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Toronto MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith’s bill to tighten animal cruelty legislation in Canada has been voted down in the Commons on second reading. (NErskine-Smith.liberal.ca)

Bill to tighten cruelty laws downed in Commons

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 6, 2016

A federal private member’s bill meant to tighten animal cruelty laws in Canada — alarming farm organizations and energizing animal welfare groups en route — has gone the way of most private members’ bills. Bill C-246, introduced in February by Toronto Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith and given first reading, died Wednesday in the House of […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

EU’s Juncker seeks to win over Austria on CETA

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 5, 2016

Strasbourg | Reuters –– European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker expressed optimism on Wednesday that EU governments would agree a contentious free trade deal this month ahead of a meeting with a skeptical Austrian chancellor. Juncker said the EU needed to ensure that a deal agreed with Canada two years ago entered into force in a […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

NAFTA negotiators see gains for Canada if pact reopened

By GFM Network News October 4, 2016

Reuters — Canada, fearful of talk by the U.S. presidential candidates to reopen the North American Free Trade Agreement, could use the opportunity to push for a better deal on worker mobility, dispute resolutions and other issues, Canadian negotiators of the original pact said. Republican Donald Trump calls NAFTA the worst trade deal signed by […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Cargill profit jumps on beef demand, grain margins

By GFM Network News October 4, 2016

Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill reported a sharply higher quarterly net profit on Tuesday, helped by rising beef demand and stronger grain trading and processing margins. The privately held company’s net income rose 66 per cent to $852 million in the first quarter ended Aug. 31 from $512 million a year earlier (all figures […] Read more

General

Manitoba farmers feel left out on farm policy tour

By GFM Network News October 4, 2016

CNS Canada –– Manitoba has been dropped from an upcoming consulting tour meant to lay the foundation for Canada’s next agricultural policy funding framework. That will limit the province’s producers, the head of an industry group says. The House of Commons’ standing committee on agriculture and agri-food is holding a consulting tour to hear from […] Read more

Austria’s Parliament Building, in Vienna. (CIA.gov)

Livestock, Reuters

Austria’s chancellor sees CETA on right track

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 3, 2016

Vienna | Reuters –– Austria’s government on Monday seemed to have found common ground on a free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada with Chancellor Christian Kern, who has criticized the pact in the past, saying negotiations were on the right track. Social Democrat Kern’s opposition to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Avian flu quarantine ends for Ontario duck farm

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 3, 2016

A federal quarantine has been lifted for a duck farm near St. Catharines, Ont. where birds were confirmed in July with low-pathogenicity (“low-path”) avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has reported the quarantine was lifted effective Sept. 20, at the end of a 21-day waiting period after the commercial-scale farm was depopulated, cleaned and […] Read more

Livestock

Ontario ag minister to get new powers on farm programs

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 27, 2016

Ontario’s minister of agriculture is expected to get direct authority to set up farm programming, as part of a legislative package resurrected from this spring to cut regulatory red tape. Provincial Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid on Tuesday reintroduced the Burden Reduction Act, a package of amendments meant to “reduce regulatory burdens and practices that […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Ontario to scale back renewable energy purchases

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 27, 2016

Toronto | Reuters –– Ontario will scale back its purchase of renewable power in a move expected to result in savings of up to $3.8 billion from a 2013 forecast, the provincial government said on Tuesday. It’s not clear consumers will benefit directly, though the province’s Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault told a news conference a […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Growmark buys up Ontario farm fuel firm UPI

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 26, 2016

U.S. farm co-operative Growmark is set to boost its space in the Ontario farm supply market with a deal for the half of fuel supplier UPI Energy it doesn’t already own. Growmark on Monday announced it would buy the remaining 50 per cent stake in Guelph-based UPI from Suncor Energy for an undisclosed sum. UPI […] Read more

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Eggs

Bill to tighten cruelty laws downed in Commons

EU’s Juncker seeks to win over Austria on CETA

NAFTA negotiators see gains for Canada if pact reopened

Cargill profit jumps on beef demand, grain margins

Manitoba farmers feel left out on farm policy tour

Austria’s chancellor sees CETA on right track

Avian flu quarantine ends for Ontario duck farm

Ontario ag minister to get new powers on farm programs

Ontario to scale back renewable energy purchases

Growmark buys up Ontario farm fuel firm UPI

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