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Mexico, Canada insist on three-way NAFTA deal

Jul. 25, 2018 at 4:23 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Canadian and Mexican officials insisted that the North American Free Trade Agreement remain a trilateral pact on Wednesday and reiterated their opposition to U.S. calls for a so-called “sunset clause” that could end the deal after five years. After a meeting in Mexico City, Canadian […]

Saputo urges end to contentious Class 7 system

Jun. 18, 2018 at 1:42 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

As U.S., Canada spar, farm hopes ride on two men in lobster boat

Jun. 15, 2018 at 11:48 am CDT

By Rod Nickel Tom Polansek

Canada’s dairy farmers cling to protections as Trump demands concessions

Jun. 11, 2018 at 9:18 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen Rod Nickel

USDA plan to axe livestock pricing rule divides producers

Oct. 17, 2017 at 6:06 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

NAFTA agriculture ministers see ‘few’ differences over trade

Jun. 20, 2017 at 2:37 pm CDT

Garden City, Ga. | Reuters — The U.S., Canada and Mexico have “relatively few” differences on agricultural trade, agriculture ministers from the three countries said in a joint statement after meeting Tuesday to discuss the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. However, some “irritants” are present for each […]

By Harriet McLeod

U.S. farm groups oppose Trump’s cuts to ag spending

May. 23, 2017 at 4:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farm groups on Tuesday pushed back against President Donald Trump’s proposal to slash agriculture spending, viewing it as a fresh threat to a struggling farm economy. The White House on Monday proposed $46.54 billion in cuts to federal government funding for the agriculture sector over […]

By Mark Weinraub Tom Polansek

Tyson accelerates shift away from antibiotics in chicken

Feb. 21, 2017 at 6:59 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Tyson Foods in June will switch its retail line of company-branded chicken products to birds raised without any antibiotics, a top executive said on Tuesday, accelerating the meat sector’s shift away from the drugs. The change will make Tyson, which is the largest U.S. chicken processor, […]

By Tom Polansek

Millions of chickens reported dead in Hurricane Matthew floods

Oct. 12, 2016 at 8:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Flooding from Hurricane Matthew has killed up to five million poultry birds in North Carolina, most of them chickens, the state’s top environmental official said Wednesday. Donald van der Vaart, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, also told Reuters that some pits that […]