U.S. government Archives | Manitoba Co-operator

Puerto Rico cries foul over U.S. Congress’s cockfighting ban

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 20, 2019

San Juan | Reuters — An attempt by the U.S. Congress to ban cockfighting in Puerto Rico has set off a debate about animal cruelty, put thousands of jobs at risk and sparked a possible power struggle between the U.S. territory’s government and Washington. The 500-year-old tradition of cockfighting in Puerto Rico was due to

Opinion

Opinion: It’s not really a ‘Farm’ Bill

By John Morriss January 28, 2019

You might think that U.S. Treasury officials would have cringed last month when the president and Congress signed off on a Farm Bill with a total cost of US$867 billion. That’s 155 times more than President Trump’s US$5.6-billion request for the border wall, which shut down parts of the U.S. government. In fact, they probably

Weather

U.S. government report says climate change will batter economy

By GFM Network News, Reuters November 23, 2018

Reuters — Climate change will cost the U.S. economy hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century, hitting everything from health to infrastructure, according to a government report issued on Friday that the White House called inaccurate. The congressionally mandated report, written with the help of more than a dozen U.S. government

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, Opinion

Editorial: The buzz around bees, neonics and the ‘big picture’

By Laura Rance June 15, 2015

In our business, getting the facts right and keeping them in context is a constant challenge. Such is the case with the materials circulated as part of the Buzzing Gardens campaign rolled out last week by Bees Matter, an industry group formed to present information on bee health. It offers free flower seeds to gardeners

Cereals, Opinion

Editorial: Captive grain, and captive farmers?

COFCO likley to create waves for the future of grain pricing

By John Morriss May 25, 2015

Those who follow livestock markets will know the term “captive cattle” — feedlot cattle owned by the large packers, and which they can use to maintain supply and/or take the pressure off rising open-market prices. In the past that’s led to some U.S. government intervention, such as mandatory reporting of purchases and prices. Recent developments

U.S. failure to comply with meat labelling order could mean retaliatory tariffs on food exports to Canada.

Livestock, National news

U.S. appeals latest WTO ruling on COOL

Retaliatory tariffs are now delayed

By Dave Bedard December 5, 2014

Canada will have to wait up to three more months before it can impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods over Washington’s mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law on meat from imported livestock. The U.S. government filed a notice of appeal Nov. 28 against the latest ruling by a World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance panel, which last

Livestock, Livestock Markets

Weekly livestock auction

For week ending Nov. 22, 2013

November 27, 2013

The first real snowfall of the year, seen on Nov. 17, didn’t keep the cattle away at Manitoba’s auction yards during the week ended Nov. 22. The snow made for some messier conditions and caused a few cancellations here and there, but overall didn’t interfere too much with cattle marketing in Manitoba during the week.

Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

FOB Gulf Grain-Corn, soybeans steady-firm hold as futures slip

By Reuters November 15, 2013

Nov 15 (Reuters) - Corn and soybean export premiums at the U.S. Gulf Coast were mostly steady to firm on Friday amid weaker futures and limited available capacity to load export shipments through the end of 2013, traders said. * Soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade fell 2.5 percent on softening cash markets

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Soybeans ease for 2nd day on LatAm weather, wheat struggles

By Reuters November 15, 2013

* Soy dips as wet weather in S.America boosts planting * Corn pressured by talk of ethanol mandates, supplies * Wheat on track for fourth week of decline on poor demand (Adds details, quotes) By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE, Nov 15 (Reuters) - U.S. soybeans slipped for a second session on Friday as improved weather in

Olymel restarting hog slaughter at Red Deer

ICE weekly outlook: Canola back where it started

CBOT weekly outlook: High U.S. corn prices cut into ethanol production

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