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Vanessa Kummer checks the quality of her family farm’s 2018 soybean crops near Colfax, N.D. on Aug. 6, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Dan Koeck)

China strikes back at U.S. with new tariffs on soybeans, beef, pork, more

By GFM Network News August 23, 2019

Beijing | Reuters — China said Friday it will impose retaliatory tariffs against about US$75 billion worth of U.S. goods, putting as much as an extra 10 per cent on top of existing rates in the dispute between the world’s top two economies. The latest salvo from China comes after the United States unveiled tariffs

According to a recent study, the biggest and most successful farmers benefitted the most from President Trump's support package to help counter the financial pain felt by the U.S./China trade war.

News, Other

Most of Trump’s U.S. farm aid goes to wealthiest farmers

The top one per cent of aid recipients received an average of more than $180,000

By Humeyra Pamuk August 13, 2019

Reuters – More than half of the Trump administration’s $8.4 billion in trade aid payments to U.S. farmers through April was received by the top 10 per cent of recipients, the country’s biggest and most successful farmers, a study by an advocacy group shows. Highlighting an uneven distribution of the bailout, which was designed to

Grain Markets, Markets

China uncertainty continued in last week’s grain markets

A recent small purchase from the U.S. had little influence on price

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm August 8, 2019

As the United States/China trade war plods along between negotiations and making threats to hike tariffs, the spectre of what could happen down the proverbial road remains rather bleak. First was U.S. President Donald Trump speculating that China may not want to make a deal with the U.S. until after the 2020 presidential election. For

EU flags in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels. (Jorisvo/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

U.S., Canada, 14 others slam EU farm product regulation at WTO

By GFM Network News, Tom Miles July 4, 2019

Geneva | Reuters — The United States and 15 other countries launched a broadside of criticism at the European Union on Thursday, saying its “hazard-based” approach to regulating pesticides and other “critical tools” used by farmers was damaging livelihoods worldwide. Their statement, submitted to the World Trade Organization, said the EU’s approach created great uncertainty

American and Chinese flag pair on desk over defocused background. Horizontal composition with copy space and selective focus.

News, Other

U.S.-China trade war outcome vital to global trade

The end result could see a renewal of rules-based, multilateralism, or be the final nail in its coffin

By Allan Dawson May 27, 2019

Canada, and many other smaller countries with export-dependent economies, rely on an internationally recognized, rules-based trading system, says Mike Gifford, former chief agricultural trade negotiator for Canada. But that system is under threat from the United States, once the world’s leader in promoting liberalized trade under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO). “The

Opinion, Other

Editorial: Winds of war

By Gord Gilmour May 23, 2019

Are we staring down the barrel of another agriculture trade war? That’s the multibillion-dollar question that should be keeping the Manitoba agriculture sector up at night. After all, there are few that are more trade dependent. Manitoba is an export juggernaut. A few numbers from Statistics Canada help set the stage. In 2017 Manitoba sent

Bitter, stalemated politics are grinding institutions around the world to a halt, and as of late, the U.S. is clearly not immune.

Comment, Other

Comment: Let us pray

Political turmoil and gridlock in the U.S. is just one symptom of a world in gridlock that can’t solve problems

By Alan Guebert January 16, 2019

Man, that ended badly. December limped to an ugly conclusion as nearly everyone from Wall Street to Main Street took a year-end pounding not seen in three generations. Pick an investment sector (stocks, bonds, commodities); a nation state (the U.S., China, or the European Union); or a political system (a democratic republic, parliamentary, or single-party

Flags in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. (Inakiantonana/E+/Getty Images)

Markets

U.S. to seek comprehensive ag access in EU trade talks

By David Lawder, GFM Network News January 12, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Friday signaled it would not bow to the European Union’s request to keep agriculture out of this year’s planned U.S.-EU trade talks, publishing negotiating objectives that seek comprehensive EU access for American farm products. The objectives, required by Congress under the “fast-track” trade negotiating authority law, seek

Markets

EU trade chief says U.S. talks won’t include agriculture

By Chris Prentice, GFM Network News January 10, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The European Union and United States have not yet agreed on the scope of trade negotiations, but the bloc will not include agriculture in the talks, its trade commissioner said on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump has sought better terms of trade with the EU, as well as China, Japan, Canada

Beef cattle, Livestock

U.S. investigators question shareholders of Brazil’s JBS

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 7, 2018

Brasilia | Reuters –– U.S. investigators this week visited Brazil to question shareholders of J+F Investimentos, the holding company that controls meatpacker JBS SA, as part of an existing plea deal, Brazilian prosecutors said on Friday in a statement. U.S. authorities have been investigating the companies controlled by J+F since their largest shareholders — brothers

Daily Network News

Bring focused approach to target systems, not producers says animal activist

Canada’s Food Price Report shows meat, pantry goods prices expected to rise “a lot” in 2026

Record large Canadian wheat and canola crops: Statistics Canada

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