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Domestic Trade Pact Could Threaten Supply Management

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“We don’t have enough information to provide the level of comfort.” – WALLY SMITH, DFC Canada’s supply management groups are lobbying hard against wording in an interprovincial trade agreement which they fear could threaten their industries. Dairy Farmers of Canada wants governments to plug possible loopholes in the agreement that might leave supply management open
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Canada-EU Trade Talk A “Big Deal”

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Everything, including supply management, is still on the table six months into talks between Canada and the European Union (EU) on a trade deal that could be more comprehensive than the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Canada’s chief negotiator says. “We have agreed from the start everything is on the table,” Steve Verheul of
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Conference Board Takes Aim At Supply Management

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Supply management blocks dairy farmers from competing in world markets and saddles consumers and processors with high costs, says a report from the Conference Board of Canada. Dairy farmers are engaged in defending their system from cheap imports when they “could otherwise be positioning the sector for future long-term domestic and global success including opportunities
Cereals, Crops

National Farmers Union Celebrates 40 Years

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“Structure determines process, process determines results.” – ROY ATKINSON If there’s a constant with the National Farmers Union, it’s consistency. Canada’s only national, voluntary, direct-membership general farm organization, which holds its 40th annual meeting in Ottawa this week, sticks to its principles. “The first person who compromises, loses,” Roy Atkinson, the NFU’s first president, said
Dairy cattle, Opinion

Finding A Better Farm Story

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One of the hardest jobs for a newspaper editor is deciding each week’s front-page lineup. Generally speaking, the stories chosen should carry some special significance that makes them newsworthy; they need to be unique, unusual, or just plain interesting. That’s how a rather mundane story about dairy farming wound up on the front page of
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WTO Deal And Supply Management Can Coexist: Trade Expert

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An agriculture trade deal at the World Trade Organization’s Doha round would not have to spell the end of Canada’s supply management system, according to a former senior trade official. Contrary to what is often said, the decades-old system that protects Canada’s dairy, egg and poultry industries through tariffs, supply quotas and price controls does
Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Another Report Repeats Attacks On Supply Management

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Anew report calls for the abolishment of Canada’s supply management system just as non-supply-managed American dairy farmers are suffering their worst economic crisis in years. The report by the Fraser Institute labels supply management “a growing financial burden for taxpayers and consumers (which) is unjustified.” It says “the only viable alternative is to remove the
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Ignatieff, Ritz Sweet-Talk CFA Delegates

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“Everywhere we go, we find new customers.” – AGRICULTURE MINISTER GERRY RITZ Delegates to the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture in late February could be excused for thinking a general election was underway. Not only did they get the customary speech from Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, they also received a pitch from
Dairy cattle, News

Dairy farmers must patch up differences with processors

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An informal discussion might enable us to open our minds a little bit.” Jacques Laforge, DFC Jacques Laforge, president of Dairy Farmers of Canada, says he wants to try again to develop a better working relationship with the country’s dairy processors. In his fourth term as association president, Laforge told the DFC annual meeting Jan.

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