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Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev. (Akorda.kz)

Kazakhstan land protests widen in challenge to leader

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 27, 2016

Almaty | Reuters — Hundreds of people staged street protests in two cities in Kazakhstan on Wednesday over land reform, Kazakh media and local activists reported, a rare act of defiance that could pose a challenge to the leadership of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. The protests, a continuation of demonstrations that began on Sunday, were sparked […] Read more

Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev met April 14 with EU agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan. Government officials quoted Hogan as noting “wide prospects of co-operation in the agricultural sector.” (Government.kz)

Crops, Reuters

Kazakhs stage rare protest over farmland privatization

By GFM Network News April 26, 2016

Almaty | Reuters –– Hundreds of people held a rare public protest in the Kazakh oil industry hub Atyrau on Sunday against new regulations which they fear will allow foreigners to buy local farmland, although the government has said this would not happen. The central Asian nation, whose area is roughly the same size as […] Read more

Crops

Farms.com buys Better Farming

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 26, 2016

A U.S. online agriculture firm has taken another step into paper and ink with a deal for independent Ontario ag journal Better Farming. Ames, Iowa-based Farms.com announced last week it has taken a majority stake in Better Farming publisher Ag Media Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Ag Media was formed in 1999 by ex-employees of […] Read more

It is hard to determine if there is a good or bad guy in this whole story. The end of the ketchup wars will come down to the taste test.

Columns, Hart Attacks

Ketchup is not just a condiment

Lee Hart’s saucy commentary on Canada’s recent ketchup brand wars

By Lee Hart April 21, 2016

I do want to tell you about the immeasurable grief and misery our tiny band of adventurers endured last month in setting up the upper camp before our final assault on Everest, but to more important things first — what are your thoughts on the recent ketchup war in Canada? Are you in the French’s or […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

California communities beg for relief from drought restrictions

By GFM Network News April 21, 2016

Sacramento | Reuters — California communities where a wet winter has filled reservoirs and begun ameliorating the state’s catastrophic four-year drought begged water regulators on Wednesday to reduce or eliminate emergency conservation measures imposed last year. Facing pushback from aggravated consumers under the ongoing rules, water utilities say they will have little credibility asking for […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Russian farming firm to test investor appetite

By GFM Network News April 21, 2016

Moscow | Reuters — Russian farming conglomerate Rusagro launched a secondary share offering on Thursday which will test foreign appetite for Russian assets. Share sales by Russian companies have been rare since Western sanctions imposed in 2014 over Ukraine cut access to foreign capital markets and after a sharp drop in global oil prices, the […] Read more

Manitoba’s incumbent agriculture minister Ron Kostyshyn, shown here in March last year, was one of 12 ministers in Premier Greg Selinger’s cabinet defeated in their constituencies in the April 19 election. (Manitoba Co-operator photo by Shannon VanRaes)

Crops

Manitoba ag minister unseated in Tory sweep

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 20, 2016

Manitoba’s incumbent agriculture minister was among the casualties in Tuesday’s provincial election as Brian Pallister’s Progressive Conservatives swept the New Democrats from office. Ron Kostyshyn lost his seat Tuesday to Tory candidate Rick Wowchuk, a schoolteacher from Swan River, by a spread of over 1,500 votes. Kostyshyn, a cow-calf producer from Ethelbert, Man., had been […] Read more

Nova Scotia Finance Minister Randy Delorey lays out the budget for reporters Tuesday in Halifax. (NovaScotia.ca)

Crops, Grapes

Nova Scotia pledges food donation tax credit in budget

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 19, 2016

A tax credit for Nova Scotia farmers who donate produce to local food banks is among the policy plans laid out in the province’s latest budget. Finance Minister Randy Delorey’s budget on Tuesday showed an overall $17.1 million net surplus position on $10.15 billion in total expenses and $10.26 billion in total revenues (minus $110.3 […] Read more

Crops, Grapes, Reuters

World wine trade buoyed by rebound in China demand

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 18, 2016

Paris | Reuters –– Wine exporters toasted an upturn in Chinese wine consumption in 2015 after a two-year decline, as a growing taste there for reds helped global wine trade expand, the International Vine and Wine organization (OIV) said Monday. Chinese imports jumped 44 per cent to 5.5 million hectolitres, while overall consumption in the […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Doomsday Vault keepers move to lock up more funding

By GFM Network News April 17, 2016

Oslo | Reuters — The Crop Trust, which runs a so-called doomsday seed vault in the Arctic, secured a doubling of its core funds on Friday and urged the private sector to do more to safeguard commercial food production. Friday’s pledges totalling about $150 million were mainly from governments, including the U.S., Germany and Australia, […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain on higher beef values, tight supplies

Mail strike disrupts grain sample delivery

U.S. grains: Soybeans tick up as market weighs crops, U.S.-China ties

Other fruit-vegetable

Kazakhstan land protests widen in challenge to leader

Kazakhs stage rare protest over farmland privatization

Farms.com buys Better Farming

California communities beg for relief from drought restrictions

Russian farming firm to test investor appetite

Manitoba ag minister unseated in Tory sweep

Nova Scotia pledges food donation tax credit in budget

World wine trade buoyed by rebound in China demand

Doomsday Vault keepers move to lock up more funding

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