By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Monday, January 30, 2023

Jan 30, 2023 | 10:06 AM

MELFORT, Sask. – A pair of senior U.S. senators is urging the Biden administration to get tough with Canada for openly disregarding obligations to its North American trade partners.

Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Sen. Mike Crapo laid out their concerns in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai.

The letter said American dairy producers still aren’t getting the access to the Canadian market they’re entitled to under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

It also describes Canada’s planned digital services tax as discriminatory and raises similar concerns about new legislation to regulate online streaming and news.

The senators said this would give preferential treatment to Canadian content and deny U.S. tech companies fair access to the market north of the border.

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The letter comes after meetings this week in San Diego between U.S., Canadian and Mexican trade emissaries, as well as the North American Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City earlier this month.

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Milk prices in New Brunswick are set to increase by four cents per litre starting Wednesday.

The New Brunswick Farm Products Commission blamed the increase on rising production costs faced by dairy producers and processors.

It said dairy farmers are paying more for feed, machinery and equipment repairs, fuel and oil, custom work and hired labour.

The commission said the price adjustment also covers increased costs borne by dairy processors, including for packaging, manufacturing, transportation, and distribution.

The commission added farmers will receive 1.7 cents more per litre from the price increase, while processors will get 2.4 cents more per litre.

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Animal protection officers with the SPCA have seized 129 cattle from a property in southeastern British Columbia.

The society said the neglected cattle were being housed in substandard conditions on a property in Cawston, B.C., with no access to shelter or protection from the elements.

The society’s Eileen Drever said the cows did not have adequate food or drinking water and were struggling to move through the mud.

They were also suffering from a range of medical issues, including untreated eye infections, lameness, inflamed udders, overgrown hoofs and diarrhea.

Numerous carcasses of dead cows were also discovered on the property.

The surviving animals are currently in the care of the provincial SPCA and charges of animal cruelty are being recommended.

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