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Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Markets, Reuters

British food lobby warns of food shortages from no-deal Brexit

By GFM Network News August 7, 2019

London | Reuters — Britain will experience shortages of some fresh foods for weeks or even months if a disorderly no-deal Brexit leaves perishable produce rotting in lorries at ports, Britain’s food and drink lobby warned on Wednesday. Retailers such as Tesco have warned that leaving the European Union on Oct. 31 without a transition […] Read more

The new McDonald’s advertisements will be the first time that most Canadians see the new Egg Quality Assurance certification mark. Photo: McDonald’s Canada

Poultry/Eggs

McDonald’s to promote Egg Farmers of Canada standards

By GFM Network News July 30, 2019

Egg Farmers of Canada is working with McDonald’s Canada to launch a new certification trademark for eggs served in the food service chain’s 1,400 restaurants nationwide. McDonald’s advertising for its Egg BLT McMuffin sandwich sold this summer will display the EQA (Egg Quality Assurance) trademark. “The EQA program is the culmination of decades of work […] Read more

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau addresses the 2019 Dairy Farmers of Canada AGM in Saskatoon in July. (Photo courtesy AAFC)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Supply-managed sector compensation details due before election

By GFM Network News July 22, 2019

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has pledged to lay out details on trade pact compensation for supply-managed sectors before the federal election in October. The pledge comes as the federal Liberals face pressure from supply-managed sectors and the federal opposition Conservatives to deliver on compensation for access granted to the Canadian market under Canada’s free […] Read more

File photo of a small greenhouse operation in Quebec. Greenhouse crop producers will be among the specific beneficiaries of a new federal pilot program for temporary foreign workers. (ManonAllard/E+/Getty Images)

General, Markets

Agriculture foreign workers get new path to residency

By GFM Network News July 12, 2019

Updated, July 15 — The federal government has announced a pilot program that will make it easier for farms and food companies to maintain workers they recruit from around the world. Ahmed Hussen, minister for immigration, refugees and citizenship, announced the program Friday at Maple Leaf Foods in Mississauga. Why it matters: There’s a labour […] Read more

File photo of a cowboy herding cattle near a Mexican roadside. (GummyBone/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Markets, Reuters

USMCA dispute panel fix must be ‘across the board,’ Mexico says

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 11, 2019

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico sees a push to close a dispute resolution loophole in the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade deal as a way to protect its interests as well as helping satisfy demands by U.S. Democrats that the deal contain stricter labour measures, a senior official said on Thursday. Reuters reported last week that Mexico […] Read more

General

Former Ontario Tory ag critic returns to file as assistant

By GFM Network News June 30, 2019

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has added a second veteran MPP to assist Ag Minister Ernie Hardeman with the agriculture, food and rural affairs portfolio. Ford on Wednesday named Toby Barrett as parliamentary assistant to the minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs, with responsibility for agriculture and food. Randy Pettapiece, who since June last year […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Farm labour shortage seen costing billions, expected to rise

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 25, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s farm labour deficit is expected to double by 2029 to 123,000 workers, or one in three jobs, as shortages continue to hit the sector’s bottom line, the Canadian Agriculture Human Resource Council said on Tuesday. Farmers in Canada have long reported challenges in recruiting farm workers because the rural-based work […] Read more

A green lentil crop in southeastern Saskatchewan on May 31, 2019. (Leeann Minogue photo)

General, Machinery, Markets

Farm equity growth slows in 2018

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News June 21, 2019

MarketsFarm — Equity in Canada’s farm sector increased by 3.6 per cent in 2018, hitting $522.2 billion, according to a report Thursday from Statistics Canada. The growth was well below the 6.4 per cent increase reported the previous year, and continued a trend of slower growth since 2013. Realized net farm income was down by […] Read more

Federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on April 10, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Chris Wattie)

General, Machinery, Weather

Tories’ climate plan focused on green investment

By GFM Network News June 20, 2019

The federal Conservatives’ proposed replacement for the Liberal government’s framework on climate change offers several shout-outs to farmers, in a document focused on green investment rather than current consumption patterns. The lead opposition party’s plan, launched Wednesday by leader Andrew Scheer, proposes to scrap the Trudeau government’s current carbon pricing plan, which imposes levies on […] Read more

A Mexican port-of-entry sign on Highway 92 near Naco, Arizona. (Rex_Wholster/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Markets, Reuters

Mexico becomes first country to ratify USMCA deal

By GFM Network News June 19, 2019

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico on Wednesday became the first country to ratify the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) agreed late last year to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) at the behest of U.S. President Donald Trump. By a vote of 114 in favour to four against, Mexico’s Senate backed the trade […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

Eggs

British food lobby warns of food shortages from no-deal Brexit

McDonald’s to promote Egg Farmers of Canada standards

Supply-managed sector compensation details due before election

Agriculture foreign workers get new path to residency

USMCA dispute panel fix must be ‘across the board,’ Mexico says

Former Ontario Tory ag critic returns to file as assistant

Farm labour shortage seen costing billions, expected to rise

Farm equity growth slows in 2018

Tories’ climate plan focused on green investment

Mexico becomes first country to ratify USMCA deal

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