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Canadians to spend more on food in 2020, report predicts

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News December 4, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canadians will spend two to four per cent more on food in 2020, according to the latest Canada Food Price Report from researchers at Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab and the University of Guelph. The average family in the country will see its total food bill for groceries and restaurant meals rise by […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

WTO tussles over hard stop or phase-out of appeals system

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 3, 2019

Geneva | Reuters — The World Trade Organization (WTO) battled on Tuesday over whether to bring its Appellate Body to an abrupt halt or allow its adjudicators to settle a handful of pending cases, according to trade officials present at a meeting on the subject. The Trump administration has for more than two years been […] Read more

CME February 2020 lean hogs with 10-, 20- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures firm on cash market strength

By GFM Network News December 3, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures Tuesday rose 3.6 per cent on Tuesday, supported by signs of strength in the cash market, traders said. USDA data showed that cash prices for hogs in Iowa and Minnesota have risen by more than $2 since last Wednesday, evidence that the market may have found its […] Read more

Hogs on a stock trailer bound for a Toronto packing plant accept drinks from Toronto Pig Save members in 2013. (Screengrab of Toronto Pig Save video via YouTube)

Livestock, Machinery

Ontario draws new legal lines against on-farm trespass

By GFM Network News December 2, 2019

Ontario has introduced a legislative package setting up new legal boundaries around livestock in that province, whether on farms or in transit. The Security From Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, introduced Monday by Agriculture Minister Ernie Hardeman, is expected to “address the unique risks and challenges associated with trespass onto a farm or into […] Read more

CME February 2020 lean hogs with 10-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures drop on supply glut

By GFM Network News December 2, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell 2.4 per cent on Monday, weighed down by bearish supply concerns, traders said. “The hog market boils down to more of the same. Big supplies, record supplies,” said Don Roose, president of Iowa-based U.S. Commodities “With these trade talks still iffy, where are the Chinese? They […] Read more

John Barlow, shown here in 2015, is the federal Conservatives’ new lead shadow cabinet minister for agriculture and agri-food. (Johnbarlowmp.ca)

General

Federal Tories’ former associate ag critic takes lead chair

By GFM Network News November 29, 2019

Andrew Scheer’s federal Conservatives will have a familiar face in the agriculture critic’s chair when the House of Commons reconvenes next month. Scheer on Friday named John Barlow, the MP for the southwestern Alberta riding of Foothills, as the lead opposition critic for agriculture and agri-food. Barlow replaces Quebec MP Luc Berthold, who takes up […] Read more

Jason Shapiro at Grain World. (MarketsFarm photo by Glen Hallick)

Crops, Markets

Grain World: Geopolitics is back dominating global relations

By GFM Network News November 29, 2019

Saskatoon | MarketsFarm — Geopolitics is again shaping the international scene, including China, Jason Shapiro explained here Thursday at the Grain World conference. Geopolitics, he said, resulted in catastrophic global wars and generated very little peace for close to a century. Shapiro, director of analysis for Geopolitical Futures — an Austin, Tex.-based international risk analysis […] Read more

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit. (RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images)

General, Markets, Reuters

A ‘little more work’ needed on CUSMA deal, Trudeau says

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 29, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said a little more work needed to be done on a new continental trade deal which has run into opposition from some U.S. Democrats over labour and environmental provisions. Officials are trying to agree on a series of tweaks to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (CUSMA) […] Read more

CME February 2020 lean hogs with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs recover from two-month low

By GFM Network News November 29, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures ended higher on Friday in a turnaround from a decline earlier in the session to their lowest price since early September. Prices bounced back as pork producers are hoping that China will ramp up buying from the U.S. as it grapples with a fatal pig disease, African […] Read more

F. Menard’s retail butcher shop at Ange-Gardien underwent a major renovation in July 2018. (FMenard.com)

Hogs, Livestock

F. Menard’s pork industry assets cleared for sale

By GFM Network News November 28, 2019

Antitrust regulators have cleared the path for La Coop federee to take up a significantly larger, vertically integrated share of its home province’s pork packing, feed milling and hog production sectors. The agribusiness co-operative announced Thursday its Olymel and Sollio Agriculture arms have “received the green light” from the federal Competition Bureau to buy the […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Live cattle correct higher

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Pigs

Canadians to spend more on food in 2020, report predicts

WTO tussles over hard stop or phase-out of appeals system

U.S. livestock: Hog futures firm on cash market strength

Ontario draws new legal lines against on-farm trespass

U.S. livestock: Hog futures drop on supply glut

Federal Tories’ former associate ag critic takes lead chair

Grain World: Geopolitics is back dominating global relations

A ‘little more work’ needed on CUSMA deal, Trudeau says

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs recover from two-month low

F. Menard’s pork industry assets cleared for sale

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