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Assembly of a 2014 Chevy Traverse at General Motors’ Lansing Delta Township assembly plant in Michigan. (John F. Martin photo for Chevrolet)

NAFTA nations ‘nowhere near’ a deal, USTR says

By David Lawder, GFM Network News May 17, 2018

Washington/New York | Reuters — The top U.S. trade official on Thursday poured cold water on the prospect of an imminent breakthrough in talks to rework the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) hours after Canada’s prime minister struck a positive note. “The NAFTA countries are nowhere near close to a deal,” U.S. Trade Representative

Crops

U.S. lawmakers skeptical of promises to shield farmers from trade dispute

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek April 6, 2018

Overland Park, Kan. | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers and the farm industry were skeptical of the Trump administration’s promise to shield farmers from the rapidly escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China, concerned about the lack of details in protecting the agricultural export sector now embroiled in the back-and-forth. Major farming states supported U.S.

Markets

Trump proposes US$100 billion more in new tariffs on China

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 5, 2018

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had instructed U.S. trade officials to consider US$100 billion in additional tariffs on China, fueling an already heated trade dispute between the world’s two biggest economies. Trump said in a statement the further tariffs were being considered “in light of China’s unfair retaliation”

Crops

Walmart patents hint at future where its drones tend the farms

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek March 15, 2018

New York/Chicago | Reuters — Walmart’s patent filings hint that it may see a future where farmers use its drones to not only spot crop problems but selectively apply chemicals or even disperse pollen to bring shoppers the freshest and cheapest food possible. The world’s largest retailer applied for six patents last year on drones

Farmer John Sheridan opens a gate on a farm which straddles both borders where the gate marks the exact border between Ireland and Northern Ireland between County Cavan and County Fermanagh near Florencecourt, Northern Ireland on Nov. 30. (Clodagh Kilcoyne photo for Reuters)

Livestock

Farmers demand invisible Irish border, post-Brexit

By GFM Network News December 1, 2017

Florencecourt, Northern Ireland | Reuters — Northern Irish sheep farmers like John Sheridan collectively transport more than 1,000 lambs a day over the Irish border for slaughter and shipment to shoppers across the European Union. At the moment, the process is seamless. But Sheridan sees a threat to his life’s work, his family’s future and

As of this month, all front-line RCMP officers in rural Manitoba have been equipped with naloxone kits to assist people who have come into contact with opioids. (Photo courtesy Manitoba RCMP)

Farmers seen harder hit by opioid crisis than rest of rural U.S.

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume November 30, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — The opioid crisis in the United States is impacting farm and ranch families more acutely than their rural neighbours, according to a survey published by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and the U.S. National Farmers Union on Thursday. About three-quarters of farmers and ranchers surveyed said a family member, someone

Crops

Farm groups, ag tech companies agree on data privacy standards

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume November 13, 2014

Reuters — A consortium of farmer organizations and agriculture data technology providers on Thursday published a set of data privacy and security principles aimed at reassuring farmers that data they share with Big Data services providers will not be misused. The non-binding principles are also meant to provide companies that collect, store and analyze farmer

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Wheat futures backpedal as US rains ease weather worries

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rebound

Feed Grain Weekly: Higher export prices could push up those for feed

Tag Archives farmers

NAFTA nations ‘nowhere near’ a deal, USTR says

U.S. lawmakers skeptical of promises to shield farmers from trade dispute

Trump proposes US$100 billion more in new tariffs on China

Walmart patents hint at future where its drones tend the farms

Farmers demand invisible Irish border, post-Brexit

Farmers seen harder hit by opioid crisis than rest of rural U.S.

Farm groups, ag tech companies agree on data privacy standards

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