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U.S. and Japan strike deal on beef tariffs

By Reuters March 25, 2022

The United States and Japan have reached an agreement that will allow American farmers and ranchers to meet Japan’s growing demand for U.S. beef and lowers the chances of Japan imposing higher tariffs in future, U.S. officials said. The agreement includes a new mechanism that requires three separate conditions to be reached — instead of

Livestock, Markets

JBS says U.S. domestic and international businesses to remain strong

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 22, 2022

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian meatpacker JBS, which operates multiple food processing facilities in the U.S. and one of Canada’s largest beef packing plants, said its North American operations will continue to drive performance. Speaking at a conference call to discuss fourth-quarter results, management said JBS will benefit from strong U.S. domestic demand for

CF’s facility at Medicine Hat, Alta. is billed as the largest nitrogen manufacturing complex in Canada. (CFIndustries.com)

Crops, Markets

CF Industries boosts U.S. fertilizer shipments as Russian exports cut

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek March 16, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — CF Industries is increasing fertilizer shipments to both U.S. coasts from the world’s largest nitrogen complex in Louisiana to help offset a decline in exports from Russia after it invaded Ukraine, CEO Tony Will said. Global fertilizer supplies have tightened and prices have increased from already high levels as sanctions bite

A Ukrainian couple embrace tearfully on the streets of Lviv, in western Ukraine, as they prepare to leave for the relative safety of nearby Poland Feb. 24, 2022.

News, Other

How the U.S. could tighten sanctions on Russia

Global powers, led by the U.S., are taking decisive economic action against aggressor

By Daphne Psaledakis March 3, 2022

Reuters – The United States on February 24 imposed sanctions on Russia in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, targeting major banks and members of the elite coupled with new export control measures. Washington warned that more action could follow and that all options are on the table. Here are some ways in which the

Crops, Markets

With fertilizer costs high and seed scarce, U.S. farmers turn to soy

'These prices are just crazy'

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen, Mark Weinraub February 23, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — North Dakota farmer Jennifer Meyer typically devotes at least 20 per cent of her 2,500-acre farm to corn, which provides a convenient feed for the cattle she raises with her husband. But this year she is looking to find another crop for those 500 acres near Wilton as she has been

A man and a child ride away from a protest site at Windsor, Ont. on Feb. 12, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Carlos Osorio)

Markets

Windsor-Detroit trade corridor reopens after police clear protesters

Prairie premiers oppose use of Emergencies Act

By David Morgan, GFM Network News February 14, 2022

Windsor/Washington/Ottawa | Reuters — North America’s busiest trade link reopened for traffic late Sunday evening, ending a six-day blockade, the Canada Border Services Agency said, after Canadian police cleared the protesters fighting to end COVID-19 restrictions. Canadian police made several arrests on Sunday and cleared protesters and vehicles that occupied the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor,

File photo of a view near the Canadian end of the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Windsor and Detroit and is considered one of North America’s busiest trade routes. (Steven_Kriemadis/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

U.S. urges Canada to use federal powers to ease border protest disruption

Disruptions force automakers to reduce operations

By GFM Network News February 11, 2022

Windsor/Washington | Reuters — Canada should use federal powers to ease the growing economic disruption caused by the blockage of a vital U.S.-Canada trade route by protesters opposed to coronavirus mandates, U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration said on Thursday. The closure of the Ambassador Bridge, North America’s busiest international land border crossing and a vital

File photo of a Prince Edward Island potato field. (Onepony/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

P.E.I. potato exports cleared for Puerto Rico

U.S. territory has no commercial potato production

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News February 9, 2022

A U.S. territory with an appetite for Canadian potatoes and no commercial potato production to speak of will be able to resume imports of table stock potatoes from Prince Edward Island starting Wednesday. The resumption of exports to Puerto Rico, announced Tuesday, is a spot of good news for the province’s potato sector. Export certificates

News

U.S. House panel seeks information from meat-processing firms on rising prices

By Deborah Mary Sophia, Kanishka Singh February 4, 2022

Reuters – The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on economic and consumer policy has sent a letter to major U.S. meat-processing companies, seeking information on rising prices and profits. The companies included Tyson Foods, JBS Foods, National Beef and Seaboard. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, the chairman of the panel, asked for information about

A supplied aerial photo of vehicles blocking through traffic on Feb. 1, 2022 at the Canada-U.S. border crossing between Coutts, Alta. and Sweet Grass, Montana. (Photo courtesy Alberta RCMP)

Single lanes opened at Alberta border crossing, Mounties say

RCMP 'acknowledges the work that is being done'

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News February 3, 2022

Single lanes have reopened in each direction at Alberta’s busiest Canada-U.S. trade window, allowing cross-border supply chains to resume, RCMP report. In response to “concerned citizens in the area of Coutts,” participants in a blockade of vehicles in place at the local border crossing “made the decision to open a lane going northbound and southbound

Daily Network News

Canadian trade tribunal to examine imports of frozen, canned vegetables

Pay more attention to South American corn

Board appointments hint Richardson Int. may rejoin canola council

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