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Dairy Cattle, Fruit/Vegetables, General, Markets

Canadian, U.S. regulators clear Heinz and Kraft merger

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Antitrust regulators in both Canada and the U.S. have fixed their seals of official inaction on ketchup giant H.J. Heinz’s play for control of Kraft Foods Group. Canada’s Competition Bureau has confirmed that it wrapped its review of the proposed deal and issued its “no action” letter to the companies on Wednesday. A “no action” […] Read more
Quebec Agriculture Minister Pierre Paradis. (MAPAQ.gouv.qc.ca)
Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Sheep/Goats

Quebec plans new legal status for animals

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Quebec’s agriculture minister has tabled a new provincial government bill to raise the legal status of domestic and farmed animals in the province beyond that of “furniture.” Pierre Paradis on Friday introduced Bill 54 in the provincial assembly, with the stated goal of enshrining animals in Quebec’s Civil Code as sentient beings — that is, feeling and […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

OIE cuts six European countries’ BSE risk level

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Paris | Reuters — The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has lowered to the safest level the official risk of six countries for BSE, a move expected to open international market access for their beef exports. These countries are France, Ireland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Cyprus and Liechtenstein. OIE members in Paris last week eased […] Read more
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Farm and Country editor John Phillips, 88

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Reading Time: < 1 minute A memorial is scheduled Saturday in Toronto for journalist John Phillips, who served 25 years as editor of the Ontario farming journal Farm and Country. Phillips died “peacefully” Wednesday at Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga at age 88, according to his obituary. According to Farm and Country’s successor magazine Better Farming, Phillips was the now-defunct […] Read more
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Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Global dairy demand seen picking up only slightly

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Wellington | Reuters –– Global dairy prices are expected to pick up only slightly over the next 12 months, New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, said Thursday. Fonterra said the subdued outlook amid sluggish demand would likely slow the pace of New Zealand dairy output growth, and kept its forecast payout […] Read more
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Crops, Livestock, Marketing

Best practices for direct farm marketing and five things you need to avoid

Once you’ve got your value-added product or service ready to go, the hard part’s done, right?

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Not so fast. Chances are you are going to need to work hard to build product awareness. The experts agree you need a plan for how you’re going to let your potential customers know why they’re going to want to do business with you. The marketing plan is a vital part of your business plan […] Read more
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Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Supply-managed sectors bolster defenses against TPP

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Canadian farmers are stepping up their campaign against a nearly complete Pacific trade pact they fear will destroy protections for local dairy, egg and chicken producers and endanger jobs. Farmers in Quebec, which produces 40 per cent of Canada’s dairy products, ran full-page newspaper advertisements on Tuesday warning Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations threaten […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Wal-Mart urges meat suppliers to curb antibiotic use

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Wal-Mart Stores is pressing meat, seafood, dairy and egg suppliers to reduce the use of antibiotics, becoming the first large retailer to take a stand against the excessive use of drugs in raising farm animals. The guidelines announced on Friday would limit suppliers to using antibiotics to treat and prevent disease, […] Read more
Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Dutch goat’s cheese gets protected EU status

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Brussels | Reuters –– A type of Dutch goat’s cheese can now only be produced in the Netherlands after the European Union said on Tuesday it had registered it as protected, awarding it the same status as Greece’s feta and Italy’s parmesan. “Hollandse geitenkaas” is a semi-hard cheese prepared in a similar fashion to the […] Read more

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