Reading Time: 2 minutes The United States will sell “so much” beef to Australia, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday after Canberra relaxed import restrictions, adding that other countries that refused U.S. beef products were on notice.
Trump says US will sell ‘so much’ beef to Australia
Australia says relaxed restrictions unrelated to trade talks
Supreme Court gives thumbs-up emoji case the thumbs down
Highest court dismisses Saskatchewan farmer’s appeal application
Reading Time: < 1 minute Saskatchewan farmer wanted to appeal the court decision that a thumbs-up emoji served as a signature to a grain delivery contract.
Canada’s retail sales shrink as tariffs bite, June expected to improve
Food and beverage saw declines, led declines in beer, wine and liquor sales and declining convenience store transations
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada's retail sales shrank by 1.1 per cent in May as consumers curtailed car purchases and spent less at supermarkets, convenience stores and on alcohol, data showed on Thursday.
Chinese government pledges hog capacity control to stabilize prices
China soymeal futures fall as government pledges to reduce soymeal use in animal feed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chinese authorities have pledged to rein in hog production and reduce soymeal use in animal feed to stabilize hog prices.
Governments offer aid to drought-affected Manitoba livestock producers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Manitoba and the federal governement are teaming up to support Manitoba livestock producers who are being hit hard by drought conditions.
Report details economic losses due to bird flu in U.S. dairy cattle
Reading Time: < 1 minute Report from Cornell University researchers details how much it costs to have a dairy cow infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza.
U.S. Republicans continue push to override California animal welfare law
Proposition 12 has potential to affect Canadian hog farmers who frequently sell into the U.S. market
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. Republicans are continuing years-long effort to override a California's Proposition 12, which bans the sale of pork from pigs kept in tightly confined spaces, arguing in a House Agriculture Committee hearing that the law is overly burdensome to farmers.
In South Korea’s ‘apple county’, farmers beg not to be sacrificed for US trade deal
Reading Time: 3 minutes South Korean apple farmers, who account for about a third of the roughly 14,000 households in the sleepy rural area of Cheongsong county, worry that their way of life could be under threat from an influx of cheap U.S. imports.
Agriculture, agri-food groups make bid for spot in Carney’s economic agenda
Reading Time: < 1 minute A coalition of producer and agri-business groups is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to make Canadian agriculture part of his economic agenda.
Alberta Crop Report: Rains in the south, dryness in the north
Reading Time: 2 minutes Rain fell onto the southern half of Alberta last week, while hot and dry conditions persisted in the northern half, according to the province's crop report released on July 18.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
