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End of reefer madness could clear air for Canadian hemp

By GFM Network News October 18, 2016

CNS Canada — Anticipated legislative changes for marijuana production could spill over to hemp, according to the head of an industry group — but this year, Canada’s hemp producers are struggling to meet a surprise demand increase from Asia. “There’s lots of discussion with things changing in the marijuana arena; hemp also falls in that […] 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

New Brunswick’s Opportunities NB and Regional Development Corporation recently announced a $4 million loan for medical marijuana company Zenabis to put up a new indoor production facility at Atholville, in the province’s north. (Zenabis.com)

Crops, Reuters

New Brunswick college to launch marijuana cultivation course

By GFM Network News October 5, 2016

Reuters — A college in New Brunswick plans to institute a program on marijuana cultivation so that students can be trained to work at local companies that produce the drug, a school official said on Tuesday. College Communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick will launch the course sometime next year, said Michel Doucet, executive director of continuing education […] Read more

Cathy Glover. (Photo courtesy Country Life in B.C.)

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B.C. farm journal under new ownership

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 29, 2016

The monthly paper billed as Canada’s oldest independently-owned farm journal has yielded a new owner from its own front office. Cathy Glover, the assistant editor and sales manager for Country Life in B.C., was announced Wednesday as the journal’s new owner, taking over from retiring editor/publisher Peter Wilding. British Columbia’s commercial farmers and ranchers “have […] Read more

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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

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Manitoba government overhauls MASC board

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 26, 2016

CORRECTED, Sept. 28: Manitoba’s Tory government has replaced nearly the entire board table at its Crown crop insurance and farm financing agency. Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler on Monday named Darlingford, Man. grain grower and accountant Jim Wilson and former federal agriculture minister Charlie Mayer as the new chair and vice-chair respectively for Manitoba Agricultural Services […] Read more

An unauthorized outdoor cannabis “grow” operation found by RCMP northwest of Winnipeg in August 2013. (Photo courtesy Manitoba RCMP)

Crops, Reuters

Canada to press U.S. on ‘ludicrous’ marijuana border policy

By GFM Network News September 9, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters –– Canada will push the United States to change a border policy that has banned Canadians who admit to having used marijuana from travel to the U.S., given Canada’s plans to legalize pot, a government spokesman said Friday. The case of a Canadian man barred from U.S. travel because he admitted to […] Read more

Cape Horn, the southernmost point of Chile. (CIA.gov)

Livestock, Reuters

Chile plans to send TPP deal to Congress this year

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 25, 2016

Santiago | Reuters — The Chilean government is expecting to send the Pacific trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to its Congress for approval by the end of 2016, President Michelle Bachelet said Thursday. The 12-nation TPP aims to liberalize commerce in 40 per cent of the world’s economy, but its future is […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Canada to allow medical marijuana users to grow their own

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 11, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Medical marijuana patients in Canada will be allowed to grow a limited amount of cannabis for their own use or designate someone to grow it for them, the government said Thursday. The government had been given six months to comply with a federal court ruling that struck down the previous administration’s […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Hemp industry scrambling to meet new Korean demand

By GFM Network News June 2, 2016

CNS Canada — An explosion in demand for Canadian hemp out of South Korea is welcome news for the industry, but strict regulations may hamper just how much of that demand will be met this year. “The doors have blown off the market in Korea for hemp,” said Kim Shukla, executive director of the Canadian […] Read more

Louis Dreyfus posts higher volumes, lower profits in first half

China snaps up Australian canola after trade spat with Canada, sources say

Canada, Mexico announce new partnership

GFM Network News

Louis Dreyfus posts higher volumes, lower profits in first half

China snaps up Australian canola after trade spat with Canada, sources say

Canada, Mexico announce new partnership

Hemp

End of reefer madness could clear air for Canadian hemp

EU’s Juncker seeks to win over Austria on CETA

New Brunswick college to launch marijuana cultivation course

B.C. farm journal under new ownership

Ontario ag minister to get new powers on farm programs

Manitoba government overhauls MASC board

Canada to press U.S. on ‘ludicrous’ marijuana border policy

Chile plans to send TPP deal to Congress this year

Canada to allow medical marijuana users to grow their own

Hemp industry scrambling to meet new Korean demand

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