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What does the updated Canada’s Food Guide mean for farmers?

Feb. 1, 2019 at 3:23 pm CST

The new Canada’s Food Guide and its new emphasis on plant proteins drew swift but measured response from agricultural groups and organizations across the country last week. In a news release after the guide’s rollout January 22, Ron Bonnett, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) said it was “unfortunate that […]

Bankrupt oil firms must clean up inactive wells, Supreme Court rules

Feb. 1, 2019 at 8:27 am CST

By Dale Smith Rod Nickel

EU adopts post-Brexit import quotas for farm produce

Jan. 28, 2019 at 8:00 pm CST

By Reuters

USDA to reopen all farm agency offices

Jan. 22, 2019 at 7:27 pm CST

By Reuters

Eat plant-based foods more often, new Food Guide says

Jan. 22, 2019 at 2:25 pm CST

By Lorraine Stevenson

Brazil ag minister eyes indigenous land for commercial farming

Jan. 18, 2019 at 7:47 pm CST

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil should open indigenous land to commercial farming, Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Friday, while also seeking to soften many of President Jair Bolsonaro’s controversial stances on native people and the environment. Farmers form a key base of support for right-wing firebrand Bolsonaro who […]

By Anthony Boadle Jake Spring

Rural development strategy sought in federal shuffle

Jan. 17, 2019 at 3:43 am CST

Rural economic development has been given a promotion at the federal level in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s latest cabinet shuffle. In the shuffle, following the departure of Treasury Board president Scott Brison from cabinet, Trudeau on Monday called up Bernadette Jordan, MP for the southern Nova Scotia riding of South […]

By GFM Staff

USDA recalls workers to help with farm loans, taxes; data uncertain

Jan. 16, 2019 at 5:14 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reopen about 980 Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices for three days starting on Thursday to help process farm loans and tax documents during the partial federal government shutdown. About 2,500 FSA employees who have been furloughed by the partial shutdown […]

Brazil plans to fight invasions by landless workers

Jan. 14, 2019 at 5:03 pm CST

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil’s right-wing government under President Jair Bolsonaro will seek to classify invasions of farmland by landless workers movements as akin to terrorism, with harsher penalties for perpetrators, an agriculture ministry official said on Monday. Nabhan Garcia, land issues secretary at the ministry, said the government must […]

By Anthony Boadle Jake Spring

U.S. to seek comprehensive ag access in EU trade talks

Jan. 11, 2019 at 9:16 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Friday signaled it would not bow to the European Union’s request to keep agriculture out of this year’s planned U.S.-EU trade talks, publishing negotiating objectives that seek comprehensive EU access for American farm products. The objectives, required by Congress under the “fast-track” […]

By David Lawder