quota Archives - Grainews

Dates moved up in dairy sector’s CUSMA compensation calendar

Calculation date will shift to Aug. 31

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 12, 2023

Changes are being made to the timetable for the remainder of the program compensating Canada’s dairy farmers for market share lost to recent multilateral trade deals. The Dairy Direct Payment Program (DDPP), which issued $1.75 billion over four payments from 2019 to 2023 to compensate for the Canada-European Union (CETA) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Dairy commission fills board vacancy

Green tech CEO named to commissioner spot on CDC board

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 4, 2022

Concerns that the Canadian Dairy Commission could be caught short at its board table have been resolved with a new appointment to a vacant commissioner’s chair. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Sept. 27 announced Shikha Jain will be the CDC’s commissioner for a four-year term effective Sept. 15. Jain, who lives at Guelph, is […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Fall quota level based on ‘rebound’ in chicken demand

National allocation trimmed two per cent for September-October period

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 19, 2020

A relatively small tweak to national chicken quota allocation has been set for much of this autumn, following a stretch of heavy pandemic-related cuts. At a Chicken Farmers of Canada meeting Tuesday, national allocation for quota period A-165 (Aug. 30 to Oct. 24, 2020) was set at minus two per cent from its adjusted base. […] Read more

The Andersons’ ethanol plant at Denison, Iowa. (AndersonsEthanol.com)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Trump’s EPA promises biofuel boost, angers Big Oil

By GFM Network News October 5, 2019

Washington/New York | Reuters — The Trump administration on Friday unveiled a plan to boost U.S. biofuels consumption starting next year to help struggling farmers, a move that cheered the agriculture industry but triggered a backlash from Big Oil. The plan would require an unspecified increase in the amount of ethanol that oil refiners must […] Read more

Canadian dairy farmers will get $345 million in direct payments in the first year of an eight-year, $1.75 billion support package. (John Greig photo)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Dairy farmers to get direct cash payment as trade compensation

By GFM Network News August 16, 2019

Canadian dairy farmers will be getting direct cash compensation after the government gave up dairy market access to other countries in recent trade deals. The compensation follows promises by the Trudeau government — and the Harper government before it — that dairy farmers would be compensated in some form for the loss of market. Why […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

EU adopts post-Brexit import quotas for farm produce

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 29, 2019

Brussels | Reuters — The European Union on Monday adopted quotas for farming produce it will accept from third countries after Britain leaves the bloc and acknowledged this could happen before it has concluded talks with them on the subject. The EU has in place a series of tariff rate quotas, allowing agricultural producers such […] Read more

Cattle at a feedlot near North Platte, Nebraska. (AndrewLinscott/iStock/Getty Images)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

EU clear to start talks to increase U.S. beef imports

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 19, 2018

Brussels | Reuters — European Union countries agreed on Friday to allow negotiations to start with Washington on increasing U.S. beef imports into Europe, in a move that could ease transatlantic trade tensions. The Commission, which negotiates on behalf of the 28 EU nations, said it would open formal talks in the coming days on […] Read more

Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks with reporters in Washington, D.C. on April 25, 2018 after meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to discus NAFTA auto negotiations. (File photo: Reuters/David Lawder)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

NAFTA talks grind on with little sign of deal

By GFM Network News September 20, 2018

Washington | Reuters — Canada and the U.S. showed scant sign of being close to striking a deal on revamping the trilateral NAFTA that underpins US$1.2 trillion in annual trade, as Canadian sources played down talk of a U.S. quota on autos. Canada says it does not feel bound by a U.S.-imposed deadline for the […] Read more

Parmesan wheels seasoning. (Claudio Ventrella/iStock/Getty Images)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

‘Buyer beware’ on Canada’s cheese concessions, EU exporters say

By GFM Network News September 13, 2018

Toronto/Brussels | Reuters — A trade deal meant to give European cheesemakers more access to the Canadian market is falling short of its promise in its first full year, government data show, frustrating the European industry, which blames a year-old Ottawa quota system. Under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union, […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Machinery, Reuters

U.S. biofuels deal reported to be delayed indefinitely

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 6, 2018

Reuters — The Trump administration has indefinitely delayed a proposed overhaul of U.S. biofuels policy aimed at reducing costs for the oil industry, under pressure from corn state lawmakers who worry the move would undermine demand for ethanol, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The White House had been poised to announce reforms […] Read more

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

GFM Network News