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U.S. poultry, dairy farmers press for access to Canadian market

By Doug Palmer October 10, 2012

Washington must fix mistakes it made in the North American Free Trade Agreement by insisting in new trade talks that Canada allow unrestricted access to its poultry and dairy markets, say American farm groups. “All we’re asking is that we have an open and free fair trade shot at the border,” Bill Roenigk of the

Cereals, Dairy cattle, Opinion

The buttermilk of the issue

By Laura Rance-Unger July 20, 2012

There are few things more refreshing on a hot summer’s day than a tall glass of cold buttermilk. It has a bracing sourness that challenges the senses, but with none of the bitter aftertaste of milk that has gone off before its due date. It is in this category we place the recent efforts of

Hogs, Livestock, News

TPP partners take aim at Canadian pork producers

July 20, 2012

Reuters / Pork producers in the United States, Australia and New Zealand urged their governments July 10 to push for an end to Canadian pork subsidies as Canada enters into talks on an Asia-Pacific free trade agreement. “Canada needs to end its federal and provincial hog subsidy programs, which are distorting the North American and

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Supply management is in trouble

By John Morriss July 12, 2012

Good news. Canada is joining talks for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which will open lucrative new trade opportunities — if we give up supply management. Or so you’d think by reading national newspapers these days. Ever since Canadian participation in the TPP talks was announced last month, columnists in the Globe and Mail and National Post

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News, Poultry

Dairy and poultry farmers slam critical report by prominent Liberal

By Alex Binkley July 12, 2012

But Liberal leadership prospect Martha Hall Findlay says poultry and  dairy farmers have limited political clout and can safely be ignored

As soon as the announcement appeared that former Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay would release a report critical of supply management, well-worn wheels were set in motion. The marketing boards prepared their defences while newspaper columnists and open-market supporters readied their supportive arguments. The news conference in the Chateau Laurier, a floor up from where

Livestock, Opinion

Producers must speak up on trade

By Cam Dahl July 12, 2012

Trade negotiations. I can almost hear the pages turning as people turn to other things that seem more relevant. For years everyone involved in agriculture has been subjected to the strong arguments on both sides of this issue. And yet, very little seems to change. For example, since 2001, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha

Cereals, Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News, Opinion

Letters, April 12, 2012

April 15, 2012

Government should help fund transition Regarding the article, “Time to start thinking about group housing” (March 22, 2012), Bernie Peet is right to alert pork producers to the reality that gestation crates are on the way out. While transitioning to new housing systems, this is an opportune time for producers to improve housing conditions for

Cereals, Dairy cattle, Opinion

Moving beyond supply management

By Sylvain Charlebois April 7, 2012

Now that we have some clarity on the economic future of the Canadian Wheat Board, attention is slowly turning toward the issue of supply management, which has arguably served our agricultural economy well for decades. Economically speaking, these sectors have been unwavering, and consumers have long benefited from stable retail prices for these products. However,

Cereals, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Dairy farmers shoot back at critics

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 15, 2012

With their system of revenue under renewed jabs from various angles, Canada’s dairy farmers have compiled their retorts into a new online campaign. Dairy Farmers of Canada on Feb. 1 launched a website dubbed YourMilk.ca, which organizes the case for the country’s dairy industry into three sections: one on the industry’s benefits to the public,

Opinion

Round drags on WTO strength

By Tom Miles January 24, 2012

The 153 members of the World Trade Organization agree on two things: We’re in a hole. And we must keep digging. The hole is the Doha Development Round, a decade-old negotiation that was billed as the next stage of trade liberalization after the creation of the WTO itself. After repeated failures to clinch a deal,

Daily Network News

Feed Grains Weekly: Good export demand pushing up domestic prices

Beef DNA testing now available in Canada

Domestic abuse survivors may need extra support when livestock is involved, experts say

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