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Myths Distort Canadian Farm Policy

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“(T)he argument that we need to subsidize farming in case the world collapses and we need to supply ourselves simply makes no sense. Myths exist about the strategic position of food, the importance of the family farm to the preservation of rural Canada, and the need to defend Canadian farming in the face of European
Crops

Okada: Food Sufficiency, Free Trade Not Incompatible

Tokyo/Reuters Katsuya Okada, the No. 2 executive in Japan’s main opposition Democratic Party, said on Monday that boosting Japan’s food self-sufficiency and pursuing free trade are not incompatible. “It is not a choice of one or the other,” Okada, the Democrats’ secretary-general, said in an interview with Reuters. “Other developed countries such as the EU
Crops, Oilseeds

Canada/EU WTO Dispute Over

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The formal end of Canada’s WTO trade dispute with the European Union over genetically modified organisms (GMOs), announced July 15, will benefit the country’s canola sector, according to an official with the Canola Council of Canada. “The Canadian government has worked really hard on this and we really appreciate all their efforts,” said JoAnne Buth,
Livestock

Canada Needs Faster Access To New Pharmaceuticals

roy lewis dvm Why should Canada, a small market, ask for the same raw data when the same testing has been done elsewhere? Acommon question from livestock producers is, “Why is it taking so long for product X to come on the market? They are using it in the States. Why can’t we get it
Oilseeds, Opinion

Beneficial Plant Sterols Not Available To Canadians

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Health Canada’s minister should listen to her provincial colleagues, all overwhelmed by the costs of health care, not the least from the public cost of drugs to treat CHD. The recently released report by Food and Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC) titled Food Regulatory Systems: Canada’s Performance in the Global Marketplace is yet another study
News

Canada Must Be Cautious In Trade Talks

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Canada has good reasons to be leery of the outcome of the negotiations for a new world trade agreement, says veteran trade observer Peter Clark. “We bought and paid for in the Uruguay round better behaviour by other countries on their subsidies,” he told the Commons agriculture committee June 2. “It hasn’t been delivered. We’re
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Farmland Buying May Harm Poor States

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The European Union is concerned by the trend of foreign investors and countries acquiring large tracts of farmland in developing countries to guarantee their own food security, a senior EU official said June 3. Although the EU had not reached a common position on the issue there were fears the trend might pose a risk
Beef cattle, Cereals, Hogs, News

Canada Meat, Grain Sectors Eye EU Trade

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Canada’s agriculture industry is eyeing free trade talks with the European Union as a rare chance to open a big high-income market. But for the beef sector, a major production shift may also be at stake. The Canadian beef industry has taken hits in recent years from low prices and prohibitive U. S. food-labelling laws,
Cereals, Crops

Durum Up In Both CWB PROs

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A rapidly appreciating Canadian dollar, however, has offset stronger durum prices, the CWB said. Values for durum are up in the Canadian Wheat Board’s latest pool return outlooks (PROs) for both the 2008-09 and 2009-10 crop years. The CWB, in its May PROs released May 28, noted global durum production is expected to be slightly

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