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Tougher Times Loom For EU Livestock Farmers

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Cattle and pig farmers in the European Union, squeezed by rising feed costs and low prices, face real prospects of herd cuts and more restructuring. Soaring grain prices, fuelled by a drought in Russia that has led to a grain export ban, have triggered hikes in animal-feed prices that mean many producers are operating at
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

French Beef Producers Block Abattoirs Over Prices

French beef producers were blocking nine out of 10 slaughterhouses of France’s top beef processor Nov. 8 to ask for a rise in prices that would relieve higher costs, producers’ organization the FNB said. Breeders accuse Bigard, which accounts for about 40 per cent of cattle slaughtering in France, of being inflexible in price negotiations.
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Biofuel Worse For Climate Than Fossil Fuel: Study

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European plans to promote biofuels will drive farmers to convert 69,000 square km of wild land into fields and plantations, depriving the poor of food and accelerating climate change, a report by green groups warned. That estimated area equals the size of the Republic of Ireland. As a result, the extra biofuels that Europe will
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INRA Halts Research On Developing New GMO Varieties

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Europe’s top farm researcher has abandoned work on developing new genetically modified crops (GMOs) due to widespread distrust and even hostility by European consumers. “We have no research on GMO innovation anymore, none,” Marion Guillou, president of the National Institute for Agronomical Research (INRA), told Reuters in an interview. INRA, which has more than 1,800
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Steady Progress On Canada-EU Trade Deal, Says Negotiator

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A comprehensive trade deal with the largest and wealthiest integrated economic market in the world is well underway, and steaks from Canada could start landing on European dinner plates within 18 months, according to Canada’s chief farm trade negotiator. “I hope that you can read in the papers by sometime mid-next year that we have
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WTO Dead, Or Just Resting?

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Asked whether Canada’s current emphasis on reaching a bilateral free trade agreement with Europe means that multilateral WTO talks are dead, Canadian trade negotiator Steve Verheul responds with a smile. “It’s pretty quiet. Will the U.S. seriously negotiate, or won’t they? Trade isn’t a very popular word in the U.S. these days.” As for his
Hogs, Livestock

A Vaccine For Boar Taint Coming Soon

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. An immunological method of eliminating boar taint through vaccination is moving closer to reality in North America, with the vaccine soon to be licensed in both
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Diesel Engine Prices Will Jump

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As of January 2011, diesel engines over 175 horsepower installed in new farm equipment destined for the U. S. market must comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Interim Tier 4 emissions standards, which is the next step in further reducing exhaust pollutants in off-road vehicles. Tractors arriving on dealers’ lots in Canada will be
Crops

CAFTA Supports Canada-EU Trade Talks

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The Canadian Agricultural Trade Alliance has come out in favour of ongoing talks towards a comprehensive trade agreement between Canada and the European Union. Stan Eby, president of CAFTA, said Canada is too reliant on the U. S. for exporting agricultural products, which is why it is critical for the European market to open. Canada
Cereals, Opinion

“Everything” Is Not On The Table

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Hunger that emerged as a side-effect of war left a lasting mark on European culture – one that we would do well to remember in the context of the much-heralded negotiations towards a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union. Canadian and European negotiators have been working towards a bilateral

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