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Government Says Free Trade Talks With Europe On Track

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Free trade talks between Canada and the European Union are making substantial progress toward a broad and ambitious agreement, according to trade ministers from both sides. “We’re satisfied with the progress going into the next round of talks in Brussels in January,” Trade Minister Peter Van Loan said at a news conference on Dec. 15
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EU Seeks Curbs On Food And Energy Speculators

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The European Commission unveiled plans on Dec. 8 to clamp down on speculators in commodities and combat insider trading and manipulation of gas and power markets as it sought to catch up with Washington’s tough regime. The EU’s financial services chief, Michel Barnier, and its energy commissioner, Guenther Oettinger want traders to disclose buying and
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Lufthansa To Start Aircraft Trials With Biofuel

German airline Lufthansa said on Nov. 29 it will start trial use of biofuels on aircraft in commercial flights from April 2011. The airline will use synthetic fuel supplied by Finland’s Neste Oil, it said. The six-month trial will involve Airbus A321 aircraft flying between Hamburg and Frankfurt. If a certificate is awarded for aircraft
Crops, Oilseeds

Flax Council Receives Grant For GM Testing

The federal government is giving the Flax Council of Canada up to $3 million to improve product testing. “This investment is one more way the federal government is supporting Canada’s flax industry – from breeders to exporters,” said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “This project will help maintain our access to the EU market for our
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U.S. Remains Big-Time Farm Subsidizer

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The United States’ budgetar y deficit hasn’t restrained its support for American farmers, according to trade analyst Peter Clark. In a study funded by the Dairy Farmers of Canada, Clark found programs offered by Washington, as well as by state and local governments, poured more than US$180 billion into farmers’ pockets in 2009. That’s “well
Opinion

Eu Cap Secure — For Now

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The European Union’s financial crisis is big news these days, which made a seminar for North American journalists about EU monetary policy particularly timely. Naturally, a Canadian farm journalist had to ask about the future of the Common Agricultural Policy, which we are often told is unsustainable and about to break the EU bank. The
Livestock

Manitoba Weekly Cattle Report

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Mo s t cattle auction marts across Manitoba continued to see steady to higher volumes and steady to higher prices during the week ending Dec. 3. “It hasn’t really changed in the last couple of weeks,” said Ryan Denhard of the Killarney Auction Mart. “The market and volumes have been very strong.” Denhard said with
Livestock

EU Pig Farmers Plead For Emergency Support

brussels/reuters European pork producers urged the EU executive last Friday to agree emergency support measures to bring the sector out of its “present crisis situation,” which they blamed on low prices and soaring costs of animal feed. The European Union’s pig herd has recently begun to shrink in size following a 70 per cent rise
Crops

Anti-GE Crop Bill Survives But Not For Long

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A n NDP bill that industry officials say could cripple the development of new genetically engineered crops in Canada has gained an extra bit of parliamentary life but seems destined to flame out early next year. The NDP caucus used parliamentary rules in early December to force almost a full day of debate, probably in
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Britain Wants Deeper CAP Reform

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The EU executive’s plans to reform the common agricultural policy are too timid, Britain’s farming and Environment Minister Caroline Spelman said Dec. 6. The European Commission adopted plans last month that would force farmers to do more to protect the environment in order to justify public subsidies. It also proposed moving some funding from direct

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