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Canadian farmers blamed for ag chemical in U.S. oat foods 

Discovery sets off media story despite samples testing well inside safe levels

By Robert Arnason, GFM Network News February 20, 2024
A U.S. environmental group is pointing a finger at Canadian oat growers, saying they’re the cause of ag chemical residues found in Cheerios and Quaker Oats.

Photo: Kkolosov/iStock/Getty Images
General, Livestock

National hog research firm gets $10.6 million in federal funds

Research to include new vaccines, antimicrobial alternatives, feed strategies, and genetics

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News February 20, 2024
The federal government has pledged up to $10.6 million for hog sector research, it said in an announcement today.


Greek farmers, with their tractors, protest in front of the Greek parliament over rising energy costs and competition from imports in Athens, Greece, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki
General, Reuters

Protesting Greek farmers drive tractors to parliament

Farmers to add pressure on gov., which has offered power bill discount, extension of fuel rebate

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 20, 2024
Farmers from across Greece drove their tractors to Athens on Tuesday, stepping up weeks of protests over rising costs, foreign competition and catastrophic flooding.

Photo: Thinkstock
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The ‘Ozempic effect’ could cut world food consumption: report

AI and the end of free water among food marketer's trends to watch

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News February 16, 2024
Will calorie consumption decline in the future thanks--in part--to a viral weight-loss drug? A recent food trend report suggests it could.


Photo: Singh_Lens/iStock/Getty Images
General

New farm income record set in 2023, estimates suggest

Despite challenges like drought and war, Canadian farms proved resilient

By Gord Gilmour, GFM Network News February 16, 2024
Canadian farm income may have set a new record in 2023. That's according to the official 2023 and 2024 estimates released February 16 by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

People stand to throw jute bags at tear gas fired by the police to disperse farmers marching towards New Delhi to press for better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at Shambhu, a border crossing between Punjab and Haryana states, India, February 14, 2024. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
General, Reuters

Indian farmers pause protest march to Delhi as government talks continue

Farmers pressing government to set minimum prices for produce ahead of election

By Reuters, Rupam Jain, Sunil Kataria, GFM Network News February 16, 2024
Indian farmers demanding higher prices for their crops said they had paused their protest march to New Delhi on Friday until their unions hold another round of talks with government ministers on Sunday.


Photo: JJ Gouin/iStock/Getty Images Plus
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Farm employee, employer’s perceptions differ on worker retention

Ag domestic labour gap will increase 15 per cent by 2030 as older workers retire: CAHRC

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News February 15, 2024
Manual labour and long hours may be less of a deterrent to farm workers than farmers think, a new report suggests.

Chris Vervaet, Executive Director of the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association speaking at the CropConnect conference in Winnipeg on February 14. Photo: Don Norman
Crops, General

‘Unprecedented’ growth possible for canola demand 

Renewable fuels could propel canola demand into the stratosphere: speaker 

By Don Norman, GFM Network News February 15, 2024
The biofuels industry could drive canola demand into unheard of territory in the coming decade, according to one industry expert. 


photo: kim alexander
General, Reuters

US allows farmers to use existing supplies of dicamba weedkillers

An Arizona court decision vacated the EPA's registration of dicamba-based herbicides

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News February 14, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday that farmers can use some existing supplies of herbicides based on the chemical dicamba, despite a federal court ruling last week that halted sprayings.

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General, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy and corn set three-year lows on fund selling, supply outlook

Markets down about 10 per cent this year, traded on lowest levels since late 2020

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News February 14, 2024
Soybean and corn futures fell to three-year lows at the Chicago Board of Trade on Wednesday under pressure from fund selling and expectations for increased U.S. supplies, analysts said.


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