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U.S. House clears farm bill, with major food stamps changes

By Amanda Becker June 21, 2018

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a massive Republican farm bill with changes to the government food stamps program that make it unlikely to become law in this form. The Senate is considering its own farm bill with no major changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) used […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. lawmakers skeptical of promises to shield farmers from trade dispute

By Tom Polansek April 6, 2018

Overland Park, Kan. | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers and the farm industry were skeptical of the Trump administration’s promise to shield farmers from the rapidly escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China, concerned about the lack of details in protecting the agricultural export sector now embroiled in the back-and-forth. Major farming states supported U.S. […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Pitting supply management against U.S. subsidies seen as ‘unfair’

By Jade Markus July 9, 2015

CNS Canada — How will Canada’s supply management system stack up against America’s domestic supports if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) comes to fruition? It’s a question that hasn’t been answered, say some experts from Canada’s farming institutions. “It would be completely unfair if we have to compete with lower prices, because those lower prices are […] Read more

Prime cuts

COOL overconfidence?

A North American view of the meat industry

By Steve Kay January 24, 2014

It ain’t over till it’s over. Someone needs to remind Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz of this as he ponders his next public pronouncement on mandatory country-of-origin labelling. Ritz raised eyebrows last month when he confidently predicted that the U.S. Congress, through a new Farm Bill, would repeal COOL. Ritz had come to the North […] Read more

Canada’s annual inflation rate in June up slightly to 1.9 per cent

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

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Canada’s annual inflation rate in June up slightly to 1.9 per cent

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

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U.S. House clears farm bill, with major food stamps changes

U.S. lawmakers skeptical of promises to shield farmers from trade dispute

Pitting supply management against U.S. subsidies seen as ‘unfair’

COOL overconfidence?

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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