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Farmers protesting in Toulouse, France, on January 16, 2024, with tractors bearing placards that read ‘Macron still an effort, soon all farmers will be dead’. Photo by Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via Reuters
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Head of French farmers union says protests could resume

Government in talks with farmers over prices, regulation and bureaucracy but union says its not doing enough

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Reading Time: < 1 minute The head of France's biggest farming union - the FNSEA - said on Tuesday that protests that hit the sector last month could resume if the government does not do more to meet their demands for better pay and working conditions.
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Pork Council joins call for delay of U.K. ascension to trade deal

Britain has shown it's not interested in free, fair trade of agricultural products, group says

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) says it's joining a meat industry coalition that's calling for a re-think of the United Kingdom's joining of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Farmers gather outside the Basque regional parliament in front of riot police during a protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Vitoria, Spain, February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Vincent West
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Tractors choke Spanish city streets as farmers protest EU policy

Spain's government, EU distribute additional subsidies, scrap plan to halve pesticide use

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Spanish farmers drove tractors through city streets, disrupting traffic on Thursday as they stepped up their protests against soaring costs, bureaucracy and cheap competition from outside the European Union.
Feds plan to invest in processing projects
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Feds plan to invest in processing projects

The money comes from a fund earmarked to help supply managed sectors hurt by trade deal

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal government will invest $89 million in 49 processing projects in the supply managed sector. Agriculture minister Lawrence MacAulay was in Ingleside, Ont., at the Lactalis Canada cheese plant to make the Feb. 5 announcement. The projects are through the six-year, $397.5-million Supply Management Processing Investment Fund, which is part of Ottawa's commitment to help sectors that lost market share due to trade agreements.
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Dairy Cattle, General

“Animal-free” milk gets green light in Canada

Company touts synthetic dairy as more environmentally friendly, healthy

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Reading Time: 2 minutes In a news release today, Israeli startup Remilk, which uses the tagline "Real Dairy. No Milk," announced it had received a 'No Objection Letter' from Health Canada. This will "open the door for use of Remilk's protein in a variety of products with the same taste and texture as milk, ice cream, yogurt, cream cheese, and more," the company said.
Features, Marketing

Right for your farm too?

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Reading Time: 3 minutes As more farms like Jackknife Creek Cattle & Land find success with their direct-to-consumer ventures, many experts believe it’s a good time for others to do the same. Food veteran Jo-Ann McArthur says Canada is ready and waiting. “Is it a good time? Absolutely,” she says. McArthur, president of Toronto-based Nourish Food Marketing, says now […] Read more

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