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Panama Open To Canadian Beef

Canadian beef exports will soon have access to Panama for the first time since 2003. Panama has approved Canada’s meat inspection system and lifted the ban on Canadian beef imposed in 2003 because of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a federal release says. “I’m pleased to see that Panama recognizes that Canada produces safe, high-quality beef
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Beef Imports To Exceed Quotas

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A strong demand for ground beef, driven partly by the recession, may cause Canada to exceed its non-NAFTA beef import quotas this year for the first time since 2003. Canadians are eating more hamburger and less prime rib because of the economic downturn. Add to that a sharp reduction in the national beef cow herd
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New Beef Company Tries Online Marketing

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Keystone Processors Ltd. has opened an online store to sell Manitoba-raised hormone-free beef direct to consumers. The beef-processing plant, which opened earlier this year on Marion Street in St. Boniface, is working with Natural Prairie Beef to bring NPB’s brand of premium, locally raised, hormone-free beef to the Winnipeg market. Consumers can now purchase steaks,
Beef cattle, Livestock

Beef Cattle Sell-Off In Alberta Eases

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Farmers have slowed the sell-off of beef cattle in Alberta, Canada’s top producing province, as feed supplies improve in the parched Canadian province. Farmer sales to auction marts have levelled off at 16,000 to 16,500 head per week, said Scott McKinnon, market analyst with CanFax. That suggests that recent rain has improved pastures enough that
Beef cattle, Livestock

Korean Beef Ban Goes Back To WTO

Technical talks aimed at avoiding a formal trade dispute between Canada and South Korea over the latter’s ban on Canadian beef haven’t done the trick. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Stockwell Day announced July 9 that Canada has officially asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to set up a formal dispute settlement
Beef cattle, Crops, Forages, Livestock

Drought Could Sharply Thin Alberta Herd

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Drought could force Alberta ranchers to thin their herds further in a desperate attempt to stay in business, the latest blow to a reeling industry. Alberta’s 1.85-million-head herd of beef cattle will likely shrink by at least 10 per cent and as much as 28 per cent this year, said Kevin Boon, vice-chairman of Alberta
Beef cattle, Livestock

Hong Kong Further Loosens Beef Ban

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Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has further relaxed its BSE-related import controls on Canadian beef. The CFS, in a release June 30, said it has officially implemented the second phase of its agreement with Ottawa to allow imports of Canadian boneless beef, beef rib cuts and other bone-in products (except vertebral column cuts)
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Glen Nicoll — A Good Friend Passes

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Just before press time Monday, we learned that Glen Nicoll, a longtime market columnist for the cattle industry in Manitoba, lost his battle with brain cancer early June 29. This is the second tragic loss that we report in this issue – columnist Paul Beingessner died last week in an accident on his farm in
Beef cattle, Hogs, Opinion

COOL — A Burdensome Reality

Testimony of J. Patrick Boyle, president and chief executive officer of the American Meat Institute, before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food June 18. American Meat Institute’s (AMI) 200 general members include some of the most well-known meat and poultry food manufacturers in the United States and Canada. Collectively, they produce

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