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Trump and Modi’s lavish farm payouts prompt questions at WTO

By Tom Miles 24 hours ago

Geneva | Reuters — Massive farm-support plans in the United States and India are being scrutinized by other World Trade Organization members, questions submitted to the WTO’s quarterly agriculture committee meeting showed on Monday. The WTO has strict rules about the size and nature of payments, and member governments keep a close watch for any […] Read more

Weather

Today’s precipitation

By Staff 2 days ago

Data from weather stations across the Prairies are available to Glacier FarmMedia members at the WeatherFarm website, where you can also sign up for a daily forecast email for your area. On the go? Get the WeatherFarm mobile app, available for iPhone and Android devices. To learn more about the CoCoRaHS system that generates these precipitation maps […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Seeding in Alberta complete, forage growers struggle with dry weather

Alberta Crop Report: Conditions as of June 11

By Alberta Agriculture 4 days ago

With the exception of a few feed crops, seeding is essentially finished in Alberta. Producers are actively spraying and scouting fields. Areas of concern vary from smoke and frost in the north to flea beetles and cutworms in other pockets of the province. In the week ending June 11 there were rainfall events providing 15 […] Read more

Crops

Cannabis edibles clear for legal launch before year-end

By GFM Staff 4 days ago

Food products containing cannabis are expected to be on the retail market by mid-December at the earliest under new federal regulations announced Friday. Health Canada on Friday announced amendments to the Cannabis Regulations will be published June 26 to come into force Oct. 17, laying out rules for legal production and sale of edible cannabis, […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop

Agricultural plastics not part of federal ban

By GFM Staff 4 days ago

The federal government’s plan to halt Canada’s consumption of single-use plastics such as shopping bags, straws and stir sticks over the next couple of years won’t extend to farm chemical containers and grain bags. Cleanfarms, the national industry stewardship body operating waste management and recycling programs for agricultural packaging, said Thursday that plastic products such […] Read more

Crops, Pulses, Reuters

Beyond Meat’s new competitor: Tyson’s pea-and-meat blended burger

By Tina Bellon 5 days ago

Reuters — U.S. meat processor Tyson Foods on Thursday launched its first vegetarian and mixed-protein products, including a beef and pea burger, as it seeks to compete with Beyond Meat and other companies catering to rising demand for plant-based alternatives to meat. Tyson is betting that meat eaters wanting healthier diets will see their blend […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop

Bayer to invest $7.5 billion in new herbicides

By Reuters 5 days ago

Berlin | Reuters — Bayer said it would invest five billion euros (C$7.5 billion) in developing new weedkillers and reducing its environmental impact by 30 per cent by 2030, as it seeks to address the fallout from U.S. class-action litigation over glyphosate. “While glyphosate will continue to play an important role in agriculture and in […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

KFC testing vegan ‘chicken’ burger in U.K.

By Reuters 5 days ago

Reuters — Yum Brands’ KFC is looking to tap into the popularity of plant-based protein foods by rolling out a vegan version of its classic chicken burger at some outlets in the U.K. The new burger, called “the Imposter Burger,” will have a fillet made from a meat substitute product, Quorn, instead of its classic […] Read more

Crops, Lentils, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil exports ahead of last year’s pace

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News June 11, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canada’s lentil exports have been good this year, according to Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting Venture in Winnipeg. “At the end of April we were 26 per cent ahead of last year’s pace. Most of that is due to buying from India. Everybody’s surprised,” she said, Total lentil exports were 1.16 million tonnes […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop, Markets

New marine fuel rules to boost diesel prices for at least a year, analysts say

By Erwin Seba June 10, 2019

Houston | Reuters — Global prices for diesel and marine fuels should rise by October ahead of a January switchover to new, very low-sulphur marine fuels, and remain higher for at least a year as refiners shift production to make more of the new fuels, analysts said. Marine fuels containing no more than 0.5 per […] Read more

Federal food policy aims to lift local and Canadian-grown products

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, live cattle firm on bargain buying

Trudeau to meet with Pelosi, McConnell on USMCA

GFM Network News

Federal food policy aims to lift local and Canadian-grown products

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs, live cattle firm on bargain buying

Trudeau to meet with Pelosi, McConnell on USMCA

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Trump and Modi’s lavish farm payouts prompt questions at WTO

Today’s precipitation

Seeding in Alberta complete, forage growers struggle with dry weather

Cannabis edibles clear for legal launch before year-end

Agricultural plastics not part of federal ban

Beyond Meat’s new competitor: Tyson’s pea-and-meat blended burger

Bayer to invest $7.5 billion in new herbicides

KFC testing vegan ‘chicken’ burger in U.K.

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil exports ahead of last year’s pace

New marine fuel rules to boost diesel prices for at least a year, analysts say

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