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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks Aug. 23, 2017 at a Montreal charity event. (PM.gc.ca)

NAFTA talks resume in Mexico City

By GFM Network News September 1, 2017

Mexico City | Reuters — Trade negotiators from Canada and the U.S. gathered under rainy skies in Mexico City on Friday to discuss the North American Free Trade Agreement, with the mood darkened by U.S. President Donald Trump’s persistent threats to pull out. Teams from the three countries were due to kick off a second […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Sask. harvest 26 per cent in the bin, topsoil moisture continues to decline

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending August 28

By Saskatchewan Agriculture August 31, 2017

Relatively warm and dry weather has allowed producers to continue making good time with harvest, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report. Twenty-six per cent of the crop is now in the bin, well ahead of the five-year (2012-2016) average for this time of year of 16 per cent combined. Twenty-four per cent of the […] Read more

Gerry Ritz won’t be coming back to the House of Commons in September. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Shannon VanRaes)

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Ex-agriculture minister Gerry Ritz quits Commons

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 31, 2017

Gerry Ritz, the federal minister for agriculture and agri-food for nine years in Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, is done with federal politics. The MP for the western Saskatchewan riding of Battlefords-Lloydminster since 1997, Ritz announced via Twitter Thursday morning that he “will not be returning to my seat in the House of Commons this fall.” […] Read more

Crops, Weather

FCC pledges flexibility for soaked Ontario, Quebec growers

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 31, 2017

Canada’s federal ag lending agency has announced a customer support program to limit “financial pressure” on its farming clients in rain-soaked areas of western Quebec and eastern Ontario. Farm Credit Canada on Wednesday announced the program, in which it said it “will work with customers to come up with solutions for their operation(s) to reduce […] Read more

Luc Berthold, shown here in April 2011 during his stint as mayor of Thetford Mines, Que., is the new lead Opposition critic for agriculture and agri-food. (Ville.ThetfordMines.qc.ca)

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Federal Tories look east for ag critic

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 30, 2017

The federal Conservatives have tapped one of their rookie Quebec MPs as the new agriculture critic for Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. Andrew Scheer, elected in May as the Tories’ new leader, on Wednesday announced his first shadow cabinet with Luc Berthold, the MP for Megantic-L’Erable, as agriculture and agri-food critic and John Barlow, MP for […] Read more

Missing equipment found on a rural property southwest of Saskatoon in 2016 was valued at over $1.2 million. (Photo courtesy Saskatoon RCMP)

Livestock, Machinery

Saskatchewan rancher pleads guilty over stolen ag equipment

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 29, 2017

A western Saskatchewan cattle rancher has pled guilty on 18 charges over the discovery last year of tractors, balers and other farm equipment reported missing in the region, according to Saskatoon media. Iain Stables, 39, of the RM of Montrose entered guilty pleas in Provincial Court in Saskatoon Monday on 17 counts of possession of […] Read more

Alanna Koch appears with her family on a new website for her candidacy as Saskatchewan Party leader. (Alannaforleader.ca)

Crops

Koch to seek Saskatchewan Party leadership

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 29, 2017

A long-time Prairie agriculture policy player who last year became Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall’s seniormost bureaucrat has joined the race to replace him. Alanna Koch, who farms with her husband at Edenwold, Sask., about 40 km northeast of Regina, announced her candidacy Monday for the leadership of the province’s governing Saskatchewan Party. Koch was the […] Read more

Crops

Richardson buying two Alberta crop input retailers

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 28, 2017

Two independent crop input retailers in northeastern Alberta will become part of Richardson Pioneer’s ag retail chain starting Friday. Richardson on Monday announced it will buy Webb’s Crop Services Ltd. at Vermilion and Agro Guys Inc. at Forestburg, about 165 km southwest of Vermilion, for undisclosed sums. Both deals are expected to close Thursday, with […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters, Weather

Harvey’s rains sending fuel prices higher

By GFM Network News August 28, 2017

Houston | Reuters — U.S. fuel prices surged on Monday as two more Gulf Coast refiners cut output and a third considered reductions, leaving more than 13 per cent of the country’s refining capacity offline after Tropical Storm Harvey flooded plants and shut seaports. The storm swung back over the Gulf of Mexico on Monday […] Read more

About 180 people attended a meeting Aug. 25 about a potential high-speed rail line through southern Ontario. (John Greig photo)

Crops, Machinery

Greig: Southern Ontario farmers protest high-speed rail impact

By GFM Network News August 25, 2017

A power corridor that runs from London to Kitchener, Ont. has been a silent neighbour for many who farm in that area. But it’s looking a lot more menacing to them lately, as the likely route for a proposed high-speed rail line from London to Toronto, with stops in Kitchener-Waterloo and Guelph. Farmers in the […] Read more

Prairie forecast: Looks like summer weather

Bank of Canada head expresses concern about Trump’s Fed actions

Carney expects ‘constructive’ trade talks with China to deepen

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