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A file photo of roosters at the World Cockfighting Championship in Cali, Colombia on March 22, 2013, an event featuring competitors from Peru, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Ecuador among other countries. (File photo: Reuters/Jaime Saldarriaga)

Puerto Rico cries foul over U.S. Congress’s cockfighting ban

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 20, 2019

San Juan | Reuters — An attempt by the U.S. Congress to ban cockfighting in Puerto Rico has set off a debate about animal cruelty, put thousands of jobs at risk and sparked a possible power struggle between the U.S. territory’s government and Washington. The 500-year-old tradition of cockfighting in Puerto Rico was due to […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Weather

Maple Leaf lands ‘sustainability-linked’ credit

By GFM Network News December 13, 2019

Canadian food processor Maple Leaf Foods is taking its recently-established sustainability cred to the bank. The Toronto food firm announced Wednesday it’s the first Canadian company to secure “sustainability-linked terms” for its credit facilities. Specifically, the company has picked up an unsecured committed revolving line of credit and two unsecured committed term facilities for a […] Read more

A U.S. nameplate at the WTO headquarters in Geneva on Dec. 9, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse)

General, Markets, Reuters

U.S. seals demise of WTO appeals bench, trade officials say

By GFM Network News December 9, 2019

Geneva | Reuters — The fate of the World Trade Organization’s top court was effectively sealed on Monday after the United States said it would not back a proposal to allow it to continue, trade officials said, although the WTO chief vowed to find a solution. The Trump administration has been blocking appointments to the […] Read more

File photo of street food on display in Hue, Vietnam. (RomanBabakin/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Markets, Reuters

Vietnam considers CPTPP-level tariff cuts on U.S. ag products

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 9, 2019

Hanoi | Reuters — Vietnam is considering cutting tariffs on several U.S. products, the ministry of finance said in a statement on Monday, after U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross urged Vietnam to reduce its trade surplus during a visit to Hanoi last month. Tariffs on chicken and processed chicken meat, almonds, grapes, wheat, pork and […] 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

Ontario OYF nominees Jan and Jony Roos with their children Julian, eight; Joanna, six; Janine, four; and Jessica, three.

Features, News

Canada’s OYF 2019: Ontario nominees

Proper management and improved efficiency support growing dairy goat operation

By Angela Lovell November 28, 2019

Jan and Jony Roos are thrilled to be Ontario’s 2019 Outstanding Young Farmers (OYF), and the fact that they were nominated by a former employee makes it even more of an honour. “It gave us a good feeling that our employees appreciated it here,” says Jony. “We didn’t expect to win because the other competitors […] Read more

KFC is testing a “chicken” sandwich and popcorn “chicken” made with a plant-based meat substitute at one of its Toronto-area stores. (CNW Group/KFC Canada)

Crops, Soybeans, Spring Wheat

KFC tests plant-based ‘fried chicken’ in Ontario

By GFM Network News November 27, 2019

Fast-food chicken chain KFC is collecting feedback from a one-day, one-store test of a new Canadian-made plant-based “fried chicken” product for the Canadian market. The Canadian arm of the Yum Brands-owned chain set up a “limited” test run for what it calls KFC Plant-Based Fried Chicken at its 6055 Creditview Rd. store in Mississauga, Ont. […] Read more

B.C. regional OYF winners, Cammy and James Lockwood with their children Keighley, seven; Jayce, six; and Simphiwe, five.

Features, News

Canada’s OYF 2019: British Columbia nominees

Hen farmers lay foundation for success 

By Geoff Geddes November 27, 2019

If it is unlikely that an artist and doctor parents would produce a farmer, then having that farmer win a regional award as an Outstanding Young Farmer (OYF) seems even a greater stretch of the imagination. But, tell that to Cammy Lockwood, the product of non-farming parents. Cammy Lockwood and her husband James were named […] Read more

In a photo posted Nov. 6, incoming Berthier-Maskinonge MP Yves Perron meets with the riding’s outgoing NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau to pick up active files from her constituency office. (Facebook)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Bloc Quebecois president tapped as party’s ag critic

By GFM Network News November 13, 2019

The Bloc Quebecois will head into the House of Commons next month with a new critic handling the agriculture portfolio. Bloc leader Yves-Francois Blanchet has named Yves Perron, the rookie MP for Berthier-Maskinonge, as the party’s critic for agriculture, agri-food and supply management. As the Bloc’s ag critic, Perron replaces Mirabel MP Simon Marcil, who […] Read more

Five pork, five beef and three poultry plants will be built to help supply China’s appetite for meat. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Brazil gets approval for 13 meatpacking plants for China exports

By GFM Network News November 12, 2019

Sao Paulo | Brazil | Reuters – Chinese authorities approved new Brazilian meat exporting plants on Tuesday, according to the Brazilian agriculture ministry, a highly anticipated move as the two nations continue to strengthen trade ties. The approvals come as China seeks to increase meat imports to compensate for the death of around half of […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

GFM Network News