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Agriculture Noted In Harper Economic Plan

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While there was no new farm spending in it, it was remarkable how many links to agriculture the government could find in its various programs. Amixed sack of measures affecting farmers was included in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s second progress report on his government’s economic stimulus plan. While there was no new farm spending in
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MPs Approve Farm Lending Bill

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MPs have given speedy approval to legislation to double federal guarantees for farm loans to $500,000 and improve access to credit for co-operatives. The bill just needs Senate approval and royal assent to become law and that should happen before Parliament breaks for the summer recess in late June. Pierre Lemieux, the parliamentary secretary for
Cereals, News, Pulses

Canada Pursues FTAs In Peru, Colombia

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Canadian wheat and pulse growers need Canada to ratify free trade deals with Peru and Colombia to stay competitive with Argentina and the United States. Wheat import tariffs have historically been as high as 17 per cent into Peru and 15 per cent into Colombia. Without a free trade deal, tariffs could cut Canadian grain
Livestock

Antibiotic Ban On Livestock May Hurt U. S. Food Safety

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A bill that would ban the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in animals would hurt the health of livestock and poultry while compromising efforts to protect the safety of the country’s food supply, the leader of the largest U. S. farm group said March 24. Bob Stallman, president of the six-million-member American Farm Bureau Federation, said
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U. S. Congress Approves Landmark Conservation Bill

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The Democratic-led U. S. Congress has given final approval to sweeping land and water conservation legislation that environmental groups praised as one of the most significant in U. S. history. The measure, a package of more than 160 bills, would set aside about two million acres (809,400 hectares) – parks, rivers, streams, desert, forest and
News, Oilseeds

Argentine Farmers End Strike, Vow To Fight Soy Tax

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Argentine farmers wrapped up a week-long strike March 27, vowing to lobby Congress to cut the soy export taxes that have fuelled a bitter year-long conflict with the government. Farmers in the agricultural powerhouse halted sales of soybeans, other crops and livestock for seven days, bringing local grains and cattle markets to a standstill and
Hogs, Livestock

Bill Would Ban Non-Therapeutic Antibiotics

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Despite growing public support to ban the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in food animals, a U. S. representative says efforts to move legislation through Congress this year could be met with resistance. The bill, introduced in the House of Representatives by Louise Slaughter and in the Senate by Edward Kennedy March 17, would ban the
Opinion

Aggies To Obama: No!

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“…if your local butcher put his greasy thumb on the scale in such a clumsy manner, you’d slap him with your chequebook. Congress does it, however, and you hand it your chequebook.” Of the many talents Americans– and especially American politicians – have acquired in the last 25 years, coupling fact with fiction to create
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Obama Names Miller, Tonsager To Top USDA Posts

President Barack Obama chose Jim Miller to run the U. S. farm subsidy program and Dallas Tonsager as the top rural development official at the Agriculture Department, the White House said March 13. Both appointments, as USDA undersecretary, require Senate confirmation. In late February, Obama selected Kathleen Merrigan for deputy secretary, the No. 2 job
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U. S. NFU Opposes Subsidy Cuts

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The Obama administration should drop its proposal to end the direct payment subsidy to large U. S. farmers, the National Farmers Union said March 9, pointing to a slump in dairy and crop prices. The White House proposal has few supporters among farming groups and farm-state legislators. It calls for a three-year phase-out of direct

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