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Ontario processor fined for faux-kosher cheese

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 8, 2017

An Ontario food processing company has been slapped with $25,000 in fines for labelling non-kosher cheese as kosher, in the first Canadian case of its kind to get to a provincial court. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Wednesday reported Creation Foods Co. of Woodbridge had pled guilty June 22 in the Ontario Court of […] Read more

Japan’s Imperial Palace and Nijubashi Bridge, in Tokyo. (CIA.gov)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

EU, Japan officials seal trade agreement

By GFM Network News July 5, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — Japan and the European Union should agree on Thursday to a free trade pact that could be completed within months, after senior officials removed final snags to a political deal intended as a signal to U.S. President Donald Trump. “We ironed out the few remaining differences,” European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom […] Read more

A veterinary examination of a horse. (AlbertaAnimalHealthSource.ca)

Livestock

Equine anemia turns up in some Manitoba horses

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 2, 2017

A viral horse disease that’s more prevalent further west in Canada has returned to Manitoba for the first time in recent memory, as horses from two municipalities have been found to caught the virus in the past four weeks. Equine infectious anemia (EIA) was confirmed in horses from a property in the RM of St. […] Read more

Signs of CWD, as shown by this elk, include progressive weight loss, reluctance to move, excessive salivation, droopy ears, increased drinking and urinating and lethargy. (Wyoming Game and Fish Department photo, WGFD.wyo.gov)

Livestock

Federal response tightened for chronic wasting disease

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 1, 2017

Canadian ranchers raising cervids such as elk, deer and moose will soon have to get in on certification programs before they can be eligible for any federal help in the event of a chronic wasting disease (CWD) outbreak. One of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) family of nervous system diseases, such as BSE in cattle […] Read more

A rail line in Aguas Calientes, Peru. (CIA.gov)

Livestock, Reuters

Pacific trade bloc adds ‘associate’ members, including Canada

By GFM Network News June 30, 2017

Cali, Colombia | Reuters –– Four new countries will be admitted to the Pacific Alliance as associate members, the trade group said on Thursday, as it seeks to expand commerce with the Asia-Pacific region while the U.S. pushes for protectionist measures. The alliance, which comprises Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru, will on Friday admit Singapore, […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Field studies fuel dispute over whether neonics harm bees

By GFM Network News June 30, 2017

London | Reuters — Two major studies into how bees are affected by a group of pesticides banned in Europe gave mixed results on Thursday, fuelling a row over whether the neonicotinoid pesticides are safe. The studies, one conducted across three European countries and another in Canada, found some negative effects after exposure to neonicotinoids […] Read more

News

Rented land on the increase

By Leeann Minogue June 26, 2017

Statistic’s Canada’s Ag Census asked farmers simple questions about their land. How much of your farm operation do you own? How much do you lease? Across the Prairies, on average, farmers own just less than two-thirds of the land they farm. This ranges from 66 per cent in Manitoba to 58 per cent in Alberta. […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Recent rain boosts crops, some inclement weather, insects causing damage

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending June 19, 2017

By Saskatchewan Agriculture June 22, 2017

With the recent rainfall across the province in the past week, crop development has improved. The warm and wet weather was welcomed in areas that were experiencing moisture stress. Eighty-eight per cent of the fall cereals, 60 per cent of the spring cereals, 56 per cent of the oilseeds and 70 per cent of the […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Nature’s fly control program

Parasitic wasps won’t eliminate flies, but can reduce numbers

By Debbie Chikousky June 20, 2017

With the arrival of spring comes the new crop of flies. Since experiencing fly strike last year, controlling the fly population is more of a priority. Last summer we began to notice not only were sprays not working as well as they used to, they are getting harder to find. This is due to tighter restrictions […] Read more

News, Wheat & Chaff

Yield to trains when you cross the tracks

By Canadian Agricultural Safety Association June 19, 2017

The railways that crisscross Canada are vital links from farm to table. According to CN, over 20 million tonnes of Canadian grain is moved annually by rail. Rail is essential to getting your grain to where it needs to go. As crucial as rail is to your operation, so is being safe where field and […] Read more

Daily Network News

ICE weekly: War news driving canola markets

War is increasing food prices, insecurity say IMF, World Bank and UN food agency

B.C. agrochemical startup gets $1.2M in federal funding

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