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Policy Development

New U.S. Farm Bill

ISSUES STILL TO BE RESOLVED

August 2018 - AS THE U.S. Congress went into recess for the month of August, the Senate and the House of Representatives had each passed a 2018 farm bill, but the versions differed on key provisions and will…

A modern renewable fuel standard

ONTARIO DEVELOPING NEW GAS REGULATIONS

April 2017 - THE NEXT STEP in the Ontario government’s Climate Change Action Plan is the development of a renewable fuel standard (RFS) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline by five per cent by the year 2020. The Ontario government’s proposed RFS will replace the current ethanol mandate Ontario farmers have relied on.
U.S. files WTO complaint

CHINA'S GRAIN SUPPORTS AT ISSUE

December 2016 - CHARGING THAT CHINA’S market price supports create government incentives for Chinese farmers to ramp up corn, wheat, and rice production, the United States has initiated a new trade enforcement action against China. In 2015, China’s…
Endocrine disruptor legislation

INDUSTRY FIGHTING TIGHTER REGULATIONS

December 2016 - THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION has proposed new evaluations for endocrine disrupting substances which threaten to significantly impact the future import of agricultural products grown in North America. Industry representatives warn that the new legislative process currently…

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