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Community to ‘transform’ Guelph’s Kemptville ag campus

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 19, 2018

The home municipality for Ontario Agricultural College’s (OAC) former Kemptville campus is set to remake the site as an “education and community hub.” The municipality of North Grenville, which includes Kemptville, about 40 km south of Ottawa, closed a deal in December to purchase the Kemptville ag campus, with the official transfer due to take […] Read more

Montana farmer Michelle Erickson-Jones speaks in a TV spot for Farmers for Free Trade. (Video screengrab from FarmersForFreeTrade.com)

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U.S. farm group targets Trump with free-trade ads

By GFM Network News March 13, 2018

Washington | Reuters — A farm lobbying group is spending US$500,000 to air television ads on channels near U.S. President Donald Trump’s home in Florida to encourage free trade, with the group worried recent metal tariffs could result in retaliation against U.S. agricultural goods. Farmers for Free Trade, a bipartisan group, on Tuesday said it […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

USDA pulls plan to stiffen rules for organic egg farms

By GFM Network News March 13, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture scrapped proposed rules on Monday that for the first time would have mandated specific space requirements for hens laying organic eggs and spelled out what it means for the birds to have access to the outdoors. USDA determined it did not have the authority to impose […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Missouri turkeys turn up with low-path bird flu

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 11, 2018

A commercial flock of about 20,000 turkeys in southwestern Missouri has turned up with low-pathogenicity (“low-path”) H7N1 avian flu, marking the first such case in the U.S. this year. The flock was on a turkey farm in Jasper County, about 140 km northwest of Branson. Missouri is on the Mississippi flyway for migratory birds, which […] Read more

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Trade bloc Mercosur, Canada launch talks for trade deal

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 9, 2018

Asuncion| Reuters — South American trade bloc Mercosur formally launched discussions for a trade deal with Canada on Friday, in a move officials said would signal an embrace of free trade at a time other countries are moving toward protectionist policies. For Canada, the talks with the group, which includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, […] Read more

Canada’s International Trade Minister Francois-Phillippe Champagne goes in to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal on March 8 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo: Reuters/Ivan Alvarado)

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Asia-Pacific nations sign sweeping trade deal without U.S.

By GFM Network News March 8, 2018

Santiago | Reuters — Eleven countries including Canada and Japan signed a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement without the U.S. on Thursday in what one minister called a powerful signal against protectionism and trade wars. The deal came as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed earlier in the day to press ahead with a plan to impose […] Read more

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Canada sticks to measured tack in U.S. trade row

By GFM Network News March 7, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is sticking to its keep-calm strategy as U.S. President Donald Trump ramps up trade war rhetoric, convinced that no move is the best move for the country with the most to lose, but critics say it risks being a soft target if its strategy fails. While the European Union immediately […] Read more

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Glacier FarmMedia launches Farmtario

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 7, 2018

Canada’s largest publisher of farm magazines and newspapers has cultivated a new source of news for farmers in Ontario. Launched Wednesday at the London Farm Show, Farmtario will be a biweekly print publication starting April 30. Its website, Farmtario.com, is available immediately. “We see a bright future for Ontario agriculture and we’re proud to announce […] 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)

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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

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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

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Eggs

Community to ‘transform’ Guelph’s Kemptville ag campus

U.S. farm group targets Trump with free-trade ads

USDA pulls plan to stiffen rules for organic egg farms

Missouri turkeys turn up with low-path bird flu

Trade bloc Mercosur, Canada launch talks for trade deal

Asia-Pacific nations sign sweeping trade deal without U.S.

Canada sticks to measured tack in U.S. trade row

Glacier FarmMedia launches Farmtario

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

Steel shock drives wedge into sluggish NAFTA talks

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