SUPPLY MANAGEMENT PROTECTS RURAL JOBS, ECONOMY  . . . MIDWEST FARMERS RUSH TO DISPOSE OF CHICKENS KILLED TO CONTAIN AVIAN FLU . . . NORTHERN PULP BLASTS N.S. RULES . . . EL NINO COULD “DISRUPT FOOD MARKETS” . . . WHO TO STUDY MEAT FOR CARCINOGENS . . .  
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SUPPLY MANAGEMENT PROTECTS RURAL JOBS, ECONOMY
Source: N.S. Dept of Agriculture
Nova Scotia is calling on the federal government to protect Canada’s supply-management system during international trade negotiations. Agriculture Minister Keith Colwell wrote to his federal colleague Gerry Ritz on Wednesday, May 20, to underline the need to preserve the benefits of supply management for agricultural industries. (read more)

MIDWEST FARMERS RUSH TO DISPOSE OF CHICKENS KILLED TO CONTAIN AVIAN FLU
Source: NPR
The USDA says 38 million chickens must be killed to stop the spread of one of the worst outbreaks of avian flu in North America. Northwest Iowa officials are scrambling to dispose of the dead birds. (read more)

NORTHERN PULP BLASTS N.S. RULES
Source: The Chronicle Herald
Northern Pulp alleges its most recent industrial approval is an attempt by the provincial government to “impose conditions” that require the company to cease using Boat Harbour as an effluent treatment facility sooner than scheduled and render the mill unviable. The information is contained in the company’s appeal of the industrial approval, released after a freedom of information request. Northern Pulp, the Pictou Landing First Nation, and the Clean Pictou Air group all appealed the approval, issued earlier this year. (read more)

EL NINO COULD “DISRUPT FOOD MARKETS”
Source: BBC
Global food markets could be disrupted by the El Nino event predicted for later this year. A strong El Nino is likely to increase prices of staple foods such as rice, coffee, sugar, and cocoa, say scientists. Forecasters agree that the El Nino effect, which can drive droughts and flooding, is under way in the tropical Pacific. (read more)

WHO TO STUDY MEAT FOR CARCINOGENS
Source: The Western Producer
The World Health Organization plans to evaluate red meat and processed meat as human carcinogens later this year. The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer will form an expert panel that will meet in France in October to classify red and processed meat into one of four groups. Possible outcomes include rating meat as a possible or probable carcinogen. (read more)