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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz met with the reinvigorated Canadian Wheat Board as they begin working together in the best interests of western Canadian wheat and barley farmers and position the voluntary marketing entity for success in an open market.

The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) today welcomed the release of the first annual Market Access Report, a review of the Government of Canada’s plans and actions in securing and building access to markets globally for Canadian agricultural goods.

The manager of consumer marketing and community relations programs with Manitoba Pork Council suggests improved communications is key to maintaining consumer confidence and retaining Canada’s share of the global market for pork.

Canada’s Agriculture Minister says the expansion of the Canada Brand Initiative to Germany will make it much easier for consumers to find Canadian agricultural products on German store shelves.

Today Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Ed Fast announced a breakthrough in restoring long-awaited access to the lucrative South Korean beef market.

The Animal Nutrition Association of Canada expects growing conditions in the U.S. to be the biggest factor affecting North American feed grain prices in the coming year.

Canada Pork International says recapturing lost opportunities within the domestic market will be a key focus of domestic pork promotion efforts over the next few years.

Growth in the demand for pork in emerging markets is expected to continue to lead the recovery of the Canadian pork industry.

The president of Grey, Clark, Shih and Associates warns Canada’s failure to work out a free trade agreement with the Republic of Korea threatens to effectively shut the Canadian pork industry out of that market.

The director of risk management with h@ms Marketing Services is encouraging hog producers to forward price a large portion of their production and to secure feed supplies to manage the volatility in both hog and grain markets.

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