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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs sag while digesting meat warnings

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, following last Friday’s cash prices that fell short of expectations and worries over potential consumer response to news about a possible tie to red meat and cancer risk, traders said. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that eating processed meats can
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Livestock

Cancer ‘hazard’ not a cancer ‘risk,’ meat industry cautions

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A new report classifying processed meats such as hot dogs and bacon as “carcinogenic” to humans doesn’t set out a cause-and-effect link between meats and cancer, industry groups caution. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a research arm of the World Health Organization, on Monday published a report placing processed meats in its
A pack of macaroons containing dehydrated insects at the Micronutris plant in Saint Orens de Gameville in southwestern France in February 2014. The company processed insects live, dehydrated or in a flour-like powder for use in pastries.
Did you know?, Livestock

Flies, worms, crickets crawl onto EU policy-makers’ menu

Insects are more likely to serve as an animal feed than as food

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Houseflies, crickets and silkworms can be safe, nutritious and more environmentally friendly alternatives to chicken, beef or pork, research carried out for the European Commission finds. Still, they are less likely to be found on European restaurant menus than in animal feed, carefully controlled to prevent the kind of prions, or abnormal proteins, blamed for
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Livestock

Meat industry braces for WHO cancer risk verdict

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Paris | Reuters — As international health experts prepare to publish a report on potential cancer risks linked to red and processed meat, industry groups are bracing for a damaging blow to consumer confidence. The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) gathered health experts in France this month to discuss available
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Subway shifting all U.S. meat supplies to no antibiotics, ever

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Chicago | Reuters –– Sandwich chain Subway will start serving antibiotic-free chicken and turkey at its U.S. restaurants next year, and within the next nine years will stop selling any meat from animals given antibiotics, the company said Tuesday. Rivals such as Chipotle Mexican Grill and McDonald’s have announced similar supply-chain shifts, adding pressure on
U.S. winter weather to see El Nino’s influence
Livestock, Weather

U.S. winter weather to see El Nino’s influence

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Tampa | Reuters — Much of the U.S. South can expect a cooler and wetter winter, while warmer-than-usual temperatures are likely across many northern and western states, as a strong El Nino weather pattern shaped a government weather outlook issued Thursday. More rain and snow are likely across the nation’s southern regions, extending from central
“What is needed now is for government and industry stakeholders to come together to analyze what is needed for Canadian farmers to take full advantage of these trade deals and develop an export strategy.” – CFA president Ron Bonnett.
Dairy cattle, News, Poultry

CFA calls for farmers, Parliament to scrutinize Trans-Pacific Partnership

The trade deal is a win for export agriculture in Western Canada, says Sylvain Charlebois

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Supply management marketing boards are grudgingly accepting the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal. While they don’t like giving up even a small part of their market, officials said last week they understand there are benefits for the Canadian economy and welcome the government’s pledge of up to $4.3 billion in compensation. Turkey Farmers of Canada chairman Mark
Is TPP the beginning of the end for supply management?
Dairy cattle, News

Is TPP the beginning of the end for supply management?

The NFU fears the new TPP deal but a University of Manitoba economist says it doesn’t go far enough

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The National Farmers Union (NFU) predicts the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal is the beginning of the end for supply management while claiming prospects for export agriculture are “illusory.” But Ryan Cardwell, a University of Manitoba agricultural economist, says the deal announced earlier this month doesn’t go far enough to end higher costs for dairy, eggs, chicken

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