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CPC leadership hopefuls list ending carbon tax as priority for agriculture

Party leadership candidates also look to strengthen trade relationships

Removing the carbon tax is the main priority for the two top Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) leadership candidates, according to a recent survey. Peter MacKay and Erin O’Toole, considered the front-runners in a small field of leadership hopefuls, listed eliminating the environmental policy in response to a series of questions posed to them by […] Read more

Members of Grain Farmers of Ontario sport a banner outside a provincial cabinet minister’s office in 2015. (File photo by Ralph Pearce)

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GFO quits Grain Growers of Canada

Grain Farmers of Ontario flags national group's 'governance' and structure

By D.C. Fraser February 7, 2020

Grain Farmers of Ontario has dropped out of Grain Growers of Canada. The Ontario organization, which represents about 28,000 barley, corn, oat, soybean and wheat farmers in the province, cited a lack of representation in the national policy group. GFO publicly announced its withdrawal in a news release on Thursday, days after it informed the […] Read more

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Younger aggies sought for new Canada-wide council

By GFM Staff January 25, 2020

Twentysomethings and 18- and 19-year-olds who are working in Canadian agriculture and agri-food and “interested in shaping the future of the sector” are being sought for a new federal ag policy advisory council. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Friday launched the application process for membership in a new Canadian Agricultural Youth Council, setting the […] Read more

The Big River Resources ethanol plant at West Burlington, Iowa, about 120 km southwest of Davenport. (Steven Vaughn photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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U.S. EPA abandons changes to biofuel program

By Jarrett Renshaw October 20, 2017

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has backed off a series of proposed changes to the nation’s biofuels policy after a massive backlash from corn-state lawmakers worried the moves would undercut ethanol demand, according to a letter from the agency to lawmakers seen by Reuters. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in […] Read more

Last year’s flour output up in most categories

U.S. grains: Corn and soy mixed, wheat down

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures close to unchanged

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Last year’s flour output up in most categories

U.S. grains: Corn and soy mixed, wheat down

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures close to unchanged

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CPC leadership hopefuls list ending carbon tax as priority for agriculture

GFO quits Grain Growers of Canada

Younger aggies sought for new Canada-wide council

U.S. EPA abandons changes to biofuel program

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