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Austria expects ‘conflict’ on Canada trade deal

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 1, 2016

Vienna | Reuters — Austria is ready to confront other European Union members states over its opposition to a free trade deal with Canada, Chancellor Christian Kern said, because it sees it containing many of the same problems as one being negotiated with the U.S. Austria opposes a proposed free trade deal with the United […] Read more

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Wilf Keller elected new AIC board chair

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 28, 2016

Wilf Keller is the new head of the Agricultural Institute of Canada. Keller is a well-known agricultural researcher who has worked for nearly 40 years mainly in the field of biotechnology development and application for the genetic modification of crops. In this time he has led numerous major research efforts. Keller worked at the Research […] Read more

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Saskatchewan premier ‘not satisfied’ with Husky spill response

By Reuters, Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 27, 2016

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said on Wednesday he was not satisfied with Husky Energy Inc’s emergency response to an oil spill into a river that supplies drinking water, and said the western Canadian province needed to consider ways to avoid a recurrence. The spill of 1,572 barrels of oil from a Husky pipeline into the […] Read more

(Giuseppe Carotenuto photo courtesy FAO)

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Food commodity prices seen stable over next decade

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 5, 2016

Paris | Reuters –– Higher agricultural productivity and slightly larger crop areas in the coming decade will cover rises in food demand, leading to stable prices and a period of more restrained agricultural markets, the FAO and OECD said Monday. In their annual Agricultural Outlook report, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the Organisation for […] Read more

The Collins Bay Institution at Kingston, Ont. includes maximum, medium and minimum security facilities for up to 720 male inmates. (CSC-scc.gc.ca)

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Ottawa plans study for new Kingston prison farm

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 3, 2016

The federal government is set to run a study reconsidering the previous administration’s decision to shut farming operations at federal penitentiaries. Following up on a Liberal campaign pledge, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) announced plans Thursday for a feasibility study including both in-person and online consultations with stakeholders and the public. Specifically, CSC said […] Read more

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World food markets set for stable year: FAO

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 2, 2016

Rome | Reuters — Global food commodity markets are likely to remain stable in the coming year, the United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday, even as prices rose for the fourth straight month. Solid output prospects and abundant stocks should keep prices and supplies stable, while lower prices than those seen last year are […] Read more

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World food prices edge up in April

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 5, 2016

Rome | Reuters — World food prices rose slightly in April, up for the third month in a row but they remained almost 10 per cent lower than a year earlier, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket […] Read more

Producers of the CBC TV series Heartland have used Winnipeg-based Cypher Environmental’s Dust Stop on rural roads around the show’s southern Alberta sets to meet municipal requirements for dust abatement. (CypherEnvironmental.com)

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Ad Feature: Dust-control firm takes off-road marketing opportunity

By GFM Network News March 31, 2016

Anyone who has driven on a rural road or worked in remote areas where oil, mining, forestry or other development is occurring knows dealing with dust and unstable soils can be annoying — and it can also be a never-ending and costly task. Winnipeg-based Cypher Environmental, run by 34-year-old entrepreneur Todd Burns, has perfected an […] Read more

(Photo courtesy South Dakota Department of Tourism)

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Ad Feature: Centrallia puts opportunities on horizon for Plains region

By GFM Network News March 28, 2016

Rock Nelson is a fifth generation South Dakotan — and South Dakota is a few thousand kilometres from Winnipeg, Manitoba and in a different country — but he is an admirer of the entrepreneurial spirit that drives the province, which he thinks is embodied by the World Trade Centre Winnipeg. That may be because his […] Read more

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Farm incomes set to fall from record high

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 19, 2016

Reuters — Canadian farm incomes look set to fall in 2016 after a year of record profits, but will still reach above-average levels, according to a report from the federal government. Rising receipts for crops and livestock have boosted incomes in recent years, due to greater demand in developing countries and a weak Canadian dollar, […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher

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Austria expects ‘conflict’ on Canada trade deal

Wilf Keller elected new AIC board chair

Saskatchewan premier ‘not satisfied’ with Husky spill response

Food commodity prices seen stable over next decade

Ottawa plans study for new Kingston prison farm

World food markets set for stable year: FAO

World food prices edge up in April

Ad Feature: Dust-control firm takes off-road marketing opportunity

Ad Feature: Centrallia puts opportunities on horizon for Plains region

Farm incomes set to fall from record high

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