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EU regulators reported as set to warn Bayer on Monsanto bid

By Foo Yun Chee December 8, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — EU antitrust regulators are set to warn Bayer its planned purchase of U.S. seed maker Monsanto may hurt competition, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, a move that would force Bayer to offer concessions to address the concerns. The US$66 billion deal would make Bayer the world’s largest […] Read more

Livestock, News, News Roundup

CETA at the starting gate

Trade: News Roundup from the November 2017 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 30, 2017

As of October, about 72,000 head of cattle and calves were enrolled in the Canadian Food Inspection Agency program for certifying freedom from growth-enhancing products for export to the European Union at varying stages of production. If they should all arrive at the same time, they would take up a week and a half of […] Read more

Germany’s Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt. (Thomas Imo photo, Bmel.de)

Crops, Reuters

Germany’s Merkel scolds ally in glyphosate row

By Joseph Nasr November 28, 2017

Berlin | Reuters — German Chancellor Angela Merkel scolded a minister on Tuesday in a bid to shield talks on forming a coalition government from a dispute between cabinet colleagues over an EU herbicide licence. Conservative Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt angered the centre-left SPD on Monday by breaking protocol to back a European Union proposal […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Germany swings EU vote in favour of glyphosate

By philip-blenkinsop November 27, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — Germany defeated its key EU ally France in a very tight vote on Monday to clear the use of glyphosate herbicide for the next five years after a heated debate over whether it causes cancer. After months of indecisive votes among the 28 member states in Brussels, Germany, whose Chancellor Angela […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. farm study finds no firm cancer link to glyphosate

By Kate Kelland November 9, 2017

London | Reuters – A large long-term study on the use of the big-selling weedkiller glyphosate by agricultural workers in the United States has found no firm link between exposure to the pesticide and cancer, scientists said on Thursday. Published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI), the study found there was no […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

Canada untangles pork label rule for EU export

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 27, 2017

A domestic technical obstacle has been cleared out of Canadian pork’s export path to the European Union, the Canadian Pork Council said Friday. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency last week made changes to its Manual of Procedures, which will allow pork packers to apply health mark labels after pork has been frozen, the council said. […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Comment

Comment: Take the long view on CETA

By Gren Winslow October 24, 2017

As our Oct. 23 issue of Canadian Cattlemen arrives in your mailbox the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union will have been in force for about a month. Not much has happened since it came into force on September 21, at least as far as the beef industry is […] Read more

Closeup of the flags of the North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA members on textile texture. NAFTA is the world's largest trade bloc and the member countries are Canada, United States and Mexico. 3D rendering with detailed textured grunge effect on closeup.

Comment/Columns, Free Market Reflections

After two rounds

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

By Steve Dittmer October 16, 2017

Two rounds of NAFTA renegotiation have been held and the three participants have been sizing each other up. While the three nations laid out their objectives in the first round, the second round was more about consolidating the things all three can agree on and cutting out the things that will be more difficult or […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Britain reported looking to NAFTA if Brexit deal fails

By Reuters October 10, 2017

London | Reuters — Britain could join a formal trade alliance with the United States, Canada and Mexico if the European Union refuses to clinch a post-Brexit trade deal, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday. The newspaper said British ministers were looking at joining the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as part of […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

EU set to delay vote on glyphosate

By Reuters October 5, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — Health experts from European Union countries are expected to discuss whether or not to extend the licence for herbicide glyphosate at a meeting starting on Thursday, but will only vote on the issue later this year. The EU has been debating for two years whether to allow the herbicide, used in […] Read more

CFIA rejects beekeeper proposals on U.S. packaged bees

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall hard, hogs mixed

Alberta Crop Report: Scattered rains, crop conditions

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CFIA rejects beekeeper proposals on U.S. packaged bees

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall hard, hogs mixed

Alberta Crop Report: Scattered rains, crop conditions

Tag Archives European Union

EU regulators reported as set to warn Bayer on Monsanto bid

CETA at the starting gate

Germany’s Merkel scolds ally in glyphosate row

Germany swings EU vote in favour of glyphosate

U.S. farm study finds no firm cancer link to glyphosate

Canada untangles pork label rule for EU export

Comment: Take the long view on CETA

After two rounds

Britain reported looking to NAFTA if Brexit deal fails

EU set to delay vote on glyphosate

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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