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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Oct. 3 in Ottawa. (PM.gc.ca)

Feds pledge lower small business tax rate

By Grainews Staff, Reuters, GFM Network News October 16, 2017

UPDATED, Oct. 16 — The federal government says it will cut the small business tax rate to nine per cent from 10.5, a move seen as an attempt to counter a growing backlash against its July tax reform announcement. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau appeared side-by-side in Toronto’s far suburbs to […] Read more

General, Machinery, Weather

Insurer SGI Canada sets up farm unit

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 12, 2017

The property and casualty arm of Saskatchewan’s Crown insurance agency has set up a new unit zoned strictly agricultural. SGI Canada — the Regina-based property and casualty insurance provider which operates in tandem with the Saskatchewan Auto Fund, the Crown auto insurer — on Wednesday launched a new Farm Business Unit with “a specialized team […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a science fair at the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council in Ottawa on Sept. 26. (PM.gc.ca)

General, Markets, Reuters

U.S. hikes NAFTA tension with call for ‘sunset clause’

By GFM Network News October 12, 2017

Arlington, Va. | Reuters — Washington has dramatically increased tensions in talks to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement by proposing that the lifespan of any new deal be limited to five years, people familiar with the negotiations said on Thursday. The proposal for a so-called sunset clause — just one of a series […] Read more

A Metro grocery store at the Orangeville Mall in Orangeville, Ont. (Onereit.ca)

General

Metro plans automated distribution for Ontario

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 12, 2017

One of Canada’s biggest grocery chains plans to build new hubs to distribute both fresh and frozen foods to its Ontario stores. Quebec-based Metro Inc. said Wednesday it expects to put up $400 million to modernize and automate its Toronto operations between 2018 and 2023, building two new facilities for fresh and frozen food distribution […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Trump says U.S.-Canada trade deal possible, excluding Mexico

By GFM Network News October 11, 2017

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be open to a bilateral trade pact with Canada if a deal cannot be reached with Mexico to substantially revise the North American Free Trade Agreement. Asked by a reporter if he could envision maintaining free trade with Canada if NAFTA talks […] Read more

Farmers Edge is partnering with Planet, the company with the largest fleet of Earth-imaging satellites, to bring farmers satellite images of fields several times a week. (Submitted image)

Crops, Machinery

Farmers Edge expands satellite imagery offering

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News October 11, 2017

Farmers Edge says it’s making satellite imagery a practical and affordable agronomic tool for farmers through a new strategic partnership with Planet, the company with the largest fleet of Earth-imaging satellites. “We think this will be game-changing,” Farmers Edge president and CEO Wade Barnes said in an interview Oct. 3. “I think it’s going to […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks Aug. 23, 2017 at a Montreal charity event. (PM.gc.ca)

General, Markets, Reuters

Trudeau to tell Trump: We’re not your problem at NAFTA

By GFM Network News October 10, 2017

Ottawa | Reuters — When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets President Donald Trump on Wednesday, he will try to persuade the U.S. leader to focus on Mexico as a source of potential problems at talks to update NAFTA. Although Trudeau officials were confident Trump would mostly target Mexico as the three nations started to […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Britain reported looking to NAFTA if Brexit deal fails

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 10, 2017

London | Reuters — Britain could join a formal trade alliance with the United States, Canada and Mexico if the European Union refuses to clinch a post-Brexit trade deal, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday. The newspaper said British ministers were looking at joining the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as part of […] Read more

A unit of 122 cars from the K+S potash mine at Bethune, Sask. arrived Sept. 27 at the company’s potash handling and storage facility at Port Moody, B.C. (KS-Potashcanada.com)

Crops, Reuters

K+S to pool salt, potash units amid overhaul

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 9, 2017

Berlin | Reuters — German minerals miner K+S plans to integrate its salt and potash units as part of a strategic overhaul, it said on Monday as it set itself a new profit target for 2030. K+S, the world’s largest salt producer and the fifth-largest seller of potash, is grappling with a slow recovery in […] Read more

Crops, Markets

B.C. Greens seek limits on foreign ownership of farmland

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 9, 2017

The party holding the balance of power in British Columbia’s legislature wants to curb foreign ownership of farmland in the province’s Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). Green Party leader Andrew Weaver on Thursday introduced the Property Law Amendment Act as a private member’s bill, which he said “would prohibit foreign entities from purchasing ALR land over […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Tag Archives Horticulture

Feds pledge lower small business tax rate

Insurer SGI Canada sets up farm unit

U.S. hikes NAFTA tension with call for ‘sunset clause’

Metro plans automated distribution for Ontario

Trump says U.S.-Canada trade deal possible, excluding Mexico

Farmers Edge expands satellite imagery offering

Trudeau to tell Trump: We’re not your problem at NAFTA

Britain reported looking to NAFTA if Brexit deal fails

K+S to pool salt, potash units amid overhaul

B.C. Greens seek limits on foreign ownership of farmland

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