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Canada Wheat Board To Export Less Grain This Season

By Rod Nickel November 5, 2009

The Canadian Wheat Board plans to export nine per cent less grain in the year ending July 31, 2010, its chief operating officer said Oct. 30, as poor early growing season weather made for smaller wheat and barley crops than a year ago. The crops recovered from a potentially disastrous start with record-hot September weather

News

In Brief… – for Nov. 5, 2009

November 5, 2009

Trade SWAT team needed: The federal government should form a “SWAT team” to aggressively nip protectionist trade actions against Canadian farmers in the bud, the president of Keystone Agricultural Producers says in a recent release. Ian Wishart said the government needs to be more aggressive fighting market disruptions caused by technical trade barriers affecting canola,

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Keystone Processing gets government fund injection

By Ron Friesen November 5, 2009

“This is about the future of the cattle industry here at home.” – kelly penner, keystone processing lans for a new beef-processing plant in Manitoba got a $17.5-million boost this week. The provincial government is investing up to $7.5 million in Keystone Processors Ltd., which will trigger as much as $10 million in loans from

Beef cattle, News

Beef Exporters Challenge U. S./ EU Deal

November 5, 2009

Australia and other beef exporters are concerned a deal settling a dispute over an EU ban on imports of hormone-treated beef has been slanted to favour U. S. suppliers. Raising the question unexpectedly at a meeting of the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement body Oct. 23, Australia said it welcomed assurances from Brussels that a

News, Oilseeds

EU, Canada Agree To Flax-Shipping Protocol

By Allan Dawson November 5, 2009

“We found less than 10 positive results in the value chain (handling system) so far.” – REMI GOSSELIN The European Union (EU) has accepted Canada’s protocol designed to keep GM flax out of Canadian flax exports to the EU. It’s another step towards resuming Canadian flax exports to the European Union (EU), on hold since

Cereals, News

Briefs Continued – for Oct. 29, 2009

October 29, 2009

Drive away hunger: Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) Drive Away Hunger program finished the last leg of its annual five-week journey on Oct. 16, with 1,627,617 pounds of food raised for food banks nationwide. Six tractor tours took place in Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Regina (where FCC’s corporate office is located) from October

News, Oilseeds

Progress On Resuming Flax Exports

By Allan Dawson October 29, 2009

“No one should be under the impression that the acceptance of this protocol is suddenly going to open up the market in Europe again.” – BARRY HALL Flax industry officials are hopeful a new testing protocol presented to the European Union earlier this month will help restore export trade. A protocol for testing Canadian flax

Opinion

Stop The Blame Game

By Laura Rance-Unger October 29, 2009

It goes without saying tensions are running high in the agricultural community right now. Early reports from the fall calf run indicate prices this year could actually be worse than when the border closed in 2003. The main culprits appear to be the languishing U. S. dollar, which is bringing the loonie closer to par,

Livestock

U. S. Blocks Canada/Mexico Call For WTO Panel In Meat Row

By Jonathan Lynn October 29, 2009

The United States has blocked requests by Canada and Mexico for World Trade Organization experts to examine new U. S. labelling rules that the two U. S. neighbours say are hurting their meat exports. Both Canada and Mexico told the WTO’s dispute settlement body that U. S. country-of-origin-labelling (COOL) rules – requiring meat sold in

Dairy cattle, News

EU Dairy Farmers Win Subsidies, Want Reforms

By Bate Felix October 29, 2009

Dairy farmers won 280 million euros ($418 million) of additional subsidies from the European Union Oct. 19 after weeks of protests over low milk prices. But some of the farmers, who burned hay, threw firecrackers and blocked traffic with tractors and buses as EU farm ministers met in Luxembourg, said only a regulatory reform of

Daily Network News

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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