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Stalled farm bill could move fast after Democrat House win

By GFM Network News November 7, 2018

Washington | Reuters – Congress may swiftly resolve a drawn-out impasse on the U.S. Farm Bill now that Democrats are poised to retake control of the legislative body, the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee said on Wednesday. Collin Peterson, ranking member and presumptive new chair of committee, said passing the crucial agricultural legislation was going […] Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a cap reading “Make Our Farmers Great Again” while delivering remarks at a showcase of U.S.-made products at the White House in Washington on July 23, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria)

Reuters

Trump’s trade war looms over divided U.S. farm belt ahead of vote

By GFM Network News November 2, 2018

Reuters – Chuck Wirtz voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election, inspired by the then-political outsider, but the veteran Iowa hog farmer now has buyer’s remorse as the U.S. Republican president’s trade policy exacts a heavy toll on his business. Wirtz, 56, estimates the tariffs resulting from the U.S. trade war with China and […] Read more

Hogs, Markets, Reuters

Hog industry worldwide getting slaughtered in trade war

By GFM Network News October 26, 2018

Beijing/Chicago/Carambei | Reuters – Ken Maschhoff, chairman of the largest U.S. family-owned pork producer, has watched profits fall as trade tensions rise between the United States and China. His company, The Machhoffs, has halted U.S. projects worth up to $30 million and may move some operations overseas. Investing in domestic operations now would be “ludicrous” […] Read more

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard attends a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France March 5, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Reuters

Tariff relief for Canada’s farmers at issue in Quebec election

By GFM Network News August 23, 2018

Montreal |Reuters – Quebec farmers want further relief from a global tariff dispute ahead of Oct. 1 elections in the mostly French-speaking Canadian province, which has seen a recent rise in nationalist sentiment. Quebec’s ruling Liberals, centrists but separate from the federal Liberal party, launched their campaign on Thursday. They trail in polls behind the center-right Coalition Avenir Quebec […] Read more

China has proposed tariffs that would include LNG, semiconductors, beef, aircraft. Photo: Darwel/iStock/Getty Images

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

China plans tariffs on $60 bln of U.S. goods in latest trade salvo

By GFM Network News August 3, 2018

Beijing | Singapore | Reuters – China proposed retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods ranging from liquefied natural gas (LNG) to some aircraft on Friday, as a senior Chinese diplomat cast doubt on prospects of talks with Washington to solve their bitter trade conflict. The Trump administration tightened pressure for trade concessions from […] Read more

Reuters

U.S. says farmers could get cash aid by Oct. but will not be made whole

By GFM Network News July 30, 2018

Buenos Aires | Reuters – U.S. farmers could receive cash payments from a planned $12 billion aid package as soon as late September, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told Reuters on July 28, warning that the program will not make tariff-hit farmers whole. Perdue said in an interview on the sidelines of the G20 meeting […] Read more

Reuters

TPP countries agree to keep trade deal alive, much work remains

By GFM Network News November 10, 2017

Vietnam | Reuters – Members of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreed to continue working on the proposed trade deal despite early Canadian resistance in talks that had raised new doubts about its survival, officials said. According to a draft of the final statement seen by Reuters and due to be released on Saturday in […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Trump wins support for possible WTO action on Canada dairy

By GFM Network News April 19, 2017

Reuters – Australia and New Zealand dairy industry leaders say they would support moves by the United States to draw the World Trade Organization into a trade dispute with Canada, after President Donald Trump said existing rules were unfair. On a visit to the U.S. cheese-making state of Wisconsin on April 18, Trump said he […] Read more

Columns, Hart Attacks

Mallards next on the U.S. no-fly list

Hart Attacks: We Canadians cannot control our ducks, and what they carry with them

By Lee Hart March 10, 2017

With a Twitter-happy president south of the border, I predict it is just a matter of time before Canada — and migrating Canadian ducks specifically — receives nasty tweets for pooping out weed seeds on U.S. farms. That would almost be a joke except that President Trump appears to be such an unpredictable character, with […] Read more

Columns, Markets

Roller coaster ride ahead in the markets

World currency and market changes are going to come at us fast in 2017

By Brian Wittal February 27, 2017

On January 23, 2017, the headline read, “Trump ends U.S. ties to TTP.” It shouldn’t come as a surprise. He said that was one of the first actions he would take as president. Now we know he was serious, and he’s a man of his word, which is scary because of his many other statements. […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Corn drops to 12-week low on report of massive stocks, record harvest

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise, hogs fall on WASDE

Resignation of Saskatchewan wheat breeder draws concern

Tag Archives Donald Trump

Stalled farm bill could move fast after Democrat House win

Trump’s trade war looms over divided U.S. farm belt ahead of vote

Hog industry worldwide getting slaughtered in trade war

Tariff relief for Canada’s farmers at issue in Quebec election

China plans tariffs on $60 bln of U.S. goods in latest trade salvo

U.S. says farmers could get cash aid by Oct. but will not be made whole

TPP countries agree to keep trade deal alive, much work remains

Trump wins support for possible WTO action on Canada dairy

Mallards next on the U.S. no-fly list

Roller coaster ride ahead in the markets

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