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Canada Beef at a 2022 hotel promotion with Marriott Hotel Kaohsiung in Taiwan. (Photo courtesy Canada Beef)
Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Taiwan pledges full access for Canadian beef

Market to reopen in 'a couple weeks,' minister says

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Canadian beef exporters can expect to regain full market access to Taiwan within the next couple of weeks, Canada’s international trade minister said Thursday. Posting on Twitter Thursday from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers’ meeting in Detroit, Mary Ng said Taiwanese officials have confirmed the decision, which she hailed as “great news
File photo of tobacco fields at Vinales in western Cuba. (Nikada/E+/Getty Images)
Markets

U.S. ag businesses want Biden to allow more investment in Cuba

Canadian investment 'significant' in Cuban business

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Havana | Reuters — U.S. agribusinesses, on a trade tour in Cuba, said on Tuesday they were “losing” in their bid to boost commerce with Cuban farmers and called on the Biden administration to ease restrictions and allow them to invest in private agriculture on the island. U.S. President Joe Biden last May loosened restrictions
File photo of a rye field in Kazakhstan. (Stsmhn/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Other

Kazakhstan’s president orders ban on foreign ownership of farmland

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Almaty | Reuters — Kazakhstan will permanently ban foreigners from owning or renting farmland in the vast central Asian nation, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Thursday, ending a lengthy dispute that once prompted anti-government protests. Kazakhstan is a major producer of grains, oilseeds and meat in the former Soviet region sandwiched between China and Russia
Beni Abbes, a village in western Algeria. (Cia.gov)
Cereals, Crops

Algeria to open farming concessions to foreigners

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Algiers | Reuters — Algeria plans to offer foreign investors concessions for farm land for the first time, according to an official document, as the oil producer seeks to boost food output and reduce reliance on imports. Under the plan, which is expected to be discussed by the cabinet this week before being submitted to
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Crops, Markets

B.C. Greens seek limits on foreign ownership of farmland

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The party holding the balance of power in British Columbia’s legislature wants to curb foreign ownership of farmland in the province’s Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). Green Party leader Andrew Weaver on Thursday introduced the Property Law Amendment Act as a private member’s bill, which he said “would prohibit foreign entities from purchasing ALR land over
Syngenta’s Interaction Centre at Stein, Switzerland. (Syngenta.com)
Crops

U.S. senators call for review of Syngenta takeover

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Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government panel that reviews foreign acquisitions should assess the impact on domestic food security from state-owned China National Chemical Corp’s planned US$43.1 billion acquisition of Swiss seeds and pesticide maker Syngenta AG, four U.S. senators said in a letter Thursday. The letter, sent to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, also
A flax field west of Pathlow, Sask. in August. The Saskatchewan government is tightening its rules on who can and can’t own more than 10 acres of the province’s farmland.
Crops, News

New farmland legislation will quintuple the fines for non-compliance

Sask. moves to toughen farmland ownership law

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The Saskatchewan government is set to lay down more law on who can and can’t buy up farmland in the province, backstopped with more enforcement and heavier penalties. Provincial Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart on Oct. 20 introduced amendments to the province’s Farmland Security Act, the legislation that already prevents non-Canadians and entities that aren’t 100
Australian countryside near Bendigo, northwest of Melbourne. (CIA.gov)
Crops, Markets

Australia tightens rules over foreign buying of farmland

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Sydney | Reuters –– Australia tightened rules on Wednesday over foreign ownership of its agricultural land amid concerns that it is losing control of its own food security, slashing the amount beyond which land purchases would require regulatory approval. From March 1, foreign purchases of agricultural land over A$15 million (C$14.51 million) will be subject

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