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USDA announces more farm aid to offset trade war losses

By GFM Network News May 23, 2019

Washington | Reuters –– The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a US$16 billion farm aid package to offset losses from a 10-month trade war with China and said payment rates to farmers would be determined by where they farm rather than what crops they grow. The package, the bulk of which will be spent on […] Read more

Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after her arrival at the Stelco steel plant in Hamilton on May 17, 2019, following news that the U.S. agreed to lift tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. (PMO photo by Adam Scotti)

General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Canada vows ‘full steam ahead’ on ratifying trade pact

By GFM Network News May 19, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will move quickly to ratify the new North American trade pact, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Saturday, a day after the United States agreed to lift tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. U.S. President Donald Trump had imposed the global “Section 232” tariffs of 25 per cent on steel and […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with steel workers at Stelco in Hamilton on March 13, 2018. (File photo: Reuters/Mark Blinch)

General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

U.S. boosts trade pact’s outlook lifting tariffs on Canadian, Mexican metals

By GFM Network News May 17, 2019

Washington/Ottawa | Reuters — The United States struck deals on Friday to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico, the three governments said, removing a major obstacle to legislative approval of a new North American trade pact. The separate agreements, which will not impose U.S. quotas on Canadian and Mexican metals […] Read more

Newfoundland and Labrador’s minister of fisheries and land resources, Gerry Byrne, is shown here at right with Western Agriculture Centre research manager Sabrina Ellsworth and the department’s “Agri-Truck” promotional vehicle at Pynn’s Brook in September 2018. (Gov.nl.ca)

Livestock

Newfoundland’s ag minister, critic returned in election

By GFM Network News May 17, 2019

The cabinet minister in charge of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Forestry and Agrifoods Agency held onto his seat in Thursday’s provincial election, as has his critic across the aisle. Gerry Byrne, the Liberal MHA for Corner Brook since 2015 and the province’s minister of fisheries and land resources since 2017, held his riding on Thursday against […] Read more

Crops, Hay, Weather

Hay prices skyrocket as Prairie drought continues

By GFM Network News May 16, 2019

MarketsFarm — Hay prices have continued to skyrocket across the Prairies as conditions remain dry enough that many hay growers won’t produce a first cut this spring. “We’ve had a tough start here,” said Darren Chapman, chair of the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association. “We had a cold, dry spring with frost, so first cut […] Read more

A customer dines at a Burger King outlet in Shanghai on June 27, 2005. (File photo: Reuters/Ming Ming)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Restaurant Brands to boost outlets by 54 per cent within 10 years

By GFM Network News May 15, 2019

Reuters — Restaurant Brands International said on Wednesday it plans to expand all three of its brands to more than 40,000 restaurants globally, a 54 per cent jump, over the next decade. Big fast food chains, including McDonald’s and KFC owner Yum Brands, have been aggressively expanding their international operations to counter slowing growth in […] Read more

Livestock

Co-op Feeds to shut two Prairie plants, sell another

By GFM Network News May 15, 2019

In the face of “industry challenges,” Federated Co-operatives’ livestock feed manufacturing division plans to pull its operations from six plants down into three. Saskatoon-based Federated Co-op announced Monday it will consolidate its production of bulk and bagged cattle, horse, sheep and poultry feed into three of its existing plants, at Calgary, Saskatoon and Moosomin, Sask. […] Read more

Livestock

Ottawa looks to speed up emergency access to livestock drugs

By GFM Network News May 12, 2019

Livestock drugs not currently available in Canada could become easier to access in emergencies, if proposals for amended federal drug regulations get on the books. Health Canada, proposing to streamline the processes for emergency access to drugs for livestock as well as people and pets, on Friday announced a public comment period on its proposals, […] Read more

Warren Buffett has a Dairy Queen ice cream bar before Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Omaha on May 6, 2017. (File photo: Reuters/Rick Wilking)

Livestock, Reuters

Dairy Queen CEO tries to find new tastes, keep franchisees happy

By GFM Network News May 10, 2019

Omaha | Reuters — The chief executive of International Dairy Queen Inc. is counting on the 79-year-old brand, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, to adapt to changing consumer tastes rather than latch onto the latest fad, while ensuring that rising labour and food costs don’t squelch its franchisees. Troy Bader, who became CEO in […] Read more

Bloyce Thompson, shown here at right with father Guy and son Taylor, is Prince Edward Island’s new agriculture minister. (EastsideHolsteins.com)

Dairy Cattle, General

P.E.I. dairyman named provincial ag and land minister

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, GFM Network News May 9, 2019

A Prince Edward Island dairy farmer who unseated the province’s incumbent premier on election night is the new provincial minister for agriculture and land, and for justice and public safety. Bloyce Thompson, the new Progressive Conservative MLA for the district of Stanhope-Marshfield, was sworn in Thursday as a member of incoming Premier Dennis King’s nine-member […] Read more

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Dairy cattle

USDA announces more farm aid to offset trade war losses

Canada vows ‘full steam ahead’ on ratifying trade pact

U.S. boosts trade pact’s outlook lifting tariffs on Canadian, Mexican metals

Newfoundland’s ag minister, critic returned in election

Hay prices skyrocket as Prairie drought continues

Restaurant Brands to boost outlets by 54 per cent within 10 years

Co-op Feeds to shut two Prairie plants, sell another

Ottawa looks to speed up emergency access to livestock drugs

Dairy Queen CEO tries to find new tastes, keep franchisees happy

P.E.I. dairyman named provincial ag and land minister

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