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(Canada Beef Inc. photo)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Mexico halts bid for COOL retaliation

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Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico has halted a bid to impose retaliatory trade measures on the U.S. over meat labeling rules after U.S. lawmakers repealed them this week, a Mexican government official said. Mexico had announced earlier this month it would start internal procedures to strip benefits from some U.S. agricultural and industrial imports, […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. Congress repeals COOL on beef, pork

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The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have both approved a repeal of the government’s six-year old mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) laws on beef and pork. Tucked into an omnibus appropriations bill put before Congress Friday, the repeal shuts the door on a major irritant in North American trade relations and is expected to curb […] Read more
(Canada Beef Inc. photo)
Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Canada not yet pulling trade trigger on COOL

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Canada remains “cautiously optimistic” that the U.S. government will repeal its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law before the Canadian and Mexican governments impose retaliatory tariffs. Federal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, speaking Wednesday from Nairobi on a conference call with reporters, said she was “not going to go into hypotheticals” about Canada’s next move if an omnibus […] Read more
A pasture infested with leafy spurge. This perennial weed spreads quickly and crowds out native vegetation.
Crops, Features

Battling with leafy spurge in Sask.

Leafy spurge is persistent, invasive, and hard to control. Know your enemy

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One of the most persistent and problematic weeds to infest large areas of pasture and prairie in Western Canada is leafy spurge. It is even a larger problem in the northern U.S. — North Dakota, and parts of Montana are badly infested; Wisconsin and Minnesota are also dealing with it. Leafy spurge is not native […] Read more
(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Reuters

U.K. review calls for urgent cuts to antibiotic use in livestock

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London | Reuters –– Massive use of antibiotics in farming poses a critical threat to global public health and should be reduced dramatically to an internationally-agreed target, according to a British government-commissioned review. Agreeing and implementing a global target for agricultural antibiotic use won’t be easy, the review, led by former Goldman Sachs chief economist […] Read more
VIDEO: Behind the scenes at Canadian Western Agribition
Livestock, News

VIDEO: Behind the scenes at Canadian Western Agribition

Lisa Guenther shows you a few sights and sounds from Agribition 2015

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What’s the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions Agribition? Is it the cattle shows, the sheep shearing, or perhaps the rodeo? To get a sense of what’s going on at Canada’s largest livestock show, Grainews reporter Lisa Guenther asked show-goers to name their favourite part of Agribition.
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Brazil court probing state-backed loans to JBS

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Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s federal accounts court, the TCU, said it had identified irregularities on loans to JBS SA, the world’s largest beef producer, and is deepening an investigation into the company’s relationship with state-run lender BNDES. The TCU is probing loans used to purchase U.S.-companies Swift and Co, for about US$225 million […] Read more
Those awkward conversations about food production
Columns

Those awkward conversations about food production

Talking to urban consumers about food can be more uncomfortable than political debate

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By the time you read this, the 2015 federal election will be history. Maybe you will have even re-friended any politically-obnoxious people you dropped on Facebook in the weeks leading up to the big vote. Maybe. As I write this, before the election, I’m filled with the smug satisfaction of a citizen who already cast […] Read more

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