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Farm websites earn national honours

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 21, 2014

Farm Business Communications’ ventures in cyberspace have earned national honours for the Winnipeg farm publishing house at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The awards, presented Thursday in Toronto in an event organized by Canadian media magazine Masthead, go to websites in three divisions: Blue (scholarly, farm, business-to-business), Red (consumer) and Green (news media). Four of […] Read more

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CME Group to cut staff by five per cent

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 14, 2014

CME Group, the world’s top derivatives marketplace, has announced plans to cut about 150 jobs, or five per cent of its staff worldwide, mainly from its technology department. The staff cuts come as part of the company’s previously announced restructuring, which included a decision earlier this month to cut its electronic trading hours for CME […] Read more

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FBC earns seven Canadian Farm Writers’ awards

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 7, 2014

Staff and contributors at Winnipeg ag publishing house Farm Business Communications, operators of this website, have brought home seven national awards for their work from the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation (CFWF). The CFWF, which held its annual conference Oct. 2-5 in Charlottetown, presented a total of 42 awards in 14 categories at its banquet Saturday […] Read more

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Sun Media set to sell Ontario Farmer

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 6, 2014

Long-running weekly ag journal Ontario Farmer is among the titles on the block in Sun Media’s planned sell-off of its English-language Canadian newspapers. Sun Media, Canada’s biggest newspaper publisher and an arm of Montreal media and telecom giant Quebecor, announced Monday it plans to sell all 175 of its English-language daily and weekly newspapers and specialty titles to […] Read more

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Ont. farmers to get tax credit for donated food

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 30, 2014

Ontario farmers who donate products or livestock to community food programs such as food banks and school nutrition programs can now expect an income tax credit in return. The province on Monday unveiled its Food Donation Tax Credit for Farmers, which it bills as the only one of its kind so far in Canada. Farmer […] Read more

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EU, Canada dismiss German minister’s threat to block trade pact

By GFM Network News September 26, 2014

Ottawa | Reuters — The European Union and Canada on Friday dismissed threats by a top German politician to block a free trade deal the two sides wrapped up in August after five years of often difficult negotiations. The deal could increase bilateral trade by a fifth to 26 billion euros (US$34 billion) and is […] Read more

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, European Council president Herman Van Rompuy (left) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (right) announced the conclusion of free trade negotiations Friday in Ottawa. (Deb Ransom photo courtesy PMO)

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Canada, EU wrap free trade talks

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 26, 2014

The ratification process can get underway on a Canada/European Union free trade deal now that negotiations have formally concluded, the federal government announced Friday. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, European Council president Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso released the negotiated text of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in […] Read more

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Japan, U.S. remain apart in trade talks, dealing blow for TPP

By GFM Network News September 25, 2014

Washington | Reuters — Japan and the U.S. failed to make progress in bilateral talks, both sides said on Wednesday, dealing a blow for hopes of sealing an ambitious multilateral trade deal this year. “Japan made a flexible proposal, but we weren’t able to make further progress,” Trade Minister Akira Amari told reporters on Wednesday […] Read more

Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper and South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye signed the final text of the two countries’ free trade pact on Monday on Parliament Hill. (Jill Thompson photo courtesy PMO)

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Canada/Korea trade pact’s final text signed

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 22, 2014

Now signed and sealed, a trade pact that’s expected to level the playing field for Canada’s agrifood export sectors in South Korea is waiting on implementation. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Korean President Park Geun-hye formally signed off on the free trade agreement’s final text at a ceremony Monday in Ottawa, three months after the […] Read more

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EU food producers set for more cash to help with Russian ban

By GFM Network News September 17, 2014

Brussels | Reuters — EU officials are drawing up new measures to help food producers hit by a Russian ban on agricultural imports and will publish them over the coming days, the European Commission said. Moscow in August imposed a one-year embargo on meat, fish, dairy, fruit and vegetables from the U.S., the European Union, […] Read more

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Farm websites earn national honours

CME Group to cut staff by five per cent

FBC earns seven Canadian Farm Writers’ awards

Sun Media set to sell Ontario Farmer

Ont. farmers to get tax credit for donated food

EU, Canada dismiss German minister’s threat to block trade pact

Canada, EU wrap free trade talks

Japan, U.S. remain apart in trade talks, dealing blow for TPP

Canada/Korea trade pact’s final text signed

EU food producers set for more cash to help with Russian ban

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