Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian pulse exports are showing signs of slowing down entering the final months of the 2023/24 marketing year, as end users turn their attention to the looming availability of new crop supplies. Canada has exported 1.286 million tonnes of lentils during the crop year-to-date, running about 25 per cent behind the pace […] Read more
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Pulse weekly: Canadian pulse exports slowing
Canada-U.K. free trade talks remain comatose
Upcoming election in the United Kingdom may explain why little short-term hope remains on the trade agreement front
Glacier FarmMedia – One year ago, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak published an open letter to farmers in his country. Released May 16, 2023, it focused on agricultural trade and British government priorities for future free trade deals. Why it matters: Trade talks between the United Kingdom and Canada fell apart earlier this year. Sunak […] Read more
U.S. shuns free trade agreements
Senators rake the U.S. Trade Representative over the coals for the Biden administration’s trade policy agenda
Virginia Houston, director of government affairs with the American Soybean Association, says president Joe Biden’s administration feels FTAs pit U.S. domestic industries against one another.
How EU policies may affect domestic edible bean production
Latest round of trade-enabling moves must be monitored
The edible bean complex is a unique market among row crops. Whether white, black, kidneys or adzukis, beans are grown under contract and face more consumer- and quality-based directives than corn or soybeans. Yet there are rising concerns about maximum residue limits (MRLs) set out by the European Union for certain chemical products. Although the […] Read more
How to fix the WTO for agricultural disputes
‘I think we have no choice but to try to rebuild it’ says former trade negotiator
Glacier FarmMedia – A rebuilt World Trade Organization would benefit agriculture, according to long-time Canadian trade negotiator Steve Verheul. Verheul was among those at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s annual meeting in late February. Why it matters: Canadian agriculture thrives on trade, and that relies on effective and enforceable trade rules. It’s his belief that […] Read more
World wheat supplies may recover in 2024
Some analysts expect a rebound but others aren’t as confident
Glacier FarmMedia – Gro Intelligence is forecasting a rebound in global wheat supplies in 2024 after multi-year declines. World stocks of the crop, excluding China, have declined for four straight years and inventories are at their lowest level in 15 years. Why it matters: World wheat demand affects pricing for the winter wheat grown by […] Read more
Export hay prices show serious decline in 2023
Less demand from China, better U.S. growing conditions and Japanese vertical integration affect markets
Violent whiplash” is how forage markets in the western United States are described by Joshua Callen of the Hoyt Report of Idaho. He spoke at the recent Canadian Forage and Grassland Association convention in Harrison Hot Springs in British Columbia. Why it matters: A “perfect storm” hit the North American hay market in 2023, says […] Read more
Tyson feels beef squeeze
Company experiences tighter margins as U.S. reduces beef exports amid shrinking herd
The United States is importing record amounts of beef this year and exporting less after ranchers slashed the nation’s cattle herd to its lowest level in decades. That has tightened margins for meat companies including Tyson Foods. The decline in cattle numbers, after years of drought-fried pasture, led to soaring U.S. beef prices. Higher prices […] Read more
Australia says China has lifted some restrictions on meat imports
Aussie trade minister calls it a positive step in improving relations between the countries
Australia's trade ministry said on Tuesday that China had lifted restrictions on imports of meat from three Australian abattoirs, in the latest sign of improving relations between the two countries.
North American beef leaders urge disease vigilance
President of American industry group sounds alarm over what he says is Brazil’s non-compliance with BSE standards
Glacier FarmMedia – The United States, Canada and Mexico must do more to protect the North American cattle herd from illnesses such as foot-and-mouth disease and BSE that threaten the continent’s multibillion-dollar beef sector, said an American industry leader. Brazil is non-compliant with the BSE standards developed by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) […] Read more
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