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Livestock

New report shows poultry sector burdened by expectations

Simpson Centre paper calls for increased research, financial sustainability for sector

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Updated, May 17 — The Simpson Centre for Food and Agricultural Policy has released a report detailing its findings on challenges now facing Canada’s poultry sector. The report, co-authored by research assistant Shawn Wiskar and centre director Guillaume Lhermie and released Thursday, used a focus group of six stakeholders in the Canadian poultry industry. It […] Read more
The former CEO of Gay Lea Foods says “the worst is behind us now” on the repercussions of signing the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the European Union in 2016.
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United response needed to supply management threats

Outgoing Gay Lea CEO says there will continue to be opportunities for Canadian dairy

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Recently retired Gay Lea Foods Cooperative CEO Michael Barrett believes opportunities will open up for the Canadian dairy sector as farmers in other parts of the world feel pressure from governments to limit their environmental impact. Dairy supplies into the global marketplace from New Zealand and the European Union are going to be limited due […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets

Bill to keep supply management off trade table moving forward

CCA, other groups oppose proposal as Bloc MP's private bill passes second reading

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A federal private member’s bill that would codify the current government’s promise to leave supply-managed ag commodities out of any future free trade deals has advanced to the committee stage. Introduced last June 13 by Bloc Quebecois MP Luc Theriault, Bill C-282 came back last Wednesday to pass second reading in the House of Commons […] Read more
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Livestock

New U.S. ag trade chief demands Canada broaden dairy quota access

USTR's new ag rep's eyes also on Mexico GM corn ban

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Washington | Reuters — Canada must let U.S. processors of cheese, ice cream, yogurt, milk powder and other dairy products have access to its import quotas to resolve a second U.S. dairy trade challenge, Washington’s new agricultural trade boss told Reuters. Doug McKalip, chief agricultural trade negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative’s office, told Reuters […] Read more
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Livestock, Markets

U.S. seeks new dispute panel over Canadian dairy imports

Panel would be second on matter since CUSMA took effect

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Washington | Reuters — The United States on Tuesday said it was seeking a second trade dispute settlement panel over Canada’s dairy import quotas, charging that Canada was still not meeting obligations to open its market to U.S. producers. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said it was challenging Canada’s revised tariff-rate quota (TRQ) allocations that […] Read more
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Livestock

CUSMA compensation set for supply-managed sectors

Feds pledge over $1.7 billion in payments, programs

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A final round of payments and programs for Canada’s supply-managed dairy and feather sectors — this time in compensation for the sequel deal to NAFTA — is now on deck for 2023 and beyond. Compensation to those sectors for domestic market concessions granted under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) was telegraphed in federal Finance Minister Chrystia […] Read more
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Livestock

Dairy commission fills board vacancy

Green tech CEO named to commissioner spot on CDC board

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Concerns that the Canadian Dairy Commission could be caught short at its board table have been resolved with a new appointment to a vacant commissioner’s chair. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Sept. 27 announced Shikha Jain will be the CDC’s commissioner for a four-year term effective Sept. 15. Jain, who lives at Guelph, is […] Read more
Dairy groups call for provinces to oversee grocery code of conduct
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Dairy groups call for provinces to oversee grocery code of conduct

Retailer demands are raising costs for consumers and making some suppliers uncompetitive

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Canada’s dairy industry is asking for provinces to oversee a code of practice for grocery retailers.  In a letter to federal ministers, leaders from dairy groups say the “best solution” to “arbitrary fees and deductions” would be through “the development of provincial codes that are legislated, mandatory and enforceable.”  Why it matters: Fees charged to […] Read more
Eggs are one of the supply management sectors that gave up market access in recent trade deals.
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Commodity groups split over supply management trade limit

A proposal would prevent the government from giving up any more of the market in trade negotiations

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Commodity groups are split along predictable lines over a proposed law that would exclude supply managed commodities from future trade negotiations.  Bill C-216 was introduced as a private member’s bill by Bloc Quebecois MP Louis Plamondon as a means of protecting supply management. If passed, federal negotiators would not be able to involve tariffs or […] Read more
Editorial: A tempest in a butter wrapper
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Editorial: A tempest in a butter wrapper

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I pondered whether to add more copy to the head-scratching and manufactured debate over palm fat in dairy nutrition and the subsequent effects on butter hardness, but I think the recent flurry of mainstream media coverage provides some lessons. To recap: Food sector pot stirrer Sylvain Charlebois of Dalhousie University is a master at bringing […] Read more

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