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The chair of Sask Pork remains hopeful expanded trade deals will help maintain profitability within the North American pork industry during the coming year.

A Canadian based international trade consultant suggests their are options available to ensure consumer access to information on the foods they purchase without restricting international trade.

The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) announced a new 10-year plan to capitalize on the world’s growing appetite for healthier oils and protein.

The chair of Manitoba Pork Council expects Country of Origin Labelling, housing for pregnant sows and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea to be among the key items discussed later this month as part of a trade advocacy mission to the U.S. mid-west.

The chair of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board remains hopeful the United States will avoid a trade war with Canada and Mexico by addressing concerns over Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling legislation.

Just back from a trade mission to Japan lead by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, Canola Council of Canada (CCC) President Patti Miller underlined the importance of missions led by the Agriculture Minister in maintaining and building relations in the industry’s major markets.

Animal welfare, Country of Origin Labelling and issues related to the number of Canadian weanlings exported into the U.S. are expected to be among the topics discussed later this month when a delegation from Manitoba Pork Council travels to Minneapolis and Des Moines.

The executive director of the Canadian Pork Council says Canada’s pork producers are hopeful the U.S. will avoid the prospects of retaliatory tariffs by bringing Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling into compliance with its international trade obligations.

The Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association is very pleased that Canada is now one of eleven nations that have formally joined the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations.

MP Vic Toews held a roundtable recently with representatives from Manitoba’s important agriculture and agri-food sector to highlight the benefits a Canada-EU trade and economic agreement would generate for Canadian workers and their families.