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U.S. FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts

By Leah Douglas April 21, 2025

Washington | Reuters – The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters. The suspension is another disruption to the nation’s food safety programs after […] Read more

Charles de Pellette, Operations Director of the restaurant, poses for a picture next to U.S. beef and pork in a smokehouse, at Home Plate BBQ, an American-style restaurant, in Beijing, China April 17, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Tiffany Le

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US beef off the menu as the trade war hits Beijing’s American-style restaurants

US beef exports to China worth $125 million a month at risk

By Ella Cao, Josh Arslan April 21, 2025

Beijing | Reuters – At Home Plate BBQ, an American-style restaurant in Beijing, staff are reprinting menus. The U.S.-China trade war means American beef – once the star ingredient – will soon be off the table. Home Plate’s beef, previously sourced entirely from the U.S., is increasingly Australian. The restaurant uses about 7 to 8 […] Read more

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Canadian farmers reveal concerns ahead of federal election

Part 1 | Cross-country takes on Trump, tariffs and trade tensions

By April Stewart, Geralyn Wichers, Stew Slater, Zak McLachlan April 21, 2025

Farmers from across Canada weighed shared perspectives on the upcoming 2025 federal election. In part one, they talk Trump, tariffs and trade tensions.

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Ratio of rent to value for Canadian farmland stable in 2024

Renting extends cash flow advantage over ownership, land values grow

By Geralyn Wichers April 17, 2025

The ratio of farmland rental prices to farmland value was similar in 2024 compared to 2023, but renting extended its cash flow advantage over ownership, Farm Credit Canada reported.

Follow along with our live coverage of the 2025 National Agricultural Leaders Debate. Photo: Screencap via x.com/@CFAFCA

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Federal candidates talk tariffs, trade, climate change and red tape at agricultural debate

By Jonah Grignon April 17, 2025

Follow along for the Western Producer's live coverage of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture's federal election agriculture debate.

“I believe China may have taken on a battle they can’t afford to fight,” said Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist with StoneX Financial Inc., in a recent webinar. Photo: Getty Images

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Who is likely to win a trade war between the U.S, China?

Some analysts think it’s a war China cannot afford to fight, while others believe the country is in better postion than last time

By Sean Pratt April 17, 2025

China's slumping economy might not be able to withstand a prolonged trade war with the United States, according to an analyst.

L to R: Ava Loveridge; Reegan Frey; Hanna Fitchett; Rob Garner, Canadian Angus Foundation board member; Lane Steen; Lexi Dietrich; Macy Liebreich, Canadian AngusFoundation board member; Belinda Wagner, Canadian Junior Angus Co-ordinator.

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2025 Canadian Junior Angus GOAL Conference

Purely Purebred, news from the April 2025 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Mike Millar April 17, 2025

The 19th Canadian Junior Angus Guiding Outstanding Angus Leaders (GOAL) Conference was held in February in Saskatoon, Sask. A total of $14,000 in prizes were awarded to five finalists in the Canadian Angus Foundation Legacy Scholarship program, and a $3,000 heifer voucher prize was awarded to one lucky attendee randomly selected from the 80 youth […] Read more

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China says it will ignore US ‘tariff numbers game’

By Reuters April 17, 2025

China will pay no attention if the United States continues to play the “tariff numbers game”, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, after the White House outline how China faces tariffs of up to 245 per cent due to its retaliatory actions.

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Bayer CEO: targeting US state regulation to stem glyphosate costs

By Reuters April 17, 2025

Bayer is lobbying U.S. states to adjust their regulatory framework in its battle to wind down costly litigation over its weed killer glyphosate, the German chemicals company's CEO said in a draft speech released on Thursday.

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Glyphosate class action moves forward in Canada

Bayer defends safety of the herbicide, but legal costs may force withdrawal from U.S. market

By Robert Arnason April 16, 2025

Multiple law firms across the country – in Saskatchewan, Ontario, British Columbia and elsewhere – are now recruiting Canadians to join a class action lawsuit related to Roundup and cases of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Media reports suggest U.S. dairy access to Canada a topic of conversation in Ottawa

U.S. livestock: Cattle choppy amid weak cash market, tight supply

China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each

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Media reports suggest U.S. dairy access to Canada a topic of conversation in Ottawa

U.S. livestock: Cattle choppy amid weak cash market, tight supply

China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each

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U.S. FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts

US beef off the menu as the trade war hits Beijing’s American-style restaurants

Canadian farmers reveal concerns ahead of federal election

Ratio of rent to value for Canadian farmland stable in 2024

Federal candidates talk tariffs, trade, climate change and red tape at agricultural debate

Who is likely to win a trade war between the U.S, China?

2025 Canadian Junior Angus GOAL Conference

China says it will ignore US ‘tariff numbers game’

Bayer CEO: targeting US state regulation to stem glyphosate costs

Glyphosate class action moves forward in Canada

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