, fearing

International news, Oilseeds

EU still on track for bigger rapeseed crop

Growing conditions have caused some concern but the impact seems limited so far

By Reuters March 3, 2017

Rapeseed in the EU’s major growing countries was mostly in reasonable shape, despite localized damage caused by dry sowing conditions and winter frosts. This keeps the EU on course for a rebound from last year’s disappointing harvest. Analysts Strategie Grains recently cut their forecast for EU 2017 rapeseed production by 500,000 tonnes to 21.56 million,

News

From cheese to maple syrup, what’s in EU-Canada trade deal?

By Reuters February 24, 2017

The European Union and Canada will kick-start a multibillion-dollar trade pact called the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in the coming months after it secured approval from EU lawmakers on Wednesday. Parts of the deal, particularly concerning investment, will only come into force after clearance by more than 30 national parliaments and the assemblies

Crops

EU regulators reported set to clear Dow, DuPont deal

By Foo Yun Chee, GFM Network News February 22, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — Dow Chemical and DuPont are set to win EU antitrust approval for their US$130 billion merger, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The deal, which still needs approval from U.S. and other regulators, has faced intense scrutiny from the European Commission. Of particular concern is combining the two

Swaledale, a dale (valley) in Yorkshire. (CIA.gov)

Livestock

U.K. farming minister seeks big changes to farm policy post-Brexit

By GFM Network News, Nigel Hunt February 21, 2017

Birmingham | Reuters –– Britain’s farm policy is set for a major shake-up when the country leaves the European Union because the current system is poor value for money, has too much red tape and provides few incentives to use the latest technologies, farming and environment minister Andrea Leadsom said Tuesday. Leadsom said she was

Cereals, Crops

Italy’s pasta labeling plan raises Canadian concerns

By GFM Network News, Isla Binnie, Rod Nickel February 15, 2017

Winnipeg/Rome | Reuters — Canada has raised concerns with Rome about Italy’s plan to require country-of-origin labels on pasta sold there, Canada’s agriculture minister said on Wednesday about a move that is alarming Canadian wheat exporters just as a free trade deal gained European approval. Rome sent a draft decree to the European Commission in

Livestock

EU, Canada secure clearance to kick-start free trade deal

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop February 15, 2017

Strasbourg | Reuters — The European Union and Canada secured clearance on Wednesday for their contentious free trade deal and the removal of import duties that supporters say will boost growth and jobs on both sides of the Atlantic. The two parties can claim a success for their open markets policy after months of protest

Italian pensioner Dino Impagliazzo, 86, serves food cooked with items saved from waste to a migrant at Rome’s Ostiense railway station,  Italy, on Jan. 23, 2017.

International news

Octogenarian Italian feeds the poor with food waste

For 10 years this Italian pensioner has aimed to feed those less fortunate  than himself as an expression of his faith

By Umberto Bacchi February 8, 2017

It all started with a coffee. When a homeless man asked Dino Impagliazzo for an espresso, the Italian pensioner thought: “Why not help?” Soon he and his wife were making sandwiches for homeless people who hung around one of Rome’s train stations. As word spread, the lines for food grew longer. Eventually Impagliazzo switched to

Syngenta’s Interaction Centre at Stein, Switzerland. (Syngenta.com)

Crops

EU said set to approve ChemChina bid for Syngenta

By Foo Yun Chee, GFM Network News February 2, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — ChemChina is set to secure conditional EU antitrust approval for its US$43 billion bid for Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The deal — the largest foreign acquisition by a Chinese company — is important for China, the world’s largest agricultural market,

Daily Network News

Bird flu update: Dog dies in Alberta

Klassen: Feeder market poised to strengthen

EU summons farm ministers to secure Mercosur deal support

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