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Canadian maple syrup for sale at Montreal’s Marche Atwater in 2016. (Lorraine Boogich/iStock/Getty Images)

With maple syrup tariff, Canada-U.S. trade dispute spills beyond metals

By GFM Network News June 5, 2018

Toronto | Reuters — Canada’s retaliation against U.S. President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs includes proposed duties on U.S. maple syrup, a nod to a national symbol and a powerful industry in Quebec that could hurt producers in Maine. While small in dollar value, the tariff shows how Canada’s retaliation has turned a dispute […] Read more

General, Reuters

Canada to U.S.: Explain that farm spending war chest

By GFM Network News June 1, 2018

Chicago/Geneva | Reuters — Canada wants the United States to explain why its lawmakers have made an additional $30 billion available to support U.S. farmers hit by trade woes, and how Washington might distribute the money, according to a document published by the World Trade Organization on Thursday. The questions come amid growing trade tensions […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

China signals to state giants: ‘Buy American’ oil and grains

By GFM Network News May 23, 2018

Singapore/Beijing | Reuters –– China will import record volumes of U.S. oil and is likely to ship more U.S. soy after Beijing signalled to state-run refiners and grains purchasers they should buy more to help ease tensions between the two top economies, trade sources said on Wednesday. China pledged at the weekend to increase imports […] Read more

Ripe soybeans near Morden, Man. on Sept. 14, 2017. (Allan Dawson photo)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans surge on U.S.-China trade truce

By GFM Network News May 21, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped more than two per cent on Monday after Washington and Beijing agreed to drop tariff threats, easing fears that demand for U.S. shipments to top importer China could slow. Corn prices were little changed, while wheat dropped on crop-boosting rains in the U.S. Plains wheat belt and […] Read more

A crenellated walkway on top of the Great Wall of China. (Cia.gov)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

China agrees to import more ag commodities, fuels from U.S.

By GFM Network News May 21, 2018

Washington | Reuters — China has agreed to significantly increase its purchases of U.S. goods and services, the two countries said Saturday, but made no mention of a US$200 billion target the White House had touted earlier. Beijing and Washington agreed they would keep talking about measures under which China would import more energy and […] Read more

Grain sorghum under irrigation at Bushland in northern Texas. (Susan O’Shaughnessy photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

China retreats from U.S. sorghum probe amid global market havoc

By GFM Network News May 18, 2018

Beijing | Reuters — China dropped its anti-dumping probe into imports of U.S. sorghum on Friday, beating a hasty retreat from a dispute that wreaked chaos across the global grain market and raised concerns about rising costs and financial damage at home. The move was seen as a goodwill concession as Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He […] Read more

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General, Markets, Reuters

U.S. pushing for NAFTA deal ahead of Thursday deadline

By GFM Network News May 16, 2018

Washington | Reuters — The United States is still pushing for a deal to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the White House said on Wednesday, while a top Mexican official held out the possibility of an agreement in the coming weeks. President Donald Trump is committed to getting a better agreement with […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures fall

By GFM Network News May 16, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell 1.9 per cent on Wednesday, dropping below US$10 a bushel for the first time since April 4, on renewed fears about a trade dispute chilling demand from China, the world’s top buyer of the oilseed. Wheat futures ticked higher on short-covering, recovering from a three-week low hit […] Read more

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a Toyota plant at Cambridge, Ont. on May 4. (PMO photo by Adam Scotti)

General, Markets, Reuters

NAFTA ‘hot topics’ said unresolved as deal deadline looms

By GFM Network News May 14, 2018

Washington | Reuters — U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday that none of the contentious issues in a new NAFTA trade deal appear to have been resolved, diminishing chances of meeting a Thursday deadline to notify U.S. lawmakers of an agreement. If the notification is not sent by Thursday, U.S. House Speaker Paul […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise as trade fears ease

By GFM Network News May 14, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose 1.5 per cent on Monday, bouncing back from their lowest in more than five weeks on a round of technical buying and signs that Chinese demand for export supplies was picking up, traders said. Wheat futures dropped, their fourth straight losing session, falling through […] 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

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With maple syrup tariff, Canada-U.S. trade dispute spills beyond metals

Canada to U.S.: Explain that farm spending war chest

China signals to state giants: ‘Buy American’ oil and grains

U.S. grains: Soybeans surge on U.S.-China trade truce

China agrees to import more ag commodities, fuels from U.S.

China retreats from U.S. sorghum probe amid global market havoc

U.S. pushing for NAFTA deal ahead of Thursday deadline

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures fall

NAFTA ‘hot topics’ said unresolved as deal deadline looms

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise as trade fears ease

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