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Canada in on TPP pact, to be signed in March

By GFM Network News January 23, 2018

Tokyo | Reuters — Eleven countries aiming to forge a Asia-Pacific trade pact after the U.S. pulled out of an earlier version will sign an agreement in Chile in March, Japan’s economy minister said on Tuesday. Trade officials had been meeting in Tokyo to resolve rifts including Canada’s insistence on protections for its cultural industries […] Read more

One of the best disposal options is to plant the treated seed on fallow or unused ground.

Crops, Features, Livestock

Getting rid of that treated seed

Treated seed can harm livestock, or contaminate an export load. Dispose with care

By Angela Lovell January 11, 2018

The issue of disposal of treated seed hit the headlines recently when a Saskatchewan farmer discovered two cows and a bull dead in his fields after consuming treated canola seed which had been dumped illegally on his land. Seed treated with fungicides or insecticides should never be allowed to enter the feed or food chain. […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Canada taking U.S. to WTO in complaint over trade remedies

By GFM Network News January 10, 2018

Geneva | Reuters — Canada has launched a wide-ranging trade dispute against the United States, challenging Washington’s use of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties, Canada said in a WTO filing dated Dec. 20 and published on Wednesday. Canada appeared to be mounting a case on behalf of the rest of the world, since it cited almost […] Read more

The U.S. National Wildlife Health Center and U.S. Geological Survey in November 2017 produced this map of CWD’s current distribution in North America. (NWHC.usgs.gov)

Livestock

B.C. to block hunting attractants from out-of-province

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 31, 2017

Anyone planning to hunt in British Columbia may soon be blocked from bringing in urine and other materials from other provinces’ farmed elk and cervids, in a bid to keep chronic wasting disease (CWD) in check. The provincial government recently opened a public comment period, running until Jan. 19, on a list of changes it […] Read more

Kioti introduced the SE models to its CK10 tractor series. They’re cabbed models available with 35 or 40 horsepower.

Machinery

Kioti puts cabs on its CK10 series

The South Korean brand ups the comfort  level on its compact tractors

By Scott Garvey December 29, 2017

One thing most farmers would agree on is it takes a lot work to keep farmyards neat and tidy. Whether it’s mowing grass in the summer or clearing snow from driveways and around buildings in winter, small tractors that fit into the compact utility segment can come in pretty handy with those chores. Often those […] Read more

General

Outside panel named for farm risk management review

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 24, 2017

A panel of 11 “external” experts from across the country has been picked to offer guidance and feedback on a federal/provincial review of farm business risk management (BRM) programming. The panel’s appointment follows an agreement by federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers back in July to launch a review of BRM programs, assessing those programs’ […] Read more

A file photo of BASF’s citral manufacturing plant at Ludwigshafen, Germany. (Photo courtesy BASF SE)

Livestock

Feed manufacturers to retool recipes under vitamin shortage

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 22, 2017

Feed manufacturers up against a global shortage of vitamins A and E will be able to temporarily reformulate their products for sale in Canada without a complete rewrite of their product labels. The shortage stems from an Oct. 31 fire during the startup of an aroma chemicals plant operated by global chemical firm BASF in […] Read more

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa looks on as he chairs ZANU PF’s Politburo meeting in Harare on Dec. 13. Photo: Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo.

Crops, Reuters

Zimbabwe orders illegal settlers to vacate farms

By GFM Network News December 14, 2017

Harare | Reuters — Zimbabwe’s new agriculture minister on Wednesday ordered illegal occupiers of farms to vacate the land immediately, a move that could ultimately see some white farmers who say they were unfairly evicted return to farming. Perrance Shiri, a military hardliner who was head of the air force before being picked for the […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Sheep/Goats

Ontario to back baby formula plant

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 28, 2017

A baby formula plant proposed for eastern Ontario has got a major boost from the Ontario government. The $225 million plant is being built at Kingston by Canada Royal Milk ULC, a subsidiary of Chinese company Feihe International. The Ontario government has committed up to $24 million to the project, which will export baby formula […] Read more

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay speaks Nov. 24 at Agribition in Regina. (Agr.gc.ca)

General, Machinery, Markets

Federal programs set for Growing Forward sequel

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 24, 2017

Market development, product development and overall sector development are among the priorities in the federal government’s five-year funding plan for the ag sector. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, speaking Friday at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, announced a $1 billion suite of six federally funded programs to roll out through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. The Canadian […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle markets up ahead of report

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after Trump-Xi call

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids slightly decline

GFM Network News