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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Walmart creating own Angus beef supply chain

By GFM Network News April 24, 2019

Reuters — Walmart Inc. is taking control of the supply chain for Angus beef sold in some of its stores, cutting out meat processors as the company looks to offer higher quality products in an intensely competitive grocery industry. The world’s largest retailer said Wednesday the move would allow it to ensure supplies of quality […] Read more

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General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

USMCA deal modestly boosts U.S. economy, trade panel finds

By GFM Network News April 18, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The new North American free trade pact would modestly boost the U.S. economy, especially auto parts production, but may curb vehicle assembly and limit consumer choice in cars, a hotly anticipated analysis from the U.S. International Trade Commission showed on Thursday. The ITC report is a crucial step in the push […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

EU says ready to launch U.S. trade talks, but without agriculture

By GFM Network News April 15, 2019

Brussels | Reuters — The European Union is ready to start talks on a trade agreement with the United States and aims to conclude a deal before year-end, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said on Monday. The EU approved two areas for negotiation, opposed by France with an abstention from Belgium. But agriculture was not […] Read more

The Marshalls keep dairy,  beef and sheep, which are partially fed with 45 acres of hay.

Crops, Features

Meet your farming neighbours: Thomas Marshall

Thomas Marshall and his brother run a mixed farm in Northern Ireland

By Chris Mccullough March 28, 2019

Every farm has its own story. No two farms (or farmers) are exactly alike. Everyone got started in a different way, and every farm has a different combination of family and hired staff who make the decisions and keep things running. But, in general, even after you consider all of the details, farmers are more […] 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)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Democratic contender Warren targets corporate agriculture

By GFM Network News 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

Proper ration  helps dairy cows avoid negative energy balance.

Cattleman’s Corner, Dairy Cattle

Proper feed intake keeps dairy cows milking

Dairy Corner: Good management avoids negative energy balance

By Peter Vitti March 26, 2019

A good dry matter intake or DMI plan is really a foundation of building optimum energy intake by early-lactation dairy cows. This energy drives good milk yield (and milk fat) at peak production and over the rest of their lactation. Unfortunately, there is a natural lag time between peak milk production and subsequent peak DMI […] Read more

Uncertainty over the Brexit deal has U.K. beef producers wondering what’s ahead for their domestic and export markets.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner

How Brexit is set to impact the U.K.’s beef industry

Deal or no deal — each could have consequences

By Chris Mccullough March 20, 2019

It’s an anxious time for all farmers in the U.K. as they await the outcome of Brexit, or in other words, their fate once they leave the European Union. Having been supported by EU farm subsidies in the past, U.K. farmers wait to see what program, if any, the U.K. government will come up with […] Read more

Finance Minister Bill Morneau appears at a pre-budget event March 14 at the Toronto Kiwanis Boys + Girls Clubs. (BMorneau.liberal.ca)

General, Machinery, Markets, Weather

Farm groups see something for everyone in federal budget

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, GFM Network News March 20, 2019

Response so far from farm and agribusiness organizations to Tuesday’s pre-election budget suggests the federal government has managed to find at least one line item for everyone in the ag sector. Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget pledges compensation for supply-managed sectors facing financial hits from international trade pacts, funding for a new federal food policy […] Read more

A section of road is underwater stranding a vehicle after flooding near Waterloo, Neb. on March 18, 2019. (Handout photo by Ryan Hignight/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, via Reuters)

General, Reuters, Weather

U.S. Midwest’s catastrophic floods cause widespread damage

By GFM Network News March 19, 2019

Brownville, Neb. | Reuters — Severe flooding caused by rainfall and melting snow devastated farms and towns in Nebraska and Iowa on Tuesday, leaving at least four people dead and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage, with waters yet to crest in parts of the region for several days. The floods inundated stretches […] Read more

A view of a farm partially submerged in floodwater at Scribner, Neb. on March 14, 2019, in a still image from video obtained from social media on March 19. (Video screengrab from Angie Lange via Reuters)

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Livestock, pets among victims in U.S. Midwest flooding

By GFM Network News March 19, 2019

Reuters — The floods that have devastated large swaths of Nebraska and Iowa since late last week left house pets homeless, inflicted an unknown toll on livestock and led to several daring water rescues of animals from dogs to horses. Rescuers in the Omaha area, where the Platte, Elkhorn and Missouri rivers began spilling over […] Read more

GFM Network News

Mexico agriculture secretary says still no date for restarting cattle exports to U.S.

Prairie forecast: A slow cool down towards winter

China buys U.S. soybean cargoes ahead of Trump-Xi meet, sources say

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