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Jon Stewart of U.S. cable channel Comedy Central interviews President Barack Obama on Oct. 18. (Pete Souza photo, WhiteHouse.gov)

Will the U.S. election matter for Canada’s farmers?

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 18, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Western Canada’s farmers may not get a vote in the upcoming U.S. election, but policy south of the border can have a major effect on the agricultural markets across North America. U.S. agricultural policy “is extremely important… and has always had drastic effects on us,” said Terry Boehm, president of the National Farmers Union in […] Read more

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Loblaw to cut 700 head office, admin jobs

October 16, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s largest food retail company, citing long-term planning for efficiency, plans to eliminate about 700 management and administrative jobs, most notably at its head office. Loblaw Companies said Tuesday its changes take effect starting that day and should be complete in the next three weeks, for an estimated one-time fourth-quarter charge of about $60 million […] Read more

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Ontario, Manitoba book biggest gains in farmland values

October 11, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Rises in average farmland values in Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan jumped out ahead of Canada’s national average value, which itself rose at its fastest rate in years during the first half of 2012, according to Canada’s federal farm lender. Farm Credit Canada on Tuesday rolled out the fall edition of its twice-yearly Farmland Values report, […] Read more

International Trade Minister Ed Fast (right) meets with TPP nations’ ministers on the side of an APEC ministerial meeting in Russia on Sept. 6. (DFAIT)

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Canada formally joins Trans-Pacific trade talks

October 9, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Seeking to reduce its reliance on the sluggish U.S. market, Canada has formally joined 10 other nations in talks on creating an Asia Pacific free trade agreement, the federal government said on Tuesday. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations are designed to produce a free-trade zone with a combined population of 658 million people and a […] Read more

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One in eight of world population going hungry, UN says

By Catherine Hornby October 9, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes One out of every eight people in the world is chronically undernourished, the United Nations’ food agencies said Tuesday, warning that progress to reduce hunger has slowed since 2007-08 when high food prices sparked riots in several poor countries. In their latest report on food insecurity, the UN agencies estimated that 868 million people were […] Read more

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Much ground seen still to cover in Canada/EU trade talks

By David Ljunggren October 5, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes A large amount of work remains to be done on a proposed free trade treaty between Canada and the European Union, which is supposed to be concluded by the end of the year, a senior Canadian official was quoted as saying on Friday. Canada, keen to diversify its exports away from the United States, says […] Read more

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Oxfam urges World Bank to freeze land investments

By Lesley Wroughton October 5, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Global development group Oxfam on Wednesday called on the World Bank to suspend financing for large-scale land acquisitions to ensure that its practices do not encourage foreign land grabs in developing countries. Oxfam urged Jim Yong Kim, the lender’s new president, to announce a six-month moratorium on land investments by the bank at meetings of […] Read more

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World food prices rise, stay close to crisis levels: UN

By Catherine Hornby October 5, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes World food prices rose in September and are seen remaining close to levels reached during the 2008 food crisis, the United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday, while cutting its forecast for global cereal output. The worst drought in more than 50 years in the United States sent corn and soybean prices to record highs […] Read more

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U.S. farm law expires next week

By Christine Stebbins September 29, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Expiration of U.S. farm law on Oct. 1, shutting off dairy supports and putting 2013 crop subsidies in limbo, will cause pain for some farmers and frustration for many but programs like food stamps and crop insurance will roll on, analysts said. U.S. government funding is assured through March 2013 for many programs based on […] Read more

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Court sidelines crackdown on commodity speculation

By Alexandra Alper September 29, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes A U.S. judge knocked back on Friday tough new rules to clamp down on excessive speculation in commodity markets, handing an 11th-hour victory to Wall Street’s biggest banks and angering lawmakers concerned about high prices for gasoline and other raw materials. Just two weeks before the "position limits" rule was to take effect, U.S. District […] Read more

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Will the U.S. election matter for Canada’s farmers?

Loblaw to cut 700 head office, admin jobs

Ontario, Manitoba book biggest gains in farmland values

Canada formally joins Trans-Pacific trade talks

One in eight of world population going hungry, UN says

Much ground seen still to cover in Canada/EU trade talks

Oxfam urges World Bank to freeze land investments

World food prices rise, stay close to crisis levels: UN

U.S. farm law expires next week

Court sidelines crackdown on commodity speculation

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