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Le Botanique, a Brussels-area greenhouse facility repurposed as a cultural centre and live music venue. (CIA.gov)
Livestock, Reuters

Belgian regions set to block CETA over farm concerns

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Brussels | Reuters –– Southern Belgium is set to block a planned EU-Canada free trade agreement, threatening to undermine the European Union’s entire trade policy and serving as a warning to British hopes of a speedy deal after Britain has left the European Union. EU trade ministers will vote in a week on the Comprehensive […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Crops, Forages, Weather

High-quality forages tougher to find this year

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — There seems to be no shortage of forages in Western Canada this year, as wet weather has allowed grasses to keep progressing at a steady rate. Finding high-quality hay could be the challenge, however, according to crop watchers in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. “It’s been tough for guys to put four to five […] Read more
Toronto MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith’s bill to tighten animal cruelty legislation in Canada has been voted down in the Commons on second reading. (NErskine-Smith.liberal.ca)
Livestock

Bill to tighten cruelty laws downed in Commons

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Reading Time: 3 minutes A federal private member’s bill meant to tighten animal cruelty laws in Canada — alarming farm organizations and energizing animal welfare groups en route — has gone the way of most private members’ bills. Bill C-246, introduced in February by Toronto Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith and given first reading, died Wednesday in the House of […] Read more
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Livestock, Reuters

EU’s Juncker seeks to win over Austria on CETA

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Strasbourg | Reuters –– European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker expressed optimism on Wednesday that EU governments would agree a contentious free trade deal this month ahead of a meeting with a skeptical Austrian chancellor. Juncker said the EU needed to ensure that a deal agreed with Canada two years ago entered into force in a […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Dairy Cattle, Livestock

NAFTA negotiators see gains for Canada if pact reopened

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Canada, fearful of talk by the U.S. presidential candidates to reopen the North American Free Trade Agreement, could use the opportunity to push for a better deal on worker mobility, dispute resolutions and other issues, Canadian negotiators of the original pact said. Republican Donald Trump calls NAFTA the worst trade deal signed by […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
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Manitoba farmers feel left out on farm policy tour

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Manitoba has been dropped from an upcoming consulting tour meant to lay the foundation for Canada’s next agricultural policy funding framework. That will limit the province’s producers, the head of an industry group says. The House of Commons’ standing committee on agriculture and agri-food is holding a consulting tour to hear from […] Read more
(Keith Weller photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

New Zealand dairy industry worries over Canada pricing plan

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Wellington/Winnipeg | Reuters — New Zealand is closely watching changes in how Canada prices dairy products, New Zealand’s trade ministry said on Friday, as industry groups in several countries complain of unfair Canadian competition. Canada’s dairy farmers and processors, which include Saputo and Parmalat Canada, struck a pricing agreement in July that industry groups in […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Livestock, Reuters

Farm gate prices fall in August on meat, dairy

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian producer prices unexpectedly fell in August as meat and dairy products saw the largest decrease in nearly nine years, while lower prices for energy and petroleum products also weighed, data from Statistics Canada showed on Friday. The 0.5 per cent decline in producer prices fell well short of analysts’ expectations […] Read more
Sobeys now offers Island View beef as the “primary” beef brand in the 13 stores it supplies across Prince Edward Island. (CNW Group/Sobeys Atlantic)
Beef Cattle, Livestock

Sobeys locks in Atlantic Beef for P.E.I. stores

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Prince Edward Island’s long-beleaguered packing plant, Atlantic Beef Products, has now ramped up its slaughter and processing capacity to meet a new commitment from grocery chain Sobeys. The Nova Scotia-based grocery chain on Tuesday announced ABP’s Island View Farms is now the “primary” brand for beef sold at the five Sobeys, five Co-op and three […] Read more
“Be patient and try not to get too high or too low — keep an even keel.” – Trevor Cunning
Crops

Committed to better decisions

Trevor Cunning tinkers, tweets and tightens his schedule to stay ahead

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Go ahead, just ask him. Trevor Cunning will share almost anything he knows about farming and his farm. He even calls himself an “open book” and he says there’s little to hide about the family’s Starhill Farms operation in the Ottawa Valley, between Vankleek Hill and St-Eugène. Cunning and his father Allen — who began […] Read more

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