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Britain to protect pork pies, whisky with new scheme after EU exit

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 23, 2020

London | Reuters — New rules to guarantee the authenticity and origin of traditional British foods, such as Stilton cheese and Melton Mowbray pork pies, after the end of the UK’s Brexit transition period, were set out by the government on Thursday. Britain left the European Union at the end of January and an 11-month […] Read more

Columns

Farm Financial Planner: A COVID-19 plan could save the family farm

In a term of illness, a succession plan can provide for farm management

By Andrew Allentuck October 22, 2020

Death may be inevitable, but the new reality of COVID-19 is that it can strike long before the end of a planned retirement. Conventional preparations like having a will and a plan for distribution of farmland and machinery, inventory, and financial assets, such as stocks, bonds and bank accounts, are usually done as distant contingency […] Read more

In early 2020, Mack introduced the medium-duty Class 6 and 7 MD truck series.

Equipment, Features, Machinery

New players enter the light- and medium-duty truck segment

International and Mack move back into familiar territory

By Scott Garvey October 20, 2020

Over the past few decades, many truck manufacturers have retreated from the broad range of models they offered to specialize in specific segments of the market. However, recently, some brands have been expanding their offerings once again and returning to segments they had previously abandoned. Among those going down that path are International (under Navistar […] Read more

File photo of a pumpjack in an Alberta field. (ImagineGolf/E+/Getty Images)

General, Reuters

Alberta gives oil and gas drillers municipal tax break

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News October 19, 2020

Reuters — Struggling oil and gas companies in Alberta will get a three-year break on municipal property taxes for land where they are drilling wells or building pipelines, the provincial government said on Monday. The Alberta government said it would also lower property tax assessments on less-productive wells and eliminate a provincial tax on drills. […] Read more

Men wearing what look like military uniforms speak with a member of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) outside of the Senekal magistrate’s court at Senekal in South Africa’s Free State province on Oct. 16, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)

General, Reuters

South African white farmers, Black protesters face off over farm murder

Two suspected killers of farmer attend court hearing

By GFM Network News October 16, 2020

Senekal | Reuters –– White South African farmers and Black protesters hurled abuse and threats at each other on Friday during a court hearing in a murder case that has exposed still simmering racial tensions 26 years after the end of apartheid. The killing of Brendan Horner, a white man whose body was found tied […] Read more

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou leaves B.C. Supreme Court on a lunch break during her extradition hearing in Vancouver on Jan. 22, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)

Canola, Crops, Reuters

China denies ‘coercive’ diplomacy with Canada

Envoy again urges release of Huawei executive

By GFM Network News October 16, 2020

Ottawa | Reuters — China on Thursday denied it had taken two Canadian men hostage, and repeated a call for the release of a Huawei Technologies executive held in Canada who faces extradition to the United States amid a long-running diplomatic dispute. Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, a Chinese citizen, was arrested in Vancouver […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Canary seed supplies tighten

'Hidden' stocks of product seen shrinking

By GFM Network News October 16, 2020

MarketsFarm — Canary seed stocks are presently tight for two reasons: unreported inventories have been used up, and poor yields from this year’s crop. David Nobbs of Purely Canada Foods in Saskatoon explained there was a “hidden inventory over the last four to five years,” never reported to Statistics Canada, that was used to meet […] Read more

Louise and Percy Schmeiser. (Mary Lou Schechtel photo courtesy Mongrel Media)

Canola, Crops

Farmer and activist Percy Schmeiser, 89

Thorn in Monsanto's side also the subject of a new major film

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 15, 2020

Funeral services are to be held and livestreamed Saturday for Prairie farmer, businessman and activist Percy Schmeiser, best known for his ultimately unsuccessful court battles with the company behind Roundup Ready canola. Schmeiser, who farmed at Bruno, Sask., about 90 km east of Saskatoon, died Tuesday at age 89. According to Saskatchewan media, he had […] Read more

Due to the shift to larger bins, a lot of farms don’t have adequate power to have fans big enough to move adequate air, says a Canola Council of Canada expert.

Crops, Features

Explore your options for heating and grain drying infrastructure

Experts advise farmers to consider the economics and benefits and to plan ahead, plus tips on airflow and spoilage prevention

By Madeleine Baerg October 14, 2020

Last year’s cold, wet harvest conditions proved a challenging test for many Prairie producers, both during harvest and once grain was in the bin. Even in a good year, effective fan technology is critical to successful storage. Last year, many farmers with heating and drying infrastructure and grain bin monitoring technologies were able to take […] Read more

The United Nations’ General Assembly Hall in Manhattan. (BWZenith/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Reuters, Weather

World Food Program seeking billions within six months to avert famine

Pandemic may double hunger worldwide, agency says

By GFM Network News October 14, 2020

London | Reuters — The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) will need to raise US$6.8 billion over the next six months to avert famine amid the COVID-19 crisis, the agency said on Tuesday. The WFP, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last week for its efforts to prevent the use of hunger as […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit contract highs on tight supply

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on doubts over U.S.-China trade progress

Alberta harvest wrapping up: report

Other crops

Britain to protect pork pies, whisky with new scheme after EU exit

Farm Financial Planner: A COVID-19 plan could save the family farm

New players enter the light- and medium-duty truck segment

Alberta gives oil and gas drillers municipal tax break

South African white farmers, Black protesters face off over farm murder

China denies ‘coercive’ diplomacy with Canada

Canary seed supplies tighten

Farmer and activist Percy Schmeiser, 89

Explore your options for heating and grain drying infrastructure

World Food Program seeking billions within six months to avert famine

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