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Canadian agricultural minister Gerry Ritz

Canada ups the ante in COOL dispute

Canada is seeking more than $3 billion in tariffs

By Alex Binkley June 12, 2015

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is warning Canada will play hardball with American politicians who block legislation to scrap the U.S. country-of-origin labelling (COOL) program on beef and pork imports. Canada formally asked the World Trade Organization June 4 to approve slightly more than $3 billion a year in retaliatory tariffs on American food and consumer

Livestock, Markets

U.S. egg prices to hit record high due to avian flu

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek June 11, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The average price of a dozen eggs in the U.S. will climb to a record high this year due to the nation’s worst-ever outbreak of bird flu in poultry, U.S. Department of Agriculture data issued Wednesday showed. USDA, in a monthly supply and demand report, increased its forecast for the price

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat slips to one-week low on raised supply outlook

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer June 11, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures extended losses to the lowest levels in a week on Thursday, pressured by gains in the dollar and after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its supply outlook. Soybeans and corn also eased as the stronger greenback made U.S. goods less attractive in international markets. The dollar climbed

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola mixed after wild week

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News June 10, 2015

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts ended narrowly mixed for the week ended Wednesday, but not before shooting above the $500 per tonne mark amid concerns over persistent dryness across a large portion of Western Canada. “If we don’t get those rains or if they’re disappointing then I think this thing is going

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat falls most in two weeks as USDA boosts supply outlook

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer June 10, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures tumbled more than three per cent for their largest losses in two weeks on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture boosted its production forecast for the winter wheat crop in a monthly supply and demand report. Corn futures posted their largest daily declines since March at the

Opinion, Poultry

Editorial: It’s time to rethink poultry production

The bird flu epidemic has wiped out 12 per cent of U.S. egg-laying capacity in a matter of weeks

By Laura Rance-Unger June 8, 2015

The numbers surrounding the bird flu epidemic change each day. But they are staggering. Early this week, the USDA was reporting 197 confirmed outbreaks among poultry flocks with losses of 44.6 million fowl, many of them egg-laying hens. The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) predicts the number of birds affected will climb to 50

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Profit-taking weighs on soybeans, corn, wheat

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub June 5, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures fell on Friday on end-of-week profit-taking and technical selling, traders said. It was the first time all three commodities posted losses on the same day since May 26. Some position-squaring ahead of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly supply and demand report on Wednesday was noted.

Livestock

USDA refuses farmers’ requests on avian flu vaccine

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 3, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it would not allow commercial release of a poultry vaccine to fight the worst outbreak of bird flu in U.S. history because it was not effective enough. The agency said in a notice that additional criteria must be met before a vaccine can be

Livestock, Opinion

Editorial: COOL fight not over yet

U.S. legislators will soon vote to repeal, but how it will all play out remains to be clear

By Laura Rance-Unger June 1, 2015

The WTO has made its final-final decision in Canada’s favour on U.S. labelling laws. It now appears that U.S. legislators in the House of Representatives will vote next month on a bill to repeal it. But Canada’s COOL fight isn’t over. Support for repealing the legislation is less secure from the U.S. Senate where the

Livestock

U.S. EPA proposing temporary pesticide-free zones for honeybees

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News May 28, 2015

Reuters — U.S. environmental regulators on Thursday proposed a rule that would create temporary pesticide-free zones to protect commercial honeybees, which are critical to food production and have been dying off at alarming rates. The restrictions are aimed at protecting bees from “pesticides that are acutely toxic” to them, and would cover foliar applications when

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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Canada ups the ante in COOL dispute

U.S. egg prices to hit record high due to avian flu

U.S. grains: Wheat slips to one-week low on raised supply outlook

ICE weekly outlook: Canola mixed after wild week

U.S. grains: Wheat falls most in two weeks as USDA boosts supply outlook

Editorial: It’s time to rethink poultry production

U.S. grains: Profit-taking weighs on soybeans, corn, wheat

USDA refuses farmers’ requests on avian flu vaccine

Editorial: COOL fight not over yet

U.S. EPA proposing temporary pesticide-free zones for honeybees

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