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Poultry farmers still need answers on TPP impact

Producers are hopeful Canadian consumers will continue to buy their products

By Alex Binkley February 23, 2016

Although they’ll have to cope with significantly increased imports if Canada ratifies the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, Canadian egg, chicken and turkey farmers aren’t calling foul over the extra fowl. Instead they plan to encourage consumers to shop Canadian because the domestic products don’t cost much more, they come from smaller farms and they are

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Agropur eyes further U.S. acquisitions

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel February 10, 2016

Reuters — Canada’s second-biggest dairy, Agropur Co-operative, said it is looking to grow in the U.S., possibly through acquisitions, in the face of an expected erosion of its market share at home due to recent international trade deals. Agropur, whose brands include Iogo yogurt and Oka cheese, and larger rival Saputo have already built U.S.

“Certainly there are benefits to reinvesting some of this money, but we also have to bear in mind producers on every farm in the country will be taking an economic hit.”  – David Wiens

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Government expropriation of dairy ‘assets’ requires compensation

A resolution to pass on personal compensation in favour of market development was defeated

By Shannon VanRaes December 14, 2015

It’s been called a handout, a subsidy and even a bailout. Proposed compensation for supply-managed commodities as Canada signed on to the Trans-Pacific Partnership has garnered much negative publicity, prompting some Manitoba dairy producers to put forward a bold proposal for farmers to reject cash payments. Instead, they want to see the money — should

Saputo’s Canadian dairy division includes brands such as Dairyland, Neilson, Nutrilait, Baxter and Armstrong. (Dave Bedard photo)

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

TPP deal to pressure Canadian dairy farmers, Saputo says

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel November 6, 2015

Reuters — Canadian farmers will get squeezed between new trade deals that allow more dairy imports to enter the country and slow-growing domestic consumption, Saputo’s CEO said on Thursday. The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is expected to open access for New Zealand, the U.S. and other countries to 3.5 per cent of the Canadian market,

Comment, Opinion

Supply management fixation may finally be coming to an end

Economist says CWB changes were positive and the same could happen for dairy

By Sylvain Charlebois November 3, 2015

We shouldn’t kid ourselves, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal was never really about Canada. It was, in fact, about the United States’ will to undermine China, increase its commercial footprint in the region, and connect with Japan. But whatever the motivation for the deal, it is time to redefine what competitiveness really means to

Dairy cattle, News

TPP deal opens Canadian dairy market more than first reported

Milk protein isolates will enter tariff free, making it even more difficult for Canada to dispose of surplus skim milk

By Allan Dawson October 22, 2015

Canadian dairy farmers will give up more than 3.25 per cent of their domestic market if Canada ratifies the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, according to Al Mussell, an agricultural economist and research lead with Agri-Food Economic Systems in Guelph, Ont. But how much more isn’t clear since the text of the agreement hasn’t been

Dairy cattle, Opinion

Editorial: Positioning to thrive

By Laura Rance-Unger October 19, 2015

Canada’s dairy farmers are wise to tread carefully as they consider how to position their industry in the face of rising imports due to trade and technology. The oh-so-tempting reaction that comes immediately to mind would be to seek replacement of the sector’s protective tariff wall, which is gradually being eroded, with a non-tariff barrier

“What is needed now is for government and industry stakeholders to come together to analyze what is needed for Canadian farmers to take full advantage of these trade deals and develop an export strategy.” – CFA president Ron Bonnett.

Dairy cattle, News, Poultry

CFA calls for farmers, Parliament to scrutinize Trans-Pacific Partnership

The trade deal is a win for export agriculture in Western Canada, says Sylvain Charlebois

By Alex Binkley, Allan Dawson October 16, 2015

Supply management marketing boards are grudgingly accepting the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal. While they don’t like giving up even a small part of their market, officials said last week they understand there are benefits for the Canadian economy and welcome the government’s pledge of up to $4.3 billion in compensation. Turkey Farmers of Canada chairman Mark

Dairy cattle, News

Is TPP the beginning of the end for supply management?

The NFU fears the new TPP deal but a University of Manitoba economist says it doesn’t go far enough

By Allan Dawson October 16, 2015

The National Farmers Union (NFU) predicts the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal is the beginning of the end for supply management while claiming prospects for export agriculture are “illusory.” But Ryan Cardwell, a University of Manitoba agricultural economist, says the deal announced earlier this month doesn’t go far enough to end higher costs for dairy, eggs, chicken

New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser, shown here last November, doesn’t expect a Trans-Pacific trade deal to kill Canada’s supply management systems. (Beehive.govt.nz)

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

TPP not the death of supply management, N.Z. trade chief says

By GFM Network News, Shannon VanRaes October 15, 2015

Hamilton, N.Z. | MCO — Canada’s supply-managed sectors should not worry about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, from where New Zealand’s Trade Minister Tim Groser sits. “I can understand why producer groups would wish to perceive this in a different way, but this is not the end of supply management,” he said here Thursday. “I don’t think

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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