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Meeting the mark for sustainable beef

CRSB supporters hope its newly unveiled logos, trademarks and certification marks may help draw in the consumer once they start appearing on product labels and advertisements

By Alexis Stockford October 9, 2018

The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) hopes consumers will soon be on the lookout for its new logos. The organization launched its trademarks and logos, along with rules on how to use them, to the market Sept. 20. The logos and trademarks may soon be appearing on company advertisements, promotional materials or specific products

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Maple Leaf to buy Quebec pepperoni processor

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff October 4, 2018

Meat processor Maple Leaf Foods plans to boost its space in the pepperoni and dry-cured meats market with a deal for Montreal-based Viau Foods. Toronto-based Maple Leaf announced Tuesday it will pay $215 million, including $30 million in Maple Leaf shares, for Viau, which today bills itself as “Canada’s most important independent producer of pepperoni.”

Beef cattle, Livestock

Brazil’s regulator rejects JBS settlement deal

By GFM Network News September 26, 2018

Sao Paulo | Reuters — The Brazilian securities regulator CVM said on Wednesday it had rejected a settlement with the world’s largest meatpacker JBS SA and major shareholders in an insider trading case because of the severity of the allegations. Wesley Batista, the former CEO of JBS, and his brother Joesley are the largest individual

In a year where feed may be short, extra culls need to be considered.

Beef cattle, Livestock

When feed is in short supply, time to cull

Beef 911: Downsizing the herd will be profitable if you have good records and good reasons for culling

By Roy Lewis September 19, 2018

With the shortage of feed across Western Canada, this may be a good year to downsize by extra culling. The question of what the next wave of culls should be goes beyond reproduction — the fall is also an ideal time to consider culling problem cows. The yearly cost to maintain those cows is at

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Trucker shortage troublesome for Prairie cattle industry

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News September 15, 2018

CNS Canada — As large volumes of cattle make their way to western Canadian auction marts this fall, buyers are having problems finding truckers to haul them. Those problems may get worse in the future, as federal regulations for cattle hauling could possibly change. “I would say it’s worse this year than other years so

Cattle graze at a military base in Florida. (Wirepec/iStock/Getty Images)

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Florida finds atypical BSE case

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter August 30, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — A six-year-old beef cow in Florida tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday. The animal tested positive for atypical H-type BSE on Aug. 26 at the Colorado State University’s veterinary diagnostic laboratory, as part of routine surveillance of cattle that are found to

Agrident’s AWR100 handheld RFID tag reader. (Agrident.com)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Allflex buys RFID reader maker Agrident

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff August 29, 2018

One of the world’s biggest livestock identification firms has expanded its share of the radio frequency ID (RFID) tag reader market with a deal to buy German manufacturer Agrident. Allflex, whose parent firm the Allflex Group rebranded in February under the name Antelliq, announced Aug. 21 it has bought Agrident for an undisclosed sum. Agrident,

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Prairies’ dry weather may stem U.S. cattle stampede north

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel August 28, 2018

Winnipeg | Reuters — Parched pastures and crops in Western Canada are driving up cattle-feeding costs, and farmers and analysts expect the changing economics to stem a recent stampede of U.S. cattle being brought over the border. Canada imported 65,035 head of cattle from the U.S. from January through June, nearly double the pace of

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures down for 3rd day

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen August 24, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures fell Friday for a third straight session, with the benchmark CME October contract notching a six-week low on disappointing cash cattle values, traders said. Slaughter-ready cattle traded Thursday at $109 per cwt in Texas and Kansas, down from $109 to $110.50 last week. Some traders had been

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures decline after weaker cash trade

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen August 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures declined on Thursday after cash cattle traded in Kansas and Texas at mostly lower prices than a week ago, traders said. CME Group feeder cattle futures edged higher while lean hog futures ended mixed, with the nearby October contract down more than 2 cents per cwt, or

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Moroccan fertilizer maker OCP expects output to drop 30 per cent in Q2, sources say

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Beef cattle

Meeting the mark for sustainable beef

Maple Leaf to buy Quebec pepperoni processor

Brazil’s regulator rejects JBS settlement deal

When feed is in short supply, time to cull

Trucker shortage troublesome for Prairie cattle industry

Florida finds atypical BSE case

Allflex buys RFID reader maker Agrident

Prairies’ dry weather may stem U.S. cattle stampede north

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures down for 3rd day

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures decline after weaker cash trade

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