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

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

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables

B.C. greenhouse peppers cleared for Japan

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 30, 2016

Canada and Japan have agreed on import conditions by which British Columbia’s produce growers will be able to ship greenhouse peppers to Japan. The agreement, effective immediately, means the province’s growers “could be looking at up to $20 million worth of pepper exports a year to Japan once the agreement is fully implemented,” B.C. Agriculture […] Read more

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Spirits firm Corby closes deal for Ungava gin maker

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 30, 2016

Toronto spirits manufacturer Corby Spirit and Wine has closed on its deal for the spirits assets of cider maker Domaines Pinnacle, including the Quebec company’s flagship Ungava gin brand. Corby, whose brands include J.P. Wiser’s whisky, Lamb’s rum and Polar Ice vodka, announced in late August it would pay $12 million cash for the Pinnacle […] Read more

Crops, Grapes

Switzerland to recognize Canada’s organic wine, processed foods

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 29, 2016

Canada and Switzerland have reached a deal to recognize each other’s organic certifications on wine and “multi-ingredient” foods. The two countries on Thursday announced expansions of their previous organic arrangement, which deems their respective certification systems to be equivalent for organic ag commodities and agrifood products. The amended deal takes effect Saturday (Oct. 1). The […] Read more

Mosaic’s potash facility at Esterhazy, Sask. (Greg Berg photo)

Crops, Reuters

Water meeting safety standards after sinkhole leak, Mosaic says

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News September 29, 2016

Reuters — Testing of nine wells near a sinkhole at a Mosaic Co. fertilizer facility in Florida, site of a massive leak of contaminated water, shows that water meets safe drinking standards for radioactivity and damage has not spread beyond the site, the company said. A sinkhole 45 feet in diameter and 240 feet deep […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Louis Dreyfus stems profit slide, but headwinds persist

By GFM Network News September 29, 2016

Paris | Reuters — Agricultural trading giant Louis Dreyfus Company eked out a small rise in 2016 first-half net profit, saying steady shipped volumes helped it weather another tough period in commodity markets. Louis Dreyfus has been grappling with ample supply, lower prices and slower economic growth that have cut margins, while also going through […] 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

Crops, Machinery, Markets

OPEC announcement could boost ag markets, maybe

By GFM Network News September 29, 2016

CNS Canada — The bearish malaise that has gripped the North American agricultural market shows no sign of breaking soon, and it could take a major disruption, say such as a hike in oil prices, to lead the way higher, according to some industry watchers. “Let’s say we go to US$55 (per barrel). That would […] Read more

Crops, Machinery

Deere dealer chain Cervus to seek real estate buyer

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 28, 2016

Prairie farm machinery dealer chain Cervus Equipment Corp. plans to sell about 10 properties where it now operates dealerships and become their long-term tenant. The publicly-traded Calgary company, which operates 72 farm and industrial equipment dealerships in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, said Tuesday it plans to seek out a sale-and-leaseback deal for about 10 […] Read more

SABMiller, whose brands in Canada include Miller and Foster’s, and AB InBev, whose Canadian brands include Keith’s, Labatt Blue and 50 and Kokanee, are now expected to close their merger by Oct. 10. (Keiths.ca/SABMiller.com)

Crops, Reuters

SABMiller investors approve takeover by AB InBev

By GFM Network News September 28, 2016

London/Brussels | Reuters — SABMiller shareholders overwhelmingly backed the brewer’s takeover by Anheuser-Busch InBev on Wednesday, clearing the last big hurdle for one of the largest corporate mergers in history. When the deal closes, which AB InBev said Wednesday it expects to happen Oct. 10, the combined group will sell more than a quarter of […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rapid harvest overshadows China trade hopes

Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along

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