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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters, Sheep/Goats

U.S. bill to repeal COOL advances

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 20, 2015

Washington | Reuters — U.S. legislation to repeal country-of-origin meat labelling (COOL) laws, which the World Trade Organization found discriminate against Mexico and Canada, passed a congressional committee on Wednesday and moved one step closer to becoming law. The House of Representatives’ agriculture committee approved the bill on a vote of 38-6, clearing the way […] Read more

Greek olives on display in a market in Athens. (CIA.gov)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Russia may allow food imports from three EU states

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 19, 2015

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia may allow around 20 firms from Hungary, Cyprus and Greece to return to its market after it orders the lifting of an embargo on food imports from the European Union, Interfax news agency quoted a senior official as saying on Tuesday. Russia banned foods from the 28-nation EU last year […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Sheep/Goats

WTO panel rejects final U.S. appeal on COOL

By GFM Network News May 18, 2015

Canada is set to ask the World Trade Organization to allow a long list of retaliatory tariffs against U.S. agrifoods and other goods, after a WTO panel shot down Washington’s final defense of its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law on meat. The WTO Appellate Body on Monday released its report on the U.S. government’s appeal of […] Read more

Crops

Former Man. agriculture minister won’t run again

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 13, 2015

Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger’s first agriculture minister plans to exit the provincial political arena. Stan Struthers, the MLA since 1995 for what’s now the Dauphin riding, and agriculture minister from 2009 to 2011, announced Wednesday he won’t seek re-election when the next provincial vote is held in April 2016. Struthers, a high school principal at […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

U.S. honeybee losses soar over last year, USDA finds

By GFM Network News May 13, 2015

Reuters — Honeybees, critical agents in the pollination of key U.S. crops, disappeared at a staggering rate over the last year, according to a new government report that comes as regulators, environmentalists and agribusinesses try to reverse the decline. Losses of managed honeybee colonies hit 42.1 per cent from April 2014 through April 2015, up […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery, Markets

Farm business tax credits on tap in Manitoba budget

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 30, 2015

Expansions and extensions for tax credits of use to Manitoba farmers and small agribusinesses were laid out Thursday in the province’s latest budget. Finance Minister Greg Dewar’s plan calls for an expansion of the province’s small business venture capital tax credit, broadening its list of eligible businesses to include “non-traditional farming” ventures, as well as […] Read more

Features

Higher demand, higher prices

Global equity investor says world food demand is likely on the rise

By Lisa Guenther April 13, 2015

When it comes to global food consumption, there’s one trend Vikram Mansharamani is willing to bank on. “As the world gets more money in its pocket, it’s putting more meat in its mouth,” Mansharamani told attendees at the Canola Council of Canada’s conference in Banff last March. Mansharamani is a global equity investor and Yale […] Read more

Wheat seedling in measuring cylinder, close-up

Columns

Science can be a dirty word

The public doesn’t understand science, and reporters often don’t do a great job covering it. Not that there are good excuses, but here’s how it can happen 

By Lisa Guenther April 2, 2015

Science is a dirty word these days. Or perhaps just a word that more and more people don’t understand. And you should be concerned because that lack of basic scientific knowledge is driving distrust of modern agriculture. “It’s a big, big issue,” Al Scholz told me. Al is the executive director and registrar of the […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Feeder helps reduce hay waste

Designed to encourage eating of small amounts all day

By Lisa Guenther March 17, 2015

Stroll through the trade show at a farm conference, and you’ll quickly find people who saw a need for a product for their own livestock and turned it into a business. The Jubinville family is one example. “My dad invented the feeder and then my brother and I saw how well it worked and we […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner

Thawing ‘oven’ speeds digging post holes in frozen ground

By Heather Smith Thomas February 17, 2015

Sometimes a person has to build fence in challenging conditions. When ground is frozen it’s almost impossible to drive posts, and very time-consuming and difficult to dig holes. Some people have put an old tire over the spot that needs to be thawed, burning the tires at night, to have the ground thawed underneath them […] Read more

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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