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JBS accused of violating rainforest protection laws

By Anthony Boadle, GFM Network News April 1, 2017

Brasilia | Reuters –– The world’s largest meatpacker, Brazil’s JBS SA, has for years knowingly bought cattle that were raised on illegally deforested land, turning a blind eye to regulations meant to protect the Amazon rainforest, Brazil’s environmental regulator has alleged. The accusation comes even as JBS and other meatpackers in Brazil, the top global

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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs narrowly mixed on quarter-end positioning

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer March 31, 2017

Chicago/Reuters – U.S. livestock futures were narrowly mixed on Friday, with live cattle edging slightly higher in a rebound from an earlier 10-day low as investors squared up their positions on the final day of the quarter, traders and analysts said. Most-active Chicago Mercantile Exchange June live cattle settled unchanged at 110.875 cents per lb,

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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U.S. livestock: Hog prices rally on bargain buying before USDA report

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 30, 2017

Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs finished higher on Thursday, with strength from bargain buying prior to what turned out to be a neutral U.S. government hog report after futures closed, said traders. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly hog report showed a record-large March 1 herd, with most of the data close to

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JBS weighs suspending U.S. IPO

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 27, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s biggest meatpacking company, will decide in coming days whether to suspend listing its overseas operations after a corruption scandal, newspaper Folha de S. Paulo said Monday. A person involved in the deal told Reuters last week JBS had no intention of delaying the US$1 billion

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‘Operation Weak Flesh’ takes bite out of Brazil’s meat exports

By Alberto Alerigi, GFM Network News March 25, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s meat exports have fallen sharply since a police investigation into alleged bribery of food-sanitation inspectors in the world’s top beef and poultry exporter sparked a wave of trade bans, an industry group said on Friday. Import restrictions by several key importers of Brazilian meat, ranging from China to Europe,

Livestock producers say they’re losing more animals to wolves and the requirement for evidence for compensation is hard to fulfil.

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Beef producers seeing more wolf kills

Wolf predation is a growing concern among producers, says association president

By Lorraine Stevenson March 24, 2017

A decade ago spotting a wolf was rare in this part of Manitoba’s Interlake. But the one Robert Green shot last fall wasn’t skulking through the bush around their Fisher Branch-area cow-calf operation. The animal had come right into their farmyard. It’s not the only close encounter the Greens have had with wolves lately either.

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JBS suspends Brazil beef output amid import bans

By GFM Network News March 23, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s biggest meatpacking company, announced on Thursday it had suspended beef production at 33 of its 36 Brazilian plants amid the corruption scandal that has caused some of the country’s biggest export markets to ban Brazilian meats. Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said a police investigation, which

Australian countryside near Bendigo, northwest of Melbourne. (CIA.gov)

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Beef makes the cut as Australia, China move to boost trade

By Colin Packham, GFM Network News March 23, 2017

Sydney | Reuters — Australia and China are expected to sign new bilateral agreements on beef exports, energy and security during a four-day visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that began on Thursday. Li, the first sitting Chinese premier to visit Australia in 11 years, was welcomed to parliament in Canberra by Prime Minister Malcolm

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Manitoba Beef Producers releases carbon pricing policy

The beef industry is part of the solution and must not have punitive  profit-killing measures enacted, says MBP

By Lorraine Stevenson March 23, 2017

Manitoba Beef Producers is proposing a carbon pricing policy centred around recognizing its sector as part of the solution. Pastures and grassland play a key role in carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas reduction, the organization said. “We believe we have a valuable role to play in helping Manitoba achieve its goal of reducing GHGs,” said

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Brazil fears lost market share for meat industry

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 22, 2017

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil’s meatpacking industry has been badly damaged by a police investigation into alleged unsanitary and corrupt practices, and could lose upward of 10 per cent of its global market share, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said Wednesday. Maggi told a Senate committee that the main concern was with the China and Hong

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JBS accused of violating rainforest protection laws

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs narrowly mixed on quarter-end positioning

U.S. livestock: Hog prices rally on bargain buying before USDA report

JBS weighs suspending U.S. IPO

‘Operation Weak Flesh’ takes bite out of Brazil’s meat exports

Beef producers seeing more wolf kills

JBS suspends Brazil beef output amid import bans

Beef makes the cut as Australia, China move to boost trade

Manitoba Beef Producers releases carbon pricing policy

Brazil fears lost market share for meat industry

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