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EU Weighs Proposals To Break GMO Deadlock

February 11, 2010

Plans to let national governments decide whether to allow genetically modified (GMO) crop cultivation on their land could unblock a paralysis in EU GMO approvals, but risk igniting internal-market disputes. Proposals from the Dutch and Austrian governments, under consideration by the executive European Commission, have won the backing of several countries and interested parties, and

News

Italy Court Allows A Farmer To Grow GMO Maize

February 11, 2010

Italy’s highest Appeals Court has ordered the Agriculture Ministry to allow a farm to grow genetically modified maize – overruling a de facto ban on GMO cultivation and causing an uproar in the country fiercely opposed to GMO crops. In 2007, the ministry denied authorization to grow a GMO variety of maize already allowed in

Cereals, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News, Oilseeds

New CAFTA Head Wants To Get Along

By Alex Binkley February 4, 2010

“I’m positive that with some discussion, we get a better understanding of each other. It works around here.” – STAN EBY Stan Eby hopes to replace the long-standing tensions between export-oriented farm groups and the supply-managed sector with a more positive relationship that respects the goals of both sides. Eby, a longtime Ontario cattle producer,

Cereals, Crops

Report Says Biotech Wheat Will Damage Wheat Prices

By Carey Gillam February 4, 2010

“Some in the wheat industry seem intent on pushing genetically modified wheat.” – TODD LEAKE U. S. wheat prices could fall by 40 per cent or more if industry efforts to develop a biotech wheat succeed, according to an industry report issued Jan. 27. The report, issued by the Western Organization of Resource Councils, a

Livestock

EU FTA Talks Resume

By Alex Binkley January 28, 2010

Asecond round of negotiations with the European Union on a proposed free trade agreement resumed in mid-January with little more than a government press release. The tranquil reaction from farm groups was in contrast to the usual excitement surrounding trade negotiations. Federal officials have held extensive discussions with farm and other business groups on the

News

Briefs continued – for Jan. 21, 2010

January 21, 2010

Producer car plea: B. C. MP Alex Atamanenko has written to federal Transportation Minister John Baird appealing for quick action to preserve farmers’ access to producer car-loading sites. “It is important to note the significance of a decision made by the Supreme Court of Canada in 1902, which upheld the provision of producer cars to

Crops, Oilseeds

Certified Seed Part Of Triffid Solution

By Allan Dawson January 21, 2010

“What we’re trying to do is find a path forward so we can eradicate or eliminate Triffid from our flax production. That’s the goal.” – RICHARD WANSBUTTER The ongoing CDC Triffid saga could end farmers’ practice of saving flaxseed from year to year, industry sources say. Not all the details have been worked out, but

Crops, Forages

Producers Demand Compensation Over Roundup Ready Alfalfa

By Ron Friesen January 21, 2010

“We’re putting the government on notice.” – LES JACOBSON, MFSA Manitoba forage seed producers say they will hold Ottawa accountable if the impending approval of Roundup Ready alfalfa hurts their industry. A resolut ion pas sed at the Manitoba Forage Seed Producers Association annual meeting vows growers will hold Ottawa “directly responsible for any economic

Cereals, Crops

World’s Farmers To Grow Less Wheat In 2010

By Rod Nickel January 21, 2010

Farmers will produce the world’s smallest wheat crop in three years in 2010 as big global supplies weigh down prices and steer more acres to other crops, the Canadian Wheat Board said Jan. 15. In its first market outlook of 2010, the board, one of the world’s biggest grain marketers, also said the outlook for

Livestock

French Farmers Want More Flexible EU Aid

January 14, 2010

The European Union should vary the amount of aid it gives to farmers to help them cope with swings in market conditions, France’s main farm union said Jan. 7. EU farm aid totals some 40 billion euros (US$57 billion) annually and will be at the heart of negotiations starting this year on the future of

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New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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