Hogs & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator

Cargill sees U. S. meat exports slowing

By Bob Burgdorfer November 6, 2008

“I would say it is slower than normal and it slowed quicker than it had in the past.” The growing global economic crisis is putting the brakes on exports of U. S. beef and pork and it may be early next year before conditions improve, a Cargill meat official told Reuters. “Globally, people’s confidence is

Beef cattle, Hogs, News, Poultry

U. S. livestock groups see bias in ethanol aid

November 6, 2008

U. S. meat, dairy and poultry groups objected Oct. 22 to the possibility of federally guaranteed loans for ethanol makers to help pay for high-priced corn, calling it “the opposite of free enterprise.” The U. S. Agriculture Department says there is no bailout for ethanol. It says rural businesses, including ethanol plants, are eligible for

Hogs, Livestock

Maximizing piglet survival

October 30, 2008

BERNIE PEET Peet on Pigs Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Careful attention to sow and piglet management and close co-operation between staff is the key to maximizing piglet survival, Ciaran Ormond,

Hogs, News

COOL choking off Manitoba hog exports

By Ron Friesen October 30, 2008

Manitoba’s hog exports are plummeting and pork producers are scrambling for slaughter space as fallout from the new U. S. country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rule mounts. Slaughter hog shipments to the U. S. are down 75 per cent over the past three months because many American packers are refusing Canadian pigs until confusion over COOL subsides.

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Livestock Markets

JBS beefs up, but still has competition

By Bob Burgdorfer October 30, 2008

Brazilian beef company JBS SA is headed to becoming the No. 2 U. S. beef producer, but there still should be enough competition from other beef companies to limit its ability to set cattle or beef prices. The U. S. Justice Department said Oct. 17 it will allow JBS to buy the beef operations of

Beef cattle, Hogs, News

Tyson to tighten beef, pork COOL labelling

October 23, 2008

U. S. meat company Tyson Foods Inc. said this week it will tighten its country-of-origin labelling (COOL) practices starting early next year to identify more of its beef and pork products as sourced exclusively from the United States. The leading U. S. beef and No. 2 pork producer had initially planned on categorizing its beef

Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

Unlimited growth is unsustainable

October 16, 2008

I wish to thank the editor, Laura Rance, for her Oct. 2 editorial “Finding the Balance” and the approach she outlines for the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment. It is unfortunate that government Agriculture and Conservation departments, the experts and so-called professionals in this field have not grasped, even a little, the vast

Hogs, News

Meat prices down

By Bob Burgdorfer October 16, 2008

U. S. cattle and hog markets fell as much as the daily limit Oct. 10 amid signs that the global financial crisis has consumers shifting away from beef and pork in favour of lower-priced foods. “It has been a combination of perception and reality. The perception has been that people will stop eating as much

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Hogs

Cargill sees U. S. meat exports slowing

U. S. livestock groups see bias in ethanol aid

Maximizing piglet survival

COOL choking off Manitoba hog exports

JBS beefs up, but still has competition

Tyson to tighten beef, pork COOL labelling

Unlimited growth is unsustainable

Meat prices down

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