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Eileen Donan Castle, Loch Duich, Scotland. (Cia.gov)

Scotland moves against wealthy gentry dominating land

By GFM Network News April 8, 2016

Rio de Janeiro | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Centuries-old traditions that led to 430 people owning half of Scotland’s privately held land are soon to become history, as local communities seek to double their ownership in the nation known for its rugged landscape, sheep and fine whisky. While inequality of land ownership is more often […] Read more

Features, Livestock

High-priced oil from a goat’s rear end

A traditional oil made by goats in Morocco is now a hot product for the cosmetic market

By Larry Gompf March 31, 2016

Seeing a bunch of goats standing in a tree and munching away is hard enough to believe. It’s even harder to believe what they’re producing, how, and how much it sells for. But goats in trees are what travellers encounter on the highway that runs from Marrakech to Essaouira on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. […] Read more

Livestock

Premium Brands buys meat supplier C+C

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 28, 2016

Montreal meat distributor and processor C+C Packing is set to become a new eastern arm for Vancouver food firm Premium Brands. Premium Brands last Tuesday announced a $146 million cash-and-stock deal to buy C+C and its in-house processing arm Premier Meat Packers. The company supplies fresh and frozen meats to grocery chains, the hotel and […] Read more

News

VIDEO (producer.com): Sask. agriculture debate, March 22

By Glacier FarmMedia staff March 23, 2016

The April 4 Saskatchewan provincial election is just around the corner and five parties with five policies are in contention to guide the country’s largest agricultural province. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan and the Western Producer were on-hand to bring producers the agricultural issues from the politicians’ perspectives in a live debate on March […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

Australia dumps ‘backpacker tax’ over farm, export concerns

By GFM Network News March 16, 2016

Sydney | Reuters — Australia on Wednesday walked back from a planned tax hike on foreign travellers who work in the country, following concerns from farmers that their supply of “backpacker labour” at harvest times may dry up and undermine Australia’s ambitions of being Asia’s delicatessen. Australian fruit exports are set to hit a record […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

U.S. COOL rules formally off beef, pork

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 7, 2016

The U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has formally patched a long-sore spot in cross-border trade relations by pulling its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) regulations off beef and pork. The AMS, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), published its amendments Wednesday in the U.S. Federal Register. The changes, which took effect upon publication, mean […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

Australia to hike tax on ‘backpacker’ workers

By GFM Network News February 26, 2016

Sydney | Reuters — Australia is set to increase taxes on foreign travellers who work in the country, raising concerns from farmers that their supply of “backpacker labour” at harvest times may dry up and undermine Australia’s ambitions of being Asia’s delicatessen. Australian fruit exports are set to hit a record A$2.27 billion (C$2.19 billion) […] Read more

The Manitoba Wildlife Federation points to this bullet hole in a rural northwestern Manitoba home as an example of the risks to the public from unchecked night hunting. (MWF.mb.ca/Nightwatch)

Livestock

Manitoba hunters, ranchers seek rural night-hunting ban

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 18, 2016

Manitoba’s hunter and rancher groups are calling on the province to tighten its enforcement against night hunting and ban the activity among all hunters in the province’s populated rural areas. The call Tuesday from the Manitoba Wildlife Federation follows a Sept. 10 near-miss in which a couple near Winnipegosis, about 60 km north of Dauphin, […] Read more

Riparian habitat at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. (FWS.gov/refuge/Malheur)

Livestock, Reuters

Oregon refuge searched for evidence, explosives after occupiers leave

By GFM Network News February 12, 2016

Burns, Ore. | Reuters — Police and federal agents searched a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon for explosives and evidence on Friday, a day after the last holdouts in a protest over federal control of Western land surrendered to end a six-week armed standoff. Federal authorities said the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon […] Read more

(Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Laura Rance)

Livestock

Advance payment program widened, streamlined

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 5, 2016

More types of livestock will be eligible and more types of security will be allowed for Canadian farmers to get federally-backed advance payments starting this year. Amendments to the Agricultural Marketing Programs Act (AMPA), made last February as part of the former Conservative government’s omnibus Agricultural Growth Act, have made regulatory changes possible for the […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle slip back, hogs gain

U.S. grains: Soy futures post biggest monthly gain in nearly five years on China trade optimism

Farm gate milk price to rise in 2026

Sheep-lambs

Scotland moves against wealthy gentry dominating land

High-priced oil from a goat’s rear end

Premium Brands buys meat supplier C+C

VIDEO (producer.com): Sask. agriculture debate, March 22

Australia dumps ‘backpacker tax’ over farm, export concerns

U.S. COOL rules formally off beef, pork

Australia to hike tax on ‘backpacker’ workers

Manitoba hunters, ranchers seek rural night-hunting ban

Oregon refuge searched for evidence, explosives after occupiers leave

Advance payment program widened, streamlined

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