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U.S. Warns “Imbalance” In Doha Talks Needs Fixing

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The Obama administration said March 2 there would be no agreement in long-running world trade talks aimed at cutting rich country farm subsidies and promot ing global development until other countries make better offers to open their markets to U. S. goods. The warning came in the first U. S. annual trade agenda report prepared
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Food Price Spike Tests Trade Faith

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The recent shift toward rising food prices has shaken the confidence of developing countries in counting on trade to feed their hungry, and sparked a move toward protectionism, an OECD official said on Feb. 26. “The last 20 years, the movement was toward opening markets, and trade liberalization, and less government intervention in agricultural markets.
Crops, News

GRIP Didn’t Die, It Just Went South

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“Because all these minimum prices (under the program) were so high in ’08, almost regardless of yield there was a crop insurance claim on virtually every single farm in the northern half of the U. S.” – MIKE KRUEGER As Mike Krueger explained the Crop Revenue Insurance program to which farmers have access in the
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U. S. Applies New Sanctions On EU

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The outgoing Bush administration cranked up pressure on the European Union to drop its ban on beef from U. S. cattle treated with growth hormones by changing the list of $116.8 million worth of European food products hit with sanctions in the dispute. The EU reacted angrily to the move, vowing to challenge it at
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Pig Organs make 46 ill in China

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Forty-six people in China’s southern province of Guangdong have suffered food poisoning after eating pig organs that contained an animal feed additive, the official Xinhua news agency said Feb. 19. All those who fell sick had eaten pig organs, said Wang Guobin, an official with the Guangzhou Municipal Public Health Bureau. Initial investigations showed the
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WTO Members Warn On Emerging Protectionism

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“I think everybody expects things to get worse before they get better.” – RICHARD EGLIN, WTO TRADE POLICIES REVIEW DIVISION The risk of a global lurch into protectionism is getting worse, though trade measures taken to tackle the financial crisis have not seriously fuelled it so far, World Trade Organization (WTO) members agreed Feb. 9.
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

MCGA contemplates some big changes to organization

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“I’d like to rebuild a better relationship with the MCGA corporation and the members – the farmers.” –Rob Pettinger The Manitoba Canola Growers Association’s (MCGA) is on the cusp of several major changes. MCGA members passed five resolutions at their annual meeting here Feb. 3, including one to limit the number of terms a director
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Dairy farmers must patch up differences with processors

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An informal discussion might enable us to open our minds a little bit.” Jacques Laforge, DFC Jacques Laforge, president of Dairy Farmers of Canada, says he wants to try again to develop a better working relationship with the country’s dairy processors. In his fourth term as association president, Laforge told the DFC annual meeting Jan.
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EU export subsidies provoke Cairns Group

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“This is not the leadership we require from key economies at this point in time.” – Cairns group statement Canada, Australia and their farm trade allies called on Brussels Jan. 28 to repeal its decision to offer subsidies for European Union dairy exports, saying the move could drive down world prices and hurt poor farmers.
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Budget Aid To Be Followed By Livestock Aid Meeting

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“We see (slaughter capacity funding) as filling in holes and gaps in packing facilities across the country.” – Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz The progress reports the Liberals have demanded for their support of the Jan. 27 federal budget should help farm groups keep track of how much of the $550 million allocated for agriculture is

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