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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

Crops, Reuters

German chemical firm Lanxess to buy Chemtura

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 26, 2016

Reuters — Lanxess AG said on Sunday it would buy specialty chemical company Chemtura Corp. for about US$2.5 billion, to improve the German company’s additives business. Lanxess’s offer of US$33.50 for each Chemtura share represents a premium of about 19 per cent to the Philadelphia-based company’s close on Friday. The world’s largest synthetic rubber maker […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

EU bids to seal CETA as U.S. deal prospects fade

By GFM Network News September 23, 2016

Bratislava | Reuters –– European Union ministers took steps Friday to approve a contentious free trade deal with Canada, while France and Austria demanded that talks towards a similar agreement with the United States should stop. Both deals have triggered demonstrations by unions and protest groups who say they will spark a “race to the […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Canada, China agree to tighten trade ties

By GFM Network News September 22, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada and China said Thursday they would start exploratory talks on a free trade pact, but gave few details about a possible extradition treaty for Chinese fugitives which has triggered criticism in Canada. Canada’s Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, elected last year, is trying to improve ties and increase trade with […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

EU, Canada seek to win over CETA doubters with declaration

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 21, 2016

Vienna/Brussels | Reuters — Canada’s trade minister and the European Union’s trade chief sought Wednesday to overcome the doubts of Austria and other EU members over a planned EU-Canada free trade deal, with a declaration spelling out the limits of the contentious pact. Canadian Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, speaking in Vienna, said the legally binding […] Read more

Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), led by the country’s economy minister Sigmar Gabriel, shown here in March, have voted at their congress to approve a Canada-E.U. trade pact. (Susanne Eriksson photo, BMWI.de)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Germany’s Gabriel gets green light to support CETA

By GFM Network News September 19, 2016

Wolfsburg, Germany | Reuters — Germany appeared set on Monday to back an ambitious trade accord between the European Union and Canada after the leader of the Social Democrats (SPD), junior partner in the ruling coalition, overcame left-wing resistance to the deal within his party. The SPD decision paves the way for EU member states […] Read more

A preserved portion of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany. (CIA.gov)

Livestock, Reuters

German minister expects to win vote on CETA

By GFM Network News September 15, 2016

Montreal | Reuters –– Germany’s economy minister said Thursday he expected the country’s Social Democrats, a junior partner in the ruling coalition, to vote in favour of a free-trade agreement between Canada and the European Union at a party meeting on Sept. 19. “We will get a majority vote,” German Vice-Chancellor and Economic Affairs Minister […] Read more

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Eggs

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

German chemical firm Lanxess to buy Chemtura

EU bids to seal CETA as U.S. deal prospects fade

Canada, China agree to tighten trade ties

EU, Canada seek to win over CETA doubters with declaration

Germany’s Gabriel gets green light to support CETA

German minister expects to win vote on CETA

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