SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Commodities trader and food processor Bunge Ltd said on Thursday it had bought a 30 percent stake in Brazilian company Agrofel Grãos e Insumos, which sells agricultural supplies in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. According to a Bunge statement, the deal is in line with the company’s strategy […] Read more
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Bunge buys minority stake in Brazilian farm supplier
China to exempt U.S. pork, soybeans from additional tariffs
SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China will exempt some agricultural products from additional tariffs on U.S. goods, including pork and soybeans, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Friday, in the latest sign of easing Sino-U.S. tensions before a new round of talks aimed at curbing a bruising trade war. The United States and China have both made […] Read more
Farmland value increases slow down
Farmland values across Canada are still rising but at a lower rate than recent years. Farm Credit Canada reviewed the first six months of 2019 and found a national average increase of three percent, compared to 6.6 percent for the entire year of 2018. However, FCC chief economist J.P. Gervais said he expects little change […] Read more
Soy support boosts canola futures
WINNIPEG, Sept. 12 (MarketsFarm) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Futures canola contracts were stronger on Thursday gleaning spillover support from a strong soybean complex on the Chicago Board of Trade. Gains were observed in the canola market despite the most recent report from Statistics Canada, which estimated a larger canola output than originally expected. The report […] Read more
No charges yet in turkey farm invasion
An RCMP investigation continues and no charges had been laid as of Sept. 12 against animal activists who entered the Jumbo Valley Hutterite Colony turkey farm Sept. 2. Sergeant Bryan Mucha of the Fort Macleod RCMP said the detachment has had discussions with the crown prosecutor and work on the case is underway. On Labour […] Read more
Pork sector struggles with Chinese ban
Canada’s pork sector was drawn to China like a moth to fire but is now getting singed by the flames. Business to China was booming in the first half of 2019. It rapidly became Canada’s top export market by volume in the wake of the devastation caused to China’s hog herd by African swine fever. […] Read more
Canada challenges China at WTO
OTTAWA (Reuters) — Canada, locked in a major dispute with Beijing, is taking the first formal step at the World Trade Organization to challenge China’s decision to block Canadian canola exports, Trade Minister Jim Carr said Sept. 6. China, angry at Canada’s detention of a top Huawei Technologies Co. executive last year on a United […] Read more
Bees approved to deliver disease control
Thirty years is a long time to wait. For John Sutton, the wait has been worth it because his novel idea from the late 1980s is finally coming to market. Last week, the United States Environmental Protection Agency approved a Canadian technology that uses bees to deliver a bio-control fungus that protects plants from diseases. […] Read more
Turkey protest ruffles feathers
Farmer outrage is common after a group of animal rights activists held a protest Sept. 2 at a Fort Macleod, Alta., turkey operation. Many are demanding stricter laws to protect farms and farmers from similar invasive actions and insisting that charges be laid against activists who invade private property. About 90 people entered the Jumbo […] Read more
Protesters’ goal is to end animal agriculture
Angel Chen was horrified at what she saw as a participant in a Sept. 2 protest at the Jumbo Valley turkey operation near Fort Macleod, Alta. She was among 30 animal rights activists who entered a turkey barn to observe conditions and promote transparency about the treatment of livestock. “Even though it was a free […] Read more
