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Canada’s new export minister to push beyond U.S. market

By GFM Network News July 24, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada has created a new federal cabinet position to help exporters look beyond the U.S. and there will be resources for small businesses that want to take advantage of new trade deals, the new minister for export promotion said on Tuesday. Mary Ng, who vaulted to cabinet-level last week to take […] Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a cap reading “Make Our Farmers Great Again” while delivering remarks at a showcase of U.S.-made products at the White House in Washington on July 23, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria)

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Trump to offer U.S. farmers billions to ease trade pain

By GFM Network News July 24, 2018

Washington/Kansas City | Reuters — The Trump administration on Tuesday said it would provide up to US$12 billion in aid for U.S. farmers to shield them from the repercussions felt by trade spats between the United States and China, the European Union and others. China has targeted U.S. agricultural exports with tariffs in retaliation to […] Read more

The Schuurmans were sharing their cross-country tour on their Canadian Milk Tour Twitter account. (Farm Credit Canada via Twitter)

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Dairy farmer, advocate Bettina Schuurmans, 55

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 22, 2018

Funeral services will be held Wednesday in Elmira, Ont. for well known dairy farmer Bettina Schuurmans, who with her husband took to the road this summer in support of Canada’s dairy sector. Schuurmans and husband Henk, who owned and operated Milky Wave Farms near Elmira with their sons, had been on the road on their […] Read more

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World’s ‘affection’ for Canada will help in trade diversification: Carr

By GFM Network News July 20, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — There is “an awful lot of affection for Canada” around the world that will help the government’s push to diversify exports away from the United States, the country’s new trade minister said on Thursday, as ties with Washington become more strained. Winnipeg MP Jim Carr, previously the minister for natural resources, […] Read more

Italian sausages, cheeses and other traditional foods for sale in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo in December 2016. (Florin1961/iStock/Getty Images)

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Italy in no rush to reject EU-Canada trade deal

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 16, 2018

Brussels | Reuters — Italy is in no hurry to bring the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada to a parliamentary vote, its farm minister said on Monday, suggesting its opposition to the deal may be easing. Ministers of the eurosceptic 5-Star/League government have said Italy would not ratify CETA (the Comprehensive Economic and […] Read more

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National job vacancy rate increases in ag sector

By GFM Network News July 15, 2018

CNS Canada — The national job vacancy rate in the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is increasing compared to the same period a year ago. Data for the first quarter of 2018, ending April 30, showed a vacancy rate of 6.9 per cent in the sector compared to 5.3 per cent in the first […] Read more

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Italy says it won’t ratify EU-Canada trade deal

By GFM Network News July 13, 2018

Rome | Reuters — Italy will not ratify the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Friday, although Canadian officials played down the threat to the accord, which mostly took effect last year. “Soon CETA (the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) will arrive in parliament and this […] Read more

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Babybel cheesemakers to set up Quebec plant

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 12, 2018

The makers of those little individual cheese snacks in the red wax shells plan to start producing them at their own new Canadian plant starting in early 2020. France’s Bel Group, whose brands in Canada include The Laughing Cow, Boursin and the aforementioned Mini Babybel, announced Thursday it will put up $87 million to build […] Read more

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Tim Hortons to enter China

By GFM Network News July 11, 2018

Reuters — Canadian coffee-and-donut chain Tim Hortons will open 1,500 outlets in China over the next decade, capitalizing on a growing cafe culture in the world’s second-largest economy, the chain’s parent Restaurant Brands International said on Wednesday. Restaurant Brands shares rose almost three per cent after the company announced the Tim Hortons move into China […] Read more

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Consider hedging against rate hikes, farmers advised

By GFM Network News July 11, 2018

CNS Canada — The Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark interest rate to 1.5 per cent, marking the fourth time it has raised rates since last summer. The increase from 1.25 per cent is the base rate retail banks pay for short-term loans, but consumer rates for mortgages, lines of credit and other loans […] Read more

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Carney cautious about report of potential Canadian trade deal with U.S.

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Dairy cattle

Canada’s new export minister to push beyond U.S. market

Trump to offer U.S. farmers billions to ease trade pain

Dairy farmer, advocate Bettina Schuurmans, 55

World’s ‘affection’ for Canada will help in trade diversification: Carr

Italy in no rush to reject EU-Canada trade deal

National job vacancy rate increases in ag sector

Italy says it won’t ratify EU-Canada trade deal

Babybel cheesemakers to set up Quebec plant

Tim Hortons to enter China

Consider hedging against rate hikes, farmers advised

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