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Feds extend railway grain volume rules through harvest

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 1, 2014

Reuters — The Canadian government will require the country’s two big railways to ship more than the current minimum of 1 million tonnes of crops a week through the autumn harvest as it tries to prevent a repeat of last season’s backlog. The regulations announced on Friday in the world’s third-biggest wheat exporter require Canadian […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

U.S. live cattle futures sag with beef prices

By GFM Network News May 7, 2013

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower on Monday on expectations that wholesale beef prices will soon set a seasonal high, traders and analysts said. They said prospects for weaker wholesale beef prices and more cattle available for sale dampened optimism for higher cash cattle prices. CME June and August live cattle drifted below […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Weather

Cargill profits sink as U.S. drought hits meat business

By GFM Network News April 10, 2013

U.S. agrifood giant Cargill said on Tuesday that lingering pressure from a historic U.S. drought hurt its meat and grain operations, knocking quarterly earnings down 42 per cent. The worst drought in more than half a century last year devastated the corn harvest in the United States, the world’s top grain producer, and catapulted prices […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

Ritz sees up to $1B per year in COOL retaliation

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News April 10, 2013

Having wrapped up discussions on mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) in Washington, D.C., Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Canada will consider retaliatory measures of up to $1 billion per year if the U.S. doesn’t comply with World Trade Organization requirements. Speaking Tuesday on a conference call with reporters, Ritz said he and U.S. Department of Agriculture […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Weather

B.C. greenhouse growers get permanent carbon tax break

By GFM Network News April 10, 2013

British Columbia’s greenhouse growers will now get a permanent exemption from the bulk of the province’s carbon tax on their natural gas and propane use — with a similar break expected to follow for farm fuels. Telegraphed in the provincial budget in February, the new exemption announced Tuesday will come in the form of grants […] Read more

Crops

New crop pesticide chemistry expands its reach

By GFM Network News April 8, 2013

A relatively new insecticide chemistry group has yielded its first product able to be used against a “cross-spectrum” of chewing and sucking insects — and will be aimed against Colorado potato beetles, among others. DuPont Crop Protection announced Tuesday it has picked up registration from Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency for the active ingredient […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

Chicago live cattle tumble on technical sales, feeders fall

By GFM Network News April 3, 2013

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle and feeder cattle futures fell on Tuesday on profit-taking after recent gains that were prompted by a steep drop in corn futures the past few days, traders said. Traders said much of the activity in the cattle futures market was technical and said volatility should have been expected because […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. corn takes biggest two-day fall since 1996

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News April 2, 2013

Chicago corn tumbled to its biggest two-day drop since mid-1996, touching the lowest price in nine months, as larger-than-expected U.S. stockpiles weighed down the market. Pressured by corn, Chicago wheat also registered its lowest nearby price in nine months, and soybeans touched a nearly three-month low. Chicago Board of Trade May corn fell 53 cents […] Read more

Livestock

N.S., N.L. plan fee hikes for farmers

By GFM Network News April 2, 2013

An assortment of service fees the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador governments charge to farmers are increasing. The Nova Scotia government on Thursday announced hikes of 5.8 per cent to many of its 1,400 fees across all government departments effective Monday (April 1), while the Newfoundland and Labrador government’s increases for farmers, announced Tuesday, […] Read more

Livestock

Sask. sweetens terms for community pasture operation

By GFM Network News April 1, 2013

The Saskatchewan government plans to offer an improved deal to rancher groups to take over operations of community pastures being offloaded from the federal government. The province — which received the former Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) pastures after the federal government announced in April 2012 it would remove itself from the community pasture business […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up on bargain buying

GFM Network News

Tories’ climate plan focused on green investment

ICE weekly outlook: Weather the main factor in canola bids

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up on bargain buying

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Feds extend railway grain volume rules through harvest

U.S. live cattle futures sag with beef prices

Cargill profits sink as U.S. drought hits meat business

Ritz sees up to $1B per year in COOL retaliation

B.C. greenhouse growers get permanent carbon tax break

New crop pesticide chemistry expands its reach

Chicago live cattle tumble on technical sales, feeders fall

U.S. corn takes biggest two-day fall since 1996

N.S., N.L. plan fee hikes for farmers

Sask. sweetens terms for community pasture operation

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