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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with U.S. President Joe Biden next to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a G-7 meeting in the summer of 2022. Canada and the U.S. are beginning to talk about Indo-Pacific issues.

Crops Convention: As world fragments, ground game vital for success

The era of globalization is receding and regionalization is the order of the day

By Gord Gilmour March 20, 2023

Don’t expect a return to normal geopolitical conditions, at least not if the past several decades can be considered normal. That was Janice Gross Stein’s message March 8 in an opening address to the Canadian Crops Convention in Ottawa. The noted political scientist and founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public

Even with a short growing season and relatively small area devoted to agriculture, Canada is the fifth largest exporter of agri-food and seafood products.

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Canada, a superpower?

Here’s how the country might one day fit the bill

By Thomas Klassen February 1, 2023

For the foreseeable future, the United States will probably remain the world’s most powerful nation. Yet, like any champion, it must watch for challengers and head them off. At present, China’s rise on the global stage troubles Washington. A few decades ago, it was the Soviet Union. But will future contenders for superpower status be

European Parliament MP and temporary detainee José Bové.

News

EU MP detained at Montreal airport missed speaking engagement

José Bové was given a seven-day reprieve hours later

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 25, 2016

A member of the European Parliament opposed to the Canada-EU free trade deal was denied entry into Canada at a Montreal airport October 11, then later given a seven-day reprieve from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). French farmer José Bové, an anti-globalization activist and outspoken critic of the Canada European Union Comprehensive Economic and

A preserved portion of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany. (CIA.gov)

Livestock

Germany’s top court hears CETA challenge

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen, Reuters October 12, 2016

Karlsruhe, Germany | Reuters — Germany’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday began hearing a legal challenge to a planned EU-Canada free trade deal that could paralyze the accord. Three German activist groups handed in 125,000 signatures to the court in August in opposition to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which they fear will undermine

Crops, Weather

Globalized economy seen more susceptible to weather extremes

By GFM Network News, Megan Rowling June 13, 2016

Barcelona | Thomson Reuters Foundation — The globalization of the world’s economy this century has made it far more vulnerable to the impacts of extreme weather, including heat stress on workers, scientists said Friday. A study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Columbia University showed production losses caused by high temperatures, predicted

Crops, Markets

‘Megatrends’ expected to move ag sector in future

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin August 28, 2015

CNS Canada — Health-conscious customers with money to spend will be looking to purchase more food over the next 20 years, while changing technologies and global economic uncertainty will bring their own challenges. That’s the outlook in a recent report out of Australia, highlighting five megatrends expected to impact the agricultural sector in the coming

The U.S. continues to put pressure on Canada regarding supply management, particularly around the country’s dairy industry.

Dairy cattle, News

Ritz optimistic for TPP

Canada says it has put offers on the TPP table, while the U.S. continues to disagree

By Shannon VanRaes July 30, 2015

Canada’s agriculture minister says Canada won’t negotiate in public when it comes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the proposed wide-ranging free trade agreement among a group of Pacific Rim countries. Responding to questions at an unrelated event in Winnipeg last week, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Gerry Ritz said Canada has put forward strong proposals regarding

Crops

Food manufacturers’ contribution poorly recognized

A new report says food manufacturing in Canada needs  more attention from government if it is to achieve its potential

By Alex Binkley March 26, 2014

Canada’s food-manufacturing industry shouldn’t be lumped in with agriculture when it comes to this country’s food policy development, a newly released study from the Ivey Business School says. It’s the second-largest manufacturing sector, the leading employer and through the recent recession “proved to be remarkably resilient in both revenue and employment compared to other manufacturing

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Super-size surveys show consumer landscape is changing

By Sheri Monk April 15, 2012

McDonald’s is an iconic brand which has transcended its all-American heritage to become the world’s most renowned fast-food brand leader. Yet to stay at the top, McDonald’s must change some of the same practices that got it there, says a senior company official. “As the face of Canada truly changes, so does its eating habits,”

Beef cattle, News

Ag issues bog down European trade talks

By Alex Binkley March 29, 2012

Meeting the needs of export oriented commodities without compromising the supply managed sector is an ongoing challenge for negotiators

Agriculture and food issues remain a stumbling block for free trade talks between Canada and Europe, according the Commons trade committee. Export-oriented agri-food industries are keen to gain access to Europe’s 500 million consumers, but tariffs protecting supply management, genetically engineered crops, and rules of origin are among the most sensitive issues in the talks,

Daily Network News

OPINION: Understanding how plants pause and restart growth can help develop climate-resilient crops

Moroccan fertilizer maker OCP expects output to drop 30 per cent in Q2, sources say

Feed Grain Weekly: Demand rises despite war uncertainty

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