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U.S. House approves farm bill without tighter food stamps criteria

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 12, 2018

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. House of Representatives passed the farm bill on Wednesday, capping months of acrimonious debate to finalize the legislation funding the nation’s US$867 billion food and agriculture programs. The bill, which passed by a vote of 369 to 47, will be submitted to President Donald Trump for his signature into […] Read more

Bayer CEO Werner Baumann, shown here May 25 at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in Bonn, is reportedly under pressure to boost the company’s share price. (File photo: Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay)

Livestock, Reuters

Bayer to shed animal health division, others after Monsanto deal

By GFM Network News November 29, 2018

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer, the German drugmaker that bought U.S. seed company Monsanto, announced on Thursday the sale of its animal health business and a number of others, around 12,000 job cuts and 3.3 billion euros (C$4.98 billion) in impairments. CEO Werner Baumann is under pressure to boost Bayer’s share price after a drop […] Read more

Brooks and Jen White OYF Manitoba regional finalists – it all starts with looking after the soil.

Crops, Livestock, News

Canada’s OYF: Manitoba nominees

Manitoba’s Brooks and Jen White focus on regenerating farm and business

By Angela Lovell November 22, 2018

Brooks and Jen White, Manitoba’s 2018 Outstanding Young Farmers, have set some specific goals for their grain and bison farm near Lyleton in southwest Manitoba, which all revolve around their vision statement of “regenerative” agriculture. Since taking over the fifth-generation farm in 2012, Brooks and his wife Jen have grown the farm’s bison herd to […] Read more

Tuberculosis bacteria under an electron microscope. (Janice Haney Carr photo courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.))

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB case turns up in southern B.C.

By GFM Network News November 19, 2018

Federal food safety officials are now looking into the life story of a slaughtered British Columbia beef cow confirmed with bovine tuberculosis. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced it has launched an investigation after a mature beef cow was confirmed Nov. 9 with bovine TB. The case comes a few months after the […] Read more

Close up of veterinarian hand holding syringe and bottle on farm with cow in background

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

New December regulation will benefit livestock industry

Animal Health: You’ll need prescriptions for antimicrobials, along with a client/veterinarian relationship

By Roy Lewis October 31, 2018

If you raise livestock, use animal health products, and don’t have a solid relationship with a veterinarian, please read this article and pass it on to a producer you know whom seldom uses a veterinarian as they are the main group to benefit greatly from some of the examples in this article. There is apprehension […] Read more

CAQ leader Francois Legault shakes hands with supporters in Quebec City on Oct. 1, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Chris Wattie)

Crops

CAQ’s ag critic among winners in Quebec election

By GFM Network News October 4, 2018

The agriculture critic for Francois Legault’s Coalition avenir Quebec (CAQ) will be among the party’s returning MNAs as it forms Quebec’s next government. The CAQ pulled a majority government in Monday’s election with 74 seats, defeating Philippe Couillard’s Liberals, who were reduced to 32 seats, followed by Quebec solidaire with 10 seats and the Parti […] Read more

Taste-testing during a Canadian Beef Advantage Seminar in Shanghai in 2013. (Canada Beef via YouTube)

General, Markets, Reuters

Trade pact clause seen deterring China trade deals with Canada, Mexico

By GFM Network News October 3, 2018

Washington | Reuters — China’s hopes of negotiating a free trade pact with Canada or Mexico were dealt a sharp setback by a provision deep in the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that aims to forbid such deals with “non-market” countries, trade experts said on Tuesday. The provision specifies that if one of the current North […] Read more

Mexico’s president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador looks on while listening to relatives of missing persons in Mexico City on Sept. 14, 2018. (File photo: Reuters/Violeta Schmidt)

General, Markets, Reuters

Mexican president-elect insists on trilateral NAFTA

By GFM Network News September 28, 2018

Washington/Mexico City | Reuters — The United States and Mexico are due to release the text of their trade agreement on Friday, increasing pressure on Canada to join its partners in revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement while Mexico’s president-elect said he would insist on a trilateral pact. President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said […] Read more

General, Markets

Sobeys parent to buy fresh-food grocer Farm Boy

By GFM Network News September 24, 2018

The owner of the Sobeys and Canada Safeway chains has a deal in place to buy southern Ontario grocery retailer Farm Boy, a well known patron of the region’s producers. In a deal still subject to review by the federal Competition Bureau, Empire Co. announced Monday it will pay $800 million for the grocery chain, […] Read more

The goal of the Livestock Welfare Engagement Project is to look at animal welfare in Alberta’s livestock industry.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

What’s your take on current livestock welfare?

Animal welfare survey available until Oct. 31

By Angela Lovell September 20, 2018

Alberta’s livestock sector has until October 31 to complete a survey as part of the Livestock Welfare Engagement Project being conducted by Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC) on behalf of the Alberta government. The goal of the project, says AFAC in a recent press release, is a collaborative look at animal welfare in Alberta’s livestock […] Read more

Daily Network News

Moroccan fertilizer maker OCP expects output to drop 30 per cent in Q2, sources say

Feed Grain Weekly: Demand rises despite war uncertainty

How farmers can manage stress, anxiety during spring seeding

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