Analysis: Cows block path toward Canada-EU free trade deal By Rod Nickel and Philip Blenkinsop WINNIPEG, Manitoba/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Salvaging a free-trade deal between Canada and the European Union after four years of talks will require skillful pasture politicking to pacify beef and dairy cow farmers who see more risk than opportunity. The difficulties underline how challenging bilateral and regional trade deals are to reach, and how groups like ...
June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Top Story Roy Sommers, a 16-year-veteran farmhand at Gerald Heatwole’s farm in McGaheysville, affixes milking pumps to a dairy cow on Friday. A new farm bill, which includes aspects of the Dairy Security Act, passed in the Senate on Monday. The House plans to take up the bill later this month.
June 11, 2013 - The Harrisonburg Daily News-Record