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U.S. lawmaker sees early June vote to repeal COOL

By Reuters May 19, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute Washington | Reuters –– U.S. House of Representatives agriculture committee chairman Mike Conaway said on Tuesday he expects an early June vote on legislation to repeal U.S. meat labeling laws, to avoid costly retaliation from Canada and Mexico. Canada and Mexico began preparing retaliatory steps against U.S. goods on Monday, after a World Trade Organization […] Read more

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WTO panel rejects final U.S. appeal on COOL

By Dave Bedard May 18, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada is set to ask the World Trade Organization to allow a long list of retaliatory tariffs against U.S. agrifoods and other goods, after a WTO panel shot down Washington’s final defense of its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law on meat. The WTO Appellate Body on Monday released its report on the U.S. government’s appeal of […] Read more

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U.S. sees El Nino as near-certain to last through summer

By Reuters May 14, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes New York | Reuters — The El Nino climate phenomenon is almost certain to last through the Northern Hemisphere summer, the U.S. weather forecaster said, raising the chance of heavy rain in the southern U.S. as well as South America, and scorching heat in Asia that could devastate crops of thirsty food staples like rice. […] Read more

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Lamb producer supply loop that works for everyone

If you’re skeptical about value chains, it’s time for a hard look at how these Ontario farmers helped build Trillium Lamb Inc.

By Maggie Van Camp December 8, 2014

Reading Time: 8 minutes Demand is flying high. Lamb isn’t a niche anymore. It’s everywhere on mainstream meat counters. But it isn’t on the farm, and in 2010, Newmarket Meat Packers (NMP) found only 10 per cent of Ontario lamb sales were being met with Ontario-grown lamb. Surely, that sounds like an opportunity. “Our demographics have changed,” says Newmarket’s Maggie […] Read more

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U.S. lawmaker sees early June vote to repeal COOL

WTO panel rejects final U.S. appeal on COOL

U.S. sees El Nino as near-certain to last through summer

Lamb producer supply loop that works for everyone

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