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If a squeeze isn’t bolted to a cement floor, use large bolts to anchor it to posts around the chute.

Maintain facilities for improved workflow

The job gets done and it’s safer for both workers and livestock

By Michael Thomas March 6, 2018

Because the facilities and equipment around here are all showing some age, I have had to make an effort to go through them a bit ahead of working cows and calves in order to find, repair, or replace items that have worn out or been damaged, and we still have a few surprises. Cattle chute […] Read more

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer take part in a joint news conference on the closing of the seventh round of NAFTA talks in Mexico City. (Photo: Reuters/Edgard Garrido)

General, Markets, Reuters

U.S. pushes NAFTA talks pace, warns of political headwinds

By GFM Network News March 5, 2018

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexican and U.S. officials pushed on Monday to speed up NAFTA negotiations, with the U.S. floating the idea of reaching an agreement “in principle” in coming weeks to avoid political headwinds later this year. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, showing impatience at the slow pace of the talks, said Mexico’s […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Nestle to spread out at London ice cream plant

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 2, 2018

A multi-phase overhaul at Nestle Canada’s southwestern Ontario ice cream factory is moving further ahead with a plant expansion. The company’s London, Ont. ice cream plant, which has operated since 1966 and supplies brands such as Haagen-Dazs, Drumstick, Parlour and Skinny Cow for all of Canada, is in the midst of a four-phase, $51.5 million […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Steel shock drives wedge into sluggish NAFTA talks

By GFM Network News March 1, 2018

Mexico City | Reuters — Negotiators trying to rework the NAFTA trade deal on Thursday were hit by the prospect of a battle over U.S. steel tariffs that could make it more complicated to build autos in North America, one of the most sensitive issues at the talks. U.S. President Donald Trump said he would […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Dairy Cattle, The Dairy Corner

Feeding yeast is a good investment

These single-cell organisms can hit on many cylinders to help optimize milk performance

By Peter Vitti March 1, 2018

For many years, I have formulated dairy diets with yeast for both dry and lactating dairy cows. It has been my professional intention to promote good dairy nutrition, or solve a particular problem that limits good dairy performance. On occasion, I have seen direct benefits within a couple of days by adding yeast, while other […] Read more

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New rules on passive investment arrive in budget

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 27, 2018

It’s got no new nuggets specifically for crop or livestock producers, but Tuesday’s federal budget includes the end results of last year’s consultations — and backlash — on corporate taxation. Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s 2018 budget proposes a couple of new limits on Canadian-controlled private corporations’ (CCPC) ability to benefit from a lower tax rate […] Read more

Scott Moe discusses plans to lift the PST off insurance premiums in a Canadian Taxpayers Federation video. (CTF video screengrab via YouTube)

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Saskatchewan pulls sales tax off farm insurance

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 26, 2018

Saskatchewan’s provincial government has reinstated a provincial sales tax (PST) exemption for agriculture, health and life insurance premiums. Premier Scott Moe on Monday announced the exemption will take effect retroactive to Aug. 1 last year, when the PST was first applied to insurance. The province said the exemption will include PST on premiums paid for […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Amid fresh Trump tension, negotiators seek NAFTA progress

By GFM Network News February 26, 2018

Mexico City | Reuters — U.S., Mexican and Canadian negotiators met on Monday seeking to narrow disagreements on how to overhaul the NAFTA trade deal despite renewed signs of tension between Mexico and U.S. President Donald Trump over his planned border wall. The trade teams began a seventh round of talks on Sunday aiming to […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Final version of Trans-Pacific trade deal released

By GFM Network News February 21, 2018

Wellington/Sydney | Reuters — The final version of a landmark deal aimed at cutting trade barriers in some of the Asia-Pacific’s fastest-growing economies was released on Wednesday, signalling the pact was a step closer to reality even without its star member the U.S. More than 20 provisions have been suspended or changed in the final […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

WTO should prepare for life without U.S., ex-chief Lamy says

By GFM Network News February 20, 2018

Geneva | Reuters — World Trade Organization countries need to prepare for a future without the United States as a member of the club, former WTO chief Pascal Lamy said on Monday. The U.S. has thrown the WTO into crisis by blocking the appointment of new judges, undermining its dispute settlement system just as it […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle make small gains, hogs slip back

ICE Weekly: Canola correction brightens outlook

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend gains after USDA’s US harvest outlook cut

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle make small gains, hogs slip back

ICE Weekly: Canola correction brightens outlook

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend gains after USDA’s US harvest outlook cut

Maintain facilities for improved workflow

U.S. pushes NAFTA talks pace, warns of political headwinds

Nestle to spread out at London ice cream plant

Steel shock drives wedge into sluggish NAFTA talks

Feeding yeast is a good investment

New rules on passive investment arrive in budget

Saskatchewan pulls sales tax off farm insurance

Amid fresh Trump tension, negotiators seek NAFTA progress

Final version of Trans-Pacific trade deal released

WTO should prepare for life without U.S., ex-chief Lamy says

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