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Francophone ag education in E. Ont. under new management

By Country Guide Staff March 5, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes An established francophone college has been named to co-ordinate delivery of French-language agricultural education programs in eastern Ontario. The province on Thursday announced Ottawa-based Collège La Cité will take on that role — and take the lead in delivering several such programs this fall at Campus d’Alfred (UGCA), which, for now, is a francophone campus […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Brazil truck strike wanes; more soy gets to ports

By Caroline Stauffer, Gustavo Bonato March 3, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Only a handful of roads remained blocked in Brazil on Tuesday as truck drivers focused their grievances on Brasilia and a key highway in top soy state Mato Grosso opened after two weeks of protests. There were seven protests over rising freight costs affecting federal highways, down from 18 on […] Read more

General, Machinery, Weather

Spring load limits to slow grain movement on Prairie roads

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 2, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Spring road bans are starting to be put into place across Western Canada as temperatures warm up in the Prairie provinces. The annual restrictions set axle weight limits for vehicles moving on certain roads in an effort to reduce the damage heavier loads can cause during the spring thaw period. Grain and […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Brazil truckers continue some roadblocks after crackdown

By Caroline Stauffer, Marcelo Teixeira March 2, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sao Paulo | Reuters — Striking truck drivers resumed some roadblocks in Brazil on Monday, disrupting grain and meat shipments to southern ports even as the government cracked down on protesters and promised to give new benefits to the transport sector. By mid-afternoon there were 23 road blockages in three southern states, down from 99 […] Read more

Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott, shown here at the U.N. in September, is backing plans for a nationwide country-of-origin labelling program. (PM.gov.au via Flickr)

General, Markets, Reuters

Australia plans country-of-origin labelling after hep A outbreak

By Colin Packham February 26, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sydney | Reuters — Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott backed plans on Thursday to introduce country-of-origin labelling in the wake of a hepatitis A outbreak, potentially risking contravention of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. With 18 confirmed cases of hepatitis A linked to consumption of berries sold by Patties Foods Ltd., Abbott said he had […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Contract negotiators for U.S. West Coast ports reach tentative deal

By Steve Gorman February 21, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutes Los Angeles | Reuters — A group of shipping companies and a powerful dockworkers union clinched a tentative labour deal on Friday after nine months of negotiations, settling a dispute that disrupted the flow of cargo through 29 U.S. West Coast ports and snarled trans-Pacific maritime trade with Asia. The settlement, confirmed in a joint […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Pacific trade pact negotiators to meet in March

By Reuters February 20, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Washington | Reuters –– Chief negotiators for a Pacific trade deal will meet in Hawaii for talks in the second week of March, the U.S. trade office said Friday, a move which could delay a final agreement on the pact. Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb said on Feb. 5 he hoped to agree on the […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

U.S. farmers hit hard by labour strife at West Coast ports

By Steve Gorman February 13, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Los Angeles | Reuters –– Protracted labour strife and shipping disruptions at U.S. West Coast ports have hit farmers especially hard, posing a major barrier to perishable goods headed to overseas markets and resulting in losses estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars a week. Foreign Pacific Rim customers facing chronic delays in shipments of […] Read more

General, Markets

Walmart to boost fresh food handle in Canada

By Country Guide Staff February 11, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian arm of U.S. retail giant Walmart has earmarked about $340 million to build 29 new retail and grocery supercentres and to expand its distribution networks for fresh food and online shopping. The company on Wednesday announced it will spend about $230 million in fiscal 2015 (ending Jan. 31, 2016) on supercentre projects, including […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets

BMR hardware chain joins Coop federee

By Country Guide Staff February 6, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Agrifood processor and ag retailer La Coop federee has moved from minority stakeholder to full owner of home reno and hardware retail chain Groupe BMR. Coop federee, Quebec’s biggest agrifood company, announced Thursday it exercised an option in its 2013 purchase of a minority position in BMR, buying the retailer’s remaining shares and making it […] Read more

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Francophone ag education in E. Ont. under new management

Brazil truck strike wanes; more soy gets to ports

Spring load limits to slow grain movement on Prairie roads

Brazil truckers continue some roadblocks after crackdown

Australia plans country-of-origin labelling after hep A outbreak

Contract negotiators for U.S. West Coast ports reach tentative deal

Pacific trade pact negotiators to meet in March

U.S. farmers hit hard by labour strife at West Coast ports

Walmart to boost fresh food handle in Canada

BMR hardware chain joins Coop federee

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