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Ottawa plans talks toward dairy farmers’ CETA compensation

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The federal government has pledged to meet with dairy sector representatives within 30 days to draw up a compensation plan for concessions made in Canada’s planned free trade pact with the European Union. “Our conversations will address, among other issues, transition support for producers and processors, as well as proposed program and investment options,” Agriculture […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S., European trade negotiators battle political headwinds

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New York | Reuters — Facing deeply entrenched differences and political headwinds, the top negotiators trying to reach a sweeping U.S.-European free trade deal avoided agriculture, public procurement and other thorny issues in talks this week. Instead, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Daniel Mullaney and European Commission lead negotiator Ignacio Garcia Bercera said on Friday they […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close higher, but off highs

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday reversed some of Thursday’s steep losses, helped by short-covering after investors squared positions on the last trading session for the month, traders said. April live cattle, which expired at noon CT, settled 0.25 cent/lb. higher at 123.1 cents (all figures US$). June, the […] Read more
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Hogs, Livestock, Machinery

West’s hog farmers urged to insist trailers cleaned in Canada

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Hog industry officials in Western Canada want hog producers to insist that livestock trailers coming to their farms be washed at certified Canadian cleaning facilities — even if the trailers were just cleaned on the U.S. side of the border. The recommendation comes as a federally-approved trailer-wash pilot project, credited with helping to keep porcine epidemic diarrhea […] Read more
URGENT: More temporary foreign workers needed
Beef Cattle, Features

URGENT: More temporary foreign workers needed

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Beef producers and packers may not always see eye to eye, but on two things they definitely agree — there’s a critical and chronic labour shortage at farms, ranches, feedlots and packing plants across the country and this issue needs a quick fix. Not a Band-Aid-style quick fix, but a well-thought-out strategy put into action […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Sluggish beef demand sinks CME live cattle

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled sharply lower on Thursday, with the June contract down by its three-cent/lb. daily price limit, as sluggish beef demand threatened to pressure cash prices by Friday, traders said. Lightly-traded April live cattle, which has no limit on the final two days before expiration on […] Read more
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Livestock, Reuters

Canada may delay foreign worker limits as packers, farms face squeeze

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Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada may delay implementing new restrictions on the use of foreign workers as farmers and meat processors warn of severe labour shortages in one of the world’s biggest agricultural exporters, the employment minister said. Employers have reported difficulty finding workers despite a 7.1 per cent unemployment rate. Many Canadians resist jobs […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close lower, but off lows

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled lower on Wednesday after sluggish wholesale beef demand renewed expectations for weak cash prices by Friday, traders said. Short-covering and bargain hunting freed contracts from session lows, they said. April live cattle, which will expire on Friday, closed 0.8 cent/lb. higher at 126 cents, […] Read more

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