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Manitoba farmers feel left out on farm policy tour

By Jade Markus October 4, 2016

CNS Canada –– Manitoba has been dropped from an upcoming consulting tour meant to lay the foundation for Canada’s next agricultural policy funding framework. That will limit the province’s producers, the head of an industry group says. The House of Commons’ standing committee on agriculture and agri-food is holding a consulting tour to hear from […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

New Zealand dairy industry worries over Canada pricing plan

By Rebecca Howard, Rod Nickel September 30, 2016

Wellington/Winnipeg | Reuters — New Zealand is closely watching changes in how Canada prices dairy products, New Zealand’s trade ministry said on Friday, as industry groups in several countries complain of unfair Canadian competition. Canada’s dairy farmers and processors, which include Saputo and Parmalat Canada, struck a pricing agreement in July that industry groups in […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Farm gate prices fall in August on meat, dairy

By Reuters September 30, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian producer prices unexpectedly fell in August as meat and dairy products saw the largest decrease in nearly nine years, while lower prices for energy and petroleum products also weighed, data from Statistics Canada showed on Friday. The 0.5 per cent decline in producer prices fell well short of analysts’ expectations […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Sobeys locks in Atlantic Beef for P.E.I. stores

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 29, 2016

Prince Edward Island’s long-beleaguered packing plant, Atlantic Beef Products, has now ramped up its slaughter and processing capacity to meet a new commitment from grocery chain Sobeys. The Nova Scotia-based grocery chain on Tuesday announced ABP’s Island View Farms is now the “primary” brand for beef sold at the five Sobeys, five Co-op and three […] Read more

Cathy Glover. (Photo courtesy Country Life in B.C.)

Crops

B.C. farm journal under new ownership

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 29, 2016

The monthly paper billed as Canada’s oldest independently-owned farm journal has yielded a new owner from its own front office. Cathy Glover, the assistant editor and sales manager for Country Life in B.C., was announced Wednesday as the journal’s new owner, taking over from retiring editor/publisher Peter Wilding. British Columbia’s commercial farmers and ranchers “have […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

China slaps more duties on U.S. DDGS

By Reuters September 28, 2016

Beijing | Reuters –– China will impose anti-subsidy duties of between 10 and 10.7 per cent on imports of U.S. animal feed ingredient known as distillers’ dried grains (DDGS), the Commerce Ministry said in a preliminary ruling on Wednesday. The move was widely expected after the government announced a similar move on anti-dumping duties last […] Read more

Livestock

Ontario ag minister to get new powers on farm programs

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 27, 2016

Ontario’s minister of agriculture is expected to get direct authority to set up farm programming, as part of a legislative package resurrected from this spring to cut regulatory red tape. Provincial Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid on Tuesday reintroduced the Burden Reduction Act, a package of amendments meant to “reduce regulatory burdens and practices that […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Ontario to scale back renewable energy purchases

By Reuters September 27, 2016

Toronto | Reuters –– Ontario will scale back its purchase of renewable power in a move expected to result in savings of up to $3.8 billion from a 2013 forecast, the provincial government said on Tuesday. It’s not clear consumers will benefit directly, though the province’s Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault told a news conference a […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Growmark buys up Ontario farm fuel firm UPI

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 26, 2016

U.S. farm co-operative Growmark is set to boost its space in the Ontario farm supply market with a deal for the half of fuel supplier UPI Energy it doesn’t already own. Growmark on Monday announced it would buy the remaining 50 per cent stake in Guelph-based UPI from Suncor Energy for an undisclosed sum. UPI […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

EU bids to seal CETA as U.S. deal prospects fade

By philip-blenkinsop, Tatiana Jancarikova September 23, 2016

Bratislava | Reuters –– European Union ministers took steps Friday to approve a contentious free trade deal with Canada, while France and Austria demanded that talks towards a similar agreement with the United States should stop. Both deals have triggered demonstrations by unions and protest groups who say they will spark a “race to the […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Dairy cattle

Manitoba farmers feel left out on farm policy tour

New Zealand dairy industry worries over Canada pricing plan

Farm gate prices fall in August on meat, dairy

Sobeys locks in Atlantic Beef for P.E.I. stores

B.C. farm journal under new ownership

China slaps more duties on U.S. DDGS

Ontario ag minister to get new powers on farm programs

Ontario to scale back renewable energy purchases

Growmark buys up Ontario farm fuel firm UPI

EU bids to seal CETA as U.S. deal prospects fade

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