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Weak U.S. wheat futures watching European crops

Commodity News Service Canada – U.S. wheat futures are trading just above their weakest levels in 10 years, but the lows may be in for the time being as funds are already holding large short positions and attention turns to problems with the European crop. “We’re really just following the EU,” said wheat-broker Austin Damiani, of

The Union Jack flag next to Big Ben against a clear blue sky.

Comment, Comment/Feedback

CETA has one foot in the grave

The Brexit vote may have derailed Canada’s best chance to embrace its status as a trading nation

By Sylvain Charlebois July 12, 2016

CETA is not dead, but it’s close. Since the Brexit vote, Europe is a mess. The pound is dropping, markets are scrambling, and most are wondering how the political establishment will address what appears to be a constitutional vacuum related to exiting member-states. It just speaks to how ill prepared the union was to such

Livestock, Markets

Canada/EU trade pact seen possible despite headwinds

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 6, 2016

Canada still has a good shot at ratifying its trade deal with the European Union, despite turmoil within the EU, according to Canadian government officials. The United Kingdom’s recent referendum vote to leave the EU doesn’t legally change the ratification of the Canada/EU Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) in any way, a federal official said

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker — shown here at right with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last November — has taken the EU’s free trade pact with Canada off the fast track by allowing each EU member nation’s parliament to ratify the deal. (PM.gc.ca)

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

EU bows to pressure, gives member parliaments say in Canada trade deal

By GFM Network News, Robin Emmott July 5, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Commission bowed to pressure to give Europe’s parliaments the right to ratify a landmark free-trade deal with Canada, a decision meant to address public concerns but which could wreck Europe’s broader trade strategy. In the face of popular suspicion about secretive trade deals benefiting big companies, Commission President Jean-Claude

Supporters of the Stronger In Campaign react as results of the EU referendum  are announced at the Royal Festival Hall, in London.

International news, News

Brexit fallout extends to Prairie farms

Commodity markets are roiling and key trade deals are in jeopardy

By Reuters July 4, 2016

Britain’s decision to leave the European Union threw key trade deals in jeopardy while sending shock waves through global financial and commodity markets last week. Most equities and commodities, including wheat, corn and soybeans, dropped sharply in trade the day after the June 23 referendum, while traditional safe-haven investments like gold and the U.S. dollar

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Brexit, red beans and rice

By Laura Rance-Unger June 30, 2016

The plates served up to reporters attending a World Refugee Day event hosted by Canadian Foodgrains Bank June 20 were symbolic of rations for refugees displaced from their homes by war — red beans and rice. Three days later, the industrialized world was trying to swallow a heaping plate of Brexit — also symbolic —

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 28. (PMO photo by Adam Scotti)

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Canadian beef follows tricky paths to international markets

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News June 30, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian beef continues to find its way to markets around the world, but while a new deal with Mexico has brought smiles to the cattle industry, questions remain surrounding Canada’s proposed trade deal with the European Union. Britain’s recent referendum to exit the European Union has thrown into question whether the Comprehensive

Crops

European Commission to extend glyphosate licence for 18 months

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 28, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission is extending by 18 months its approval for the herbicide glyphosate, used in Monsanto’s Roundup, Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said on Tuesday. Contradictory findings on carcinogenic risks have thrust the chemical into the centre of a dispute between EU and U.S. politicians, regulators and researchers. Campaign groups urged

Livestock, Markets

Loonie tanks post-Brexit, but benefits minimal for farmers

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus June 27, 2016

CNS Canada — The Canadian dollar slipped after Britain voted Thursday to leave the European Union, a trend which one financial analyst expects to continue in an otherwise uncertain environment. But the loonie hasn’t fallen far enough to bring support to Canadian commodity markets. “Short-term, we’re going to be dealing with the day-to-day volatility and

Crops

EU officials to decide on Roundup after political impasse

By Alissa De Carbonnel, GFM Network News June 25, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– An impasse between EU nations on whether to allow Monsanto’s Roundup and similar herbicides to continue to be sold means that the European Commission, rather than national politicians, will decide the issue next week. With most EU attention focused on Britain’s shock decision to quit the bloc, everyday work continued in

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle steady ahead of feed report

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley still the king of Canadian feed grains

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans chop up and down as traders assess China demand

Tag Archives European Union

Weak U.S. wheat futures watching European crops

CETA has one foot in the grave

Canada/EU trade pact seen possible despite headwinds

EU bows to pressure, gives member parliaments say in Canada trade deal

Brexit fallout extends to Prairie farms

Canadian beef follows tricky paths to international markets

European Commission to extend glyphosate licence for 18 months

Loonie tanks post-Brexit, but benefits minimal for farmers

EU officials to decide on Roundup after political impasse

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