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U.S. packer profit margins jumped 300 per cent during pandemic, economists say

Increased costs don't explain higher profits, White House advisors say

By Andrea Shalal, GFM Network News December 11, 2021

Washington | Reuters — Four of the biggest meat-processing companies, using their market power in the highly consolidated U.S. market to drive up meat prices and underpay farmers, have tripled their own net profit margins since the pandemic started, White House economics advisers said. Financial statements of the meat-processing companies — which control 55 to […] Read more

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, who is seeking the Democrats’ 2020 nomination for president, greets Ella Clare Campbell after speaking in Memphis on March 17, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Karen Pulfer Focht)

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Democratic contender Warren targets corporate agriculture

By John Whitesides March 28, 2019

Washington | Reuters — Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren took aim on Wednesday at agricultural conglomerates, promising her administration would break up big agribusiness mergers that she said have hurt family farmers. Warren, a U.S. senator from Massachusetts and a fierce Wall Street critic, released a broad plan that she said would make it easier […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. EPA sends proposed new E15 rule to White House

By Humeyra Pamuk March 4, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday it had sent a draft of its proposed rule allowing year-round sales of higher ethanol blends of gasoline to the White House Office of Budget for review. The rule expanding sales of so-called E15 was promised by President Donald Trump late last year […] Read more

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U.S. government report says climate change will batter economy

By Reuters November 23, 2018

Reuters — Climate change will cost the U.S. economy hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century, hitting everything from health to infrastructure, according to a government report issued on Friday that the White House called inaccurate. The congressionally mandated report, written with the help of more than a dozen U.S. government […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. farm groups oppose Trump’s cuts to ag spending

By Mark Weinraub, Tom Polansek May 23, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farm groups on Tuesday pushed back against President Donald Trump’s proposal to slash agriculture spending, viewing it as a fresh threat to a struggling farm economy. The White House on Monday proposed $46.54 billion in cuts to federal government funding for the agriculture sector over the next 10 years, including […] Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks April 18 at Snap-on Tools’ headquarters in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Video screengrab from Whitehouse.gov)

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White House readies order to quit NAFTA

By Steve Holland April 26, 2017

Washington | Reuters — The White House is considering a draft executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the North American Free Trade Agreement, a senior Trump administration official said on Wednesday. It was unclear whether the order would be enacted by President Donald Trump, who has vowed to pull out from the U.S./Mexico/Canada trade […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

White House still weighing U.S. biofuels program change

By emily-stephenson, GFM Network News March 7, 2017

Washington | Reuters — The Trump administration is reviewing the possibility of a key change to U.S. biofuels policy requested by oil refiners and Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor and special advisor on regulations to President Donald Trump, a White House official said Monday. The administration has no position “either way on this issue at […] Read more

The Andersons’ ethanol plant at Denison, Iowa. (AndersonsEthanol.com)

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U.S. grains: Corn, soyoil climb on biofuels news

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News March 1, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures rose on Tuesday and soyoil futures climbed about four per cent on prospects for changes to the U.S. renewable fuels policy that could boost demand for corn-based ethanol and soy biodiesel, traders said. Both markets pared gains following a White House statement that no executive order was in […] Read more

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Can a U.S. president sink NAFTA?

By Steve Dittmer September 1, 2016

As Canadians who monitor American politics know, the Republican candidate Donald Trump has presented a confusing and threatening trade posture. He claims to favour free trade yet hates our trade deals and opposes the deal nearly all Canadian and American cattlemen see as critical to their future — the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). He’s also said […] Read more

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U.S. GMO label law clears Congress

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News July 15, 2016

A law for mandatory labelling of foods for sale in the U.S. with genetically modified or otherwise “bioengineered” ingredients has cleared both houses of Congress and now goes to President Barack Obama. The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved the Senate’s bipartisan bill S.764 by a 306-117 vote, sending it to the White House […] Read more

Alberta Crop Report: Two sides of the same weather coin

Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show to feature agtech, international presence

China says ‘rampant’ U.S. protectionism threatens agricultural ties

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Alberta Crop Report: Two sides of the same weather coin

Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show to feature agtech, international presence

China says ‘rampant’ U.S. protectionism threatens agricultural ties

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U.S. packer profit margins jumped 300 per cent during pandemic, economists say

Democratic contender Warren targets corporate agriculture

U.S. EPA sends proposed new E15 rule to White House

U.S. government report says climate change will batter economy

U.S. farm groups oppose Trump’s cuts to ag spending

White House readies order to quit NAFTA

White House still weighing U.S. biofuels program change

U.S. grains: Corn, soyoil climb on biofuels news

Can a U.S. president sink NAFTA?

U.S. GMO label law clears Congress

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