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Fed-up Canada tells U.S. to help with China crisis or forget about favours

By GFM Network News May 6, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is leaning on the United States to help settle a dispute with China, which has started to block imports of vital Canadian commodities amid a dispute over a detained Huawei executive. In a sign of increasing frustration at what it sees as a lacklustre U.S. response, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s […] Read more

United States Senator and current democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders made a stop to the Downtown Farmers’ Market in Des Moines on Saturday, May 4, 2019, to greet Iowans. (Photo: Bryon Houlgrave, The Register (Des Moines) via Reuters Marketplace)

Crops, Reuters

Bernie Sanders promises help for family farms

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 6, 2019

Reuters — U.S. presidential contender Bernie Sanders unveiled a plan on Sunday to help family farmers and rural residents, promising to break up corporate agricultural monopolies and invest heavily in social and economic programs in struggling rural communities. Sanders, an independent U.S. senator and fierce corporate critic, said on a campaign trip to Iowa that […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Label problem caused China’s suspension of two pork shippers

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News May 2, 2019

Winnipeg/Ottawa | Reuters — China’s suspension of two Canadian pork exporters’ permits was due to a labeling problem, Canada’s agriculture minister said, adding that she was hopeful of it being resolved. China’s action against two Canadian pork companies, announced by Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Wednesday, widened a diplomatic rift between the countries. On Thursday, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

No fresh aid package for U.S. farmers planned for now, Perdue says

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 30, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The Trump administration does not have any active plans to provide more aid to farmers at the moment but can consider the option if the trade negotiations and weak commodity prices linger, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue said on Tuesday. “We have been very clear to the agriculture community that […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Soybeans

Canadian farm exports hit new Chinese obstacles amid diplomatic dispute

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News April 29, 2019

Winnipeg/Beijing | Reuters — An expanding list of Canadian farm exports is hitting obstacles at Chinese ports, leaving sellers of soybeans, peas and pork scrambling amid a bitter diplomatic dispute. China has already blocked Canadian canola from Richardson International and Viterra, two of Canada’s biggest farm exporters, saying that shipments had pests. Other China-bound canola […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Views differ on crop exports to China other than canola

By GFM Network News April 16, 2019

MarketsFarm — Depending on whom one has spoken with, there are differing views as to grain exports to China other than canola. The federal government has stated there have been no export issues outside of canola. “The current actions taken by China are limited to canola seed, and we have not received any indication of […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

China eyes U.S. poultry, pork imports in trade talks

By GFM Network News April 16, 2019

Reuters — China would likely lift a ban on U.S. poultry as part of a trade deal and may buy more pork to meet a growing supply deficit, but it is not willing to allow a prohibited growth drug used in roughly half the U.S. hog herd, two sources with knowledge of the negotiations said. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas

Pulse weekly outlook: Yellow, green pea prices vary ahead of seeding

By GFM Network News April 9, 2019

MarketsFarm — India’s tariffs on Canadian pulses hit green and yellow peas particularly hard over the past year — and the market is still hurting as producers plan acres for 2019. Since yellow pea exports dropped significantly in the middle of the year, “there’s going to be a lot of carryover in yellow peas for […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

USDA to adjust format of monthly supply/demand report

By GFM Network News April 9, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will revise its monthly world supply and demand crop reports starting in May to try to account for the outsized role of China’s global grain stocks, a government official said on Tuesday, confirming a note on a USDA website. Starting with its May 10 report, the […] Read more

A file photo of hog barns in winter. (SimplyCreativePhotography/iStock/Getty Images)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Swine fever in China poses risks, rewards for Canadian pork

By GFM Network News March 20, 2019

MarketsFarm — Sharp losses in China’s hog herd due to African swine fever (ASF) are underpinning the North American pork market and could create export opportunities for Canada — if this country manages to stay disease-free. ASF does not affect humans, but the highly viral disease is nearly 100 per cent fatal for hogs with […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle regain ground, hogs dip

U.S. grains: Soybean futures hover near 15-month high after China buys U.S. cargoes

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola could climb higher through to spring

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