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CETA hits resistance in Belgian fortress Wallonia

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Namur, Belgium | Reuters — The Belgian fortress city of Namur, besieged by European armies down the centuries, issued a declaration of war on the global economic order Friday, with a vote to reject a planned EU-Canada free trade agreement. The parliament of the region of Wallonia voted in its seat at Namur after a […] Read more
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German court rejects bid to block Canada-EU trade deal

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Berlin/Ottawa | Reuters –– Germany’s Constitutional Court cleared the government on Thursday to approve a free trade accord between the European Union and Canada under defined conditions, boosting the agreement’s chances of passing an EU vote next week. However, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made clear he was losing patience with the EU over the […] Read more
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U.S. biodiesel executives plead guilty over fraud scheme

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Reading Time: 3 minutes New York | Reuters — Two men pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Wednesday to conspiracy, fraud and making false statements related to the U.S. government’s controversial policy designed to boost use of renewable fuels, according to court documents. The case comes in the last four weeks of a contentious U.S. presidential election campaign […] Read more
A preserved portion of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany. (CIA.gov)
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Germany’s top court hears CETA challenge

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Karlsruhe, Germany | Reuters — Germany’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday began hearing a legal challenge to a planned EU-Canada free trade deal that could paralyze the accord. Three German activist groups handed in 125,000 signatures to the court in August in opposition to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which they fear will undermine […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets, Weather

ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching weather

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Snow, rain and cold temperatures over the past week helped canola futures trend higher, hitting their strongest levels in three months. With about a fifth of the crop facing harvest delays, more gains are possible, but the large U.S. soybean crop remains a bearish influence in the background. “Farmers continue to struggle […] Read more
Staff of Le Bulletin were presented Oct. 7 with ACRA’s Prix Roger-Blais. From left are awards jury president Yolaine Villeneuve, public and corporate affairs director of the Conseil des industriels laitiers du Quebec (CILQ); Le Bulletin editor Yvon Therien; writers Celine Normandin and Marie-Josee Parent; associate editor Marie-Claude Poulin; and writer Nicolas Mesly. (LACRA.net)
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FBC earns national, provincial honours for farm coverage

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg farm publishing house Farm Business Communications has earned 13 national and provincial awards so far this fall for its news and feature coverage of issues in Canadian farming. FBC, an arm of Glacier FarmMedia, earned a total of 10 gold, silver and bronze awards on Oct. 1 from the Canadian Farm Writers Federation (CFWF), […] Read more
Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola technicals rangebound

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts may have seen some weather-related strength over the past week, but technical signals remain relatively flat overall. The November contract settled Friday at $469.80 per tonne, nearing the high end of a corkscrew pattern — a series of higher lows and lower highs — going back over […] Read more
Drought at Swift Current affected the study results, but over the long term, red clover should also provide advantages when included in the rotation in drier areas.
Crops, Forages

Growing your own N

New research in Saskatchewan proves forage rotations of only two years can provide a valuable fertility boost

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Reading Time: 3 minutes When Duane Thompson talks about sustainability, he makes no bones about the fact that nothing is sustainable unless it’s economical for the farmer. “Sustainability is a nice notion but you want to be improving and getting better,” he says. “I’m not really big on sustainability — I want to be sustainable-plus.” Thompson is a case […] Read more
A preserved portion of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany. (CIA.gov)
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German federal, state governments to decide jointly on GM crops

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Berlin | Reuters — Germany’s federal and state governments will in future decide together whether to ban the cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that are allowed in the European Union, a draft law showed, ending a long dispute. An EU law in March 2015 cleared the way for the approval of new […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Harvest to keep market rangebound

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts have a softer tone, but are likely to stay rangebound in the short term, one analyst says. “We’re not looking for a significant breakout,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of Canadian operations with Swiss-based GAP SA Grains and Produits in Winnipeg. He pegged canola’s short-term range between $450 […] Read more

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