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Farm Subsidies Seen A Turnoff For Investors

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Pricey commodities have made U.S. farmers less dependent on government aid, but the European farm sector still faces the risk of disruption from subsidies being phased out, agriculture investors said Nov. 10. Tim Hornibrook of Australia’s Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management said that price-skewing farm assistance was unlikely to disappear entirely any time soon, given concerns
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Biofuel Worse For Climate Than Fossil Fuel: Study

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European plans to promote biofuels will drive farmers to convert 69,000 square km of wild land into fields and plantations, depriving the poor of food and accelerating climate change, a report by green groups warned. That estimated area equals the size of the Republic of Ireland. As a result, the extra biofuels that Europe will
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Doha Trade Talks Limp Along

The long-running Doha round of world trade talks could stretch into 2012, but said some progress had been made over the past six months, according to a top U.S. trade official. “The U.S. view is that there is no shortcut to a Doha success,” said U.S. chief agricultural trade negotiator Isi Siddiqui. “Deadlines won’t do
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WTO Dead, Or Just Resting?

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Asked whether Canada’s current emphasis on reaching a bilateral free trade agreement with Europe means that multilateral WTO talks are dead, Canadian trade negotiator Steve Verheul responds with a smile. “It’s pretty quiet. Will the U.S. seriously negotiate, or won’t they? Trade isn’t a very popular word in the U.S. these days.” As for his
Beef cattle, News

Cattle Producers Still Live In BSE’s Shadow

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Cattails and swamp grass are all that’s visible on some pastures as Menno Friesen drives a visitor around his Interlake farm in an aging pickup truck. Friesen spent 45 years beating back bushes and shrubs to develop some prime crop and grazing land in the heart of cattle country. But due to the abnormally wet
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In Brief… – for Oct. 28, 2010

Honoured:Solanyl Biopolymers Inc. of Carberry was awarded Emerging Life Science Company of the Year Agribusiness by the Life Science Association of Manitoba (LSAM) at its annual dinner on Oct. 4. Solanyl manufactures starch-based biodegradable plastic resin. Founders Derek and Earl McLaren formed the company in 2005 to further process the byproduct streams of local Manitoba
Cereals, News

NFU Campaigns To Block “Comprehensive” EU Trade Deal

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Ayear ago Steve Verheul, Canada’s chief negotiator on the Canada – European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), lamented such an important deal should be attracting more public interest. The talks now have the National Farmers Union’s (NFU) full attention; based on a secret draft text obtained in July, the organization says an
Dairy cattle, News, Poultry

EU Trade Talks Set To Resume

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Farm groups remain hopeful the next round of free trade talks between Canada and the European Union, scheduled for Oct. 18 to 22 in Ottawa, will bring some positive results. The talks have yet to move beyond exploratory discussions. A proposed agreement is seen as a possible boon for livestock and crop producers and a
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EU’s Big States Confirm Opposition To GM Crop Plans

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Proposals to let EU states decide for themselves whether to grow or ban genetically modified (GM) crops suffered a big setback Sept. 27 as many of the bloc’s largest governments confirmed they opposed the plans. To pass, the proposals put forward by the European Commission in July will need the support of a majority of
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Sep. 30, 2010

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Pigeon King’s roost sold: Real estate owned by Arlan Galbraith, the bankrupt Pigeon King, was auctioned off Sept. 23 in a bid by London, Ont. receivers to recoup some of the millions lost by investors. The property contained two homes, some pigeon coops and 300 acres, including river frontage. Galbraith enticed hundreds of farmers to

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