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Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay speaks during an event at the University of Manitoba.

Dairy issue to be contentious

As the first round of NAFTA talks wraps up, government reaffirms commitment to supply management

By Shannon VanRaes August 25, 2017

Canada’s minister of agriculture says concessions in non-supply-managed commodities will not be offered up to U.S. negotiators as a way to ensure the security of Canada’s dairy industry during the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. “I’ve never heard that said except in the media,” said Minister Lawrence MacAulay, following an announcement at

Crops

U.S. seeks WTO dispute panel on China’s grain import quotas

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 21, 2017

Geneva | Reuters — The United States has requested a World Trade Organization panel be set up to investigate Chinese tariff-rate quotas (TRQ) for agricultural products, the WTO said on Monday, setting up a showdown between the two largest economies. The row, which includes tariffs for wheat, rice, and corn, was initiated under the Obama

Livestock Markets, Markets

Fed cattle supplies hold back prices at auctions

Dry Prairie pastures elsewhere might spur action soon

By Terry Fries August 17, 2017

Cattle markets are going through seasonal doldrums as large numbers of fed cattle are weighing down prices. Brian Perillat, a senior analyst at Canfax, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s market information firm, said fed cattle have been under pressure since the price fall-off this spring. “The U.S. and Canada, we’re killing as many cattle as we

Comment, Crops, Weather

The rain dilemma for U.S. corn, soybeans

Localized storms are making widely used weather models less meaningful to the market 

By Karen Braun August 14, 2017

Rain has been falling across the U.S. Corn and Soybean Belt this month but crop ratings have been low or declining, a sign that some farmers may be getting too much moisture while others have parched fields. Because summer storms have been so localized, the two leading weather models used by traders may be little

Other, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Slow warming trend expected

Issued August 4, 2017: Covering the period from August 9 to August 18

By Daniel Bezte August 10, 2017

Last week’s forecast quickly fell apart, at least from the point of view of temperature, as the upper low that brought some much-needed rain to western regions also altered the upper-level flow. The upper low combined with the building ridge of high pressure over extreme western North America shifted our flow from west-northwesterly to more

Our History

U.S. expands war on Canadian wheat

Our History: May 1994

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 18, 2017

The world wheat trade war was in full swing in 1994, as we reported in our May 26 issue. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy had been in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil the previous week, urging them to take action against what he claimed was price undercutting by the Canadian Wheat Board. Espy claimed the CWB

Closeup of the flags of the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA members on textile texture. NAFTA is the world's largest trade bloc and the member countries are Canada, United States and Mexico.

News

Canada and Mexico now the two amigos

The countries are teaming up to sell NAFTA to the U.S.

By Dave Graham, David Ljunggren May 15, 2017

From launching a data-mining drive aiming to find supply-chain pressure points to sending officials to mobilize allies in key U.S. states, Mexico and Canada are bolstering their defences of a regional trade pact President Donald Trump vows to rewrite. Trump has blamed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for the loss of millions of

Taste-testing during a Canadian Beef Advantage Seminar in Shanghai in 2013. (Canada Beef via YouTube)

Beef cattle, Livestock

U.S., China agree to first trade steps under 100-day plan

By Ayesha Rascoe, GFM Network News May 12, 2017

Washington | Reuters –– The U.S. and China have agreed to take action by mid-July to increase access for U.S. financial firms and expand trade in beef and chicken among other steps as part of Washington’s drive to cut its trade deficit with Beijing. The deals are the first results of 100 days of trade

Soybeans are starting to grow quickly outside the traditional production zone in the Red River Valley and the most recent StatsCan report reflects this.

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

StatsCan sees higher corn and soy acres in Manitoba

Statistics Canada’s seeding intentions report confirms, weather willing,  there could be a 36 per cent jump in soy acres

By Shannon VanRaes May 5, 2017

Get ready to see more soybeans zipping by your truck window during trips to town this summer. According to Statistics Canada’s first Principal Field Crops report of the season, which looks at seeding intentions for the coming season, Manitoba’s soybean acres are expected to jump 34.6 per cent in 2017. Of the seven million soybean

Livestock

Pacific trade pact nations meet to discuss future without U.S.

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 2, 2017

Ottawa | Reuters — Negotiators from the remaining members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) gathered in Canada on Tuesday seeking ways to boost free trade in the region after the U.S. pulled out of the 12-nation pact. The withdrawal killed off years of negotiations and left the region looking for ways to deepen economic ties

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans higher in technical bounce; wheat firms

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

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