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U.S. Senate will not vote on USMCA in 2018, McConnell says

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Senate’s top Republican said on Tuesday that senators will not vote to approve a revised North American trade pact in 2018, leaving the issue to the next Congress. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell told Bloomberg Television that the Senate will not have time to take up the new United […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

U.S. seen likely to win in effort to shut down WTO’s appeals court

By GFM Network News October 5, 2018

Geneva | Reuters — The United States is likely to succeed in shutting down the World Trade Organization’s supreme court because other WTO members are powerless to stop it, diplomats, lawyers and officials said at a conference in Geneva on Friday. The United States has blocked appointments of judges to the Appellate Body, throwing the […] Read more

General, Machinery, Weather

AgriRecovery offered for B.C. wildfire costs

By GFM Network News October 4, 2018

British Columbia ranchers and farmers who lost pasture or cropland or had to move livestock out of the path of wildfires this year may be eligible for AgriRecovery funding. The federal and B.C. governments on Thursday announced a new AgriRecovery program worth up to $5 million to help defray “extraordinary costs incurred” due to wildfires […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Trade pact clause seen deterring China trade deals with Canada, Mexico

By GFM Network News October 2, 2018

Washington | Reuters — China’s hopes of negotiating a free trade pact with Canada or Mexico were dealt a sharp setback by a provision deep in the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement that aims to forbid such deals with “non-market” countries, trade experts said on Tuesday. The provision specifies that if one of the current North […] Read more

General, Markets

Outrage, acceptance greet Son of NAFTA

By GFM Network News October 2, 2018

Responses from Canada’s farm sectors range from acceptance to anger as concessions and market access granted under the successor to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) come into clearer view. Dairy: ‘Who needs an enemy?’ The new agreement, announced Sunday and dubbed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by the U.S. government, is expected to […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Mexican president-elect insists on trilateral NAFTA

By GFM Network News September 28, 2018

Washington/Mexico City | Reuters — The United States and Mexico are due to release the text of their trade agreement on Friday, increasing pressure on Canada to join its partners in revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement while Mexico’s president-elect said he would insist on a trilateral pact. President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Beef demand, crush margins boost Cargill’s Q1 ledger

By GFM Network News September 27, 2018

Reuters — Grains trader Cargill reported a nearly five per cent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday as global demand for beef and improved oilseed crushing results offset challenges in several business units. But Cargill also faced various headwinds across the company — particularly in its protein and food ingredients units, both of which have […] Read more

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Photo-finish election claims New Brunswick’s ag minister

By GFM Network News September 25, 2018

New Brunswick’s incumbent agriculture minister is among the Liberal cabinet members knocked out of office in Monday night’s too-close-to-call provincial election. Final results from Elections New Brunswick put Progressive Conservative candidate Robert Gauvin ahead of Agriculture, Mines and Rural Affairs Minister Wilfred Roussel by a spread of 99 votes in his northeastern riding of Shippagan-Lameque-Miscou. […] Read more

General, Markets

Sobeys parent to buy fresh-food grocer Farm Boy

By GFM Network News September 24, 2018

The owner of the Sobeys and Canada Safeway chains has a deal in place to buy southern Ontario grocery retailer Farm Boy, a well known patron of the region’s producers. In a deal still subject to review by the federal Competition Bureau, Empire Co. announced Monday it will pay $800 million for the grocery chain, […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Swiss voters reject more aid for farmers

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 23, 2018

Zurich | Reuters — Swiss voters decisively rejected more help for farmers in two referendums on Sunday, heeding the government’s warnings that the measures would send food prices rocketing and hurt the economy, projections for broadcaster SRF showed. Opinion polls had shown early widespread support for more farm aid was fading as the vote neared […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans down as exports disappoint, weather improves

U.S. livestock: Hogs extend slide, fall below seven-week lows

Sunflower production seen beating StatsCan estimates

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U.S. grains: Soybeans down as exports disappoint, weather improves

U.S. livestock: Hogs extend slide, fall below seven-week lows

Sunflower production seen beating StatsCan estimates

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U.S. Senate will not vote on USMCA in 2018, McConnell says

U.S. seen likely to win in effort to shut down WTO’s appeals court

AgriRecovery offered for B.C. wildfire costs

Trade pact clause seen deterring China trade deals with Canada, Mexico

Outrage, acceptance greet Son of NAFTA

Mexican president-elect insists on trilateral NAFTA

Beef demand, crush margins boost Cargill’s Q1 ledger

Photo-finish election claims New Brunswick’s ag minister

Sobeys parent to buy fresh-food grocer Farm Boy

Swiss voters reject more aid for farmers

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