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(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs jump on short-covering

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume April 9, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied more than three per cent on Monday in a short-covering and bargain-buying rebound from life-of-contract lows posted last week, traders said. Some contracts, including actively-traded June, rose by as much as the daily three-cent limit as a steady slide in prices over the past

Beef cattle, Livestock

Marfrig to buy control of U.S.-based National Beef

By Ana Mano, GFM Network News April 9, 2018

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s Marfrig Global Foods said Monday it would buy control of Kansas City-based National Beef Packing for US$969 million, in a deal that would make it the world’s No. 2 beef processor. Marfrig also said it was seeking to sell an existing U.S. unit, Keystone Food. The proceeds will be

Beef cattle, Livestock

Quebec cattle producers join national body

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 7, 2018

Quebec’s cattle producer group is now the ninth provincial member cattle organization in the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. Les producteurs de bovins du Quebec (PBQ) announced its membership in the CCA during the provincial body’s annual meeting Wednesday and Thursday in Quebec City. “At a time when new frontiers are continually opening up and our buyers

Attendees at the 2017 Food and Hotel China trade show watch USMEF chefs prepare U.S. beef and pork. (USMEF.org)

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

U.S. meat groups fear for market growth with China beef tariff hike

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters April 4, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — China’s proposal on Wednesday for tariffs on U.S. beef confirmed the worst-case scenario for the U.S. cattle industry, trade groups said Wednesday, even as they remained hopeful the dispute could be resolved quickly. China listed U.S. goods from soybeans to beef that could potentially incur a 25 per cent import tariff

Beef cattle, News

National Beef Quality Audit shows carcass defect cost on the rise

One of the biggest and growing issues for processors is a significant jump in liver defects

By Alexis Stockford March 27, 2018

Canada’s beef processors are paying more to deal with carcass defects, even though body condition scores have improved. Results from the 2016-17 National Beef Quality Audit show that the cost of carcass defects has risen steadily since the first national audit in 1994 and now tops well over $100 million. The first national audit since

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Beef cattle, Livestock

New chief acclaimed for national cattle producer group

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 26, 2018

A former president of the B.C. Cattlemen’s Association is the new president of the national cattle producers’ body. David Haywood-Farmer was elected by acclamation as president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association at the group’s annual general meeting last week in Ottawa. Haywood-Farmer, a cow-calf producer at Savona, B.C., about 40 km west of Kamloops, was

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

U.S. cattle placements hit 16-year high for February

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 23, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Ranchers drove 7.3 per cent more cattle into U.S. feedlots in February than a year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday, the most for the month in 16 years. Persistent drought in the U.S. Plains withered winter wheat grazing pastures, which forced beef cattle into feedyards in states

If properly designed and maintained, older pens and handling facilities generally don’t  need upgrades for sustainable beef certification.

Beef cattle, Livestock

Cattle handling facilities don’t have to be fancy to be good

Certification for sustainable beef requires having proper handling facilities, but most ranches have those

By Jill Burkhardt March 20, 2018

Thinking of producing certified sustainable beef, but worried your cattle-handling equipment is not up to standards? Don’t fret. “At entry level, if you have cattle it’s pretty hard not to have facilities that are working,” said rancher Stephen Hughes. The third-generation Longview, Alta. rancher has been part of the Certified Sustainable Beef Production (CRSB) initiative

Beef cattle, Livestock

McDonald’s sets greenhouse gas reduction targets

By GFM Network News, Lisa Baertlein March 20, 2018

Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. on Tuesday announced what it describes as an approved, science-based target to cut greenhouse gas emissions and battle climate change, saying it is the first restaurant company to do so. Under a plan several years in the making, the fast-food company — along with its franchisees and suppliers — aims to

Where Food Comes From (WFCF) is now the second auditing body for the Canadian Beef Sustainability Acceleration (CBSA) pilot. (WhereFoodComesFrom.com)

Beef cattle, Livestock

Sustainable beef pilot passes first-quarter mark

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 16, 2018

The packer behind the pilot of a Canadian value chain for certified sustainable beef says its first three months are proof the model is scalable as well as functional. The pilot’s first quarter “proved that a significant volume of beef can be successfully traced through a certified supply chain for the participating customers,” Gurneesh Bhandal,

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Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

Beef cattle

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs jump on short-covering

Marfrig to buy control of U.S.-based National Beef

Quebec cattle producers join national body

U.S. meat groups fear for market growth with China beef tariff hike

National Beef Quality Audit shows carcass defect cost on the rise

New chief acclaimed for national cattle producer group

U.S. cattle placements hit 16-year high for February

Cattle handling facilities don’t have to be fancy to be good

McDonald’s sets greenhouse gas reduction targets

Sustainable beef pilot passes first-quarter mark

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