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South America’s meat packers battle sales slump

By Helen Popper November 20, 2008

A downturn in beef orders is forcing meat packers in South American ranching countries to sell shipments off cheap and make workers take early holidays. Early this year, things looked rosy for beef exporters in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, but with Russian importers struggling to get credit and Europeans cutting down on expensive steaks, sales

Beef cattle, Other

No beef deal yet with Korea

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 20, 2008

Officials from South Korea are scheduled to come to Canada this month and visit beef slaughterhouses as Korea reconsiders its five-year-old ban on Canadian beef and cattle. The Koreans’ visit will allow them “to see first hand the effectiveness of Canada’s food safety and animal health safeguards,” the Canadian government said Nov. 10. Korea’s ports

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Publicity stunt or junk science?

By Laura Rance-Unger November 6, 2008

The press release from the University of Manitoba’s National Centre for Livestock and the Environment last week spoke volumes. Unfortunately, it said very little about science. It said a lot about sensationalism and just how politicized science has become. “WHEN IT COMES TO FEEDING COWS, GRASS IS NOT GREENER – GRAIN IS,” the boldface, capitalized

Beef cattle, News

USDA urged to sew up COOL rules now

November 6, 2008

U. S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer could avert squabbling over country-of-origin labelling (COOL) of meat by finalizing the rules before leaving office in January, a beef industry official said Oct. 29. Labelling became mandatory Sept. 30, but USDA is allowing six months for food makers and retailers to comply with the law. Labels are required

Beef cattle, Livestock

Study measures methane in belching

By Bonnie Baltessen November 6, 2008

“What we want to find out is, what is the safe level of corn to supplement without having to compromise the productivity of the cow, and what happens to methane.” – ERMI AS KEBREAB Less methane is belched into the atmosphere by grain-fed cattle, but that doesn’t necessarily translate to lower greenhouse gas reduction. A

Beef cattle, Hogs, News

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, News, Poultry

U. S. meat shares drop amid talk of slowing exports

November 6, 2008

Shares of leading U. S. meat companies fell sharply Oct. 28 amid increasing talk that the global credit crisis is slowing exports of beef, pork and chicken, analysts said. “That news might be starting to trickle through to the people,” Paul Aho, economist for Poultry Perspective, said of slowing meat exports. Exports of beef, pork,

Beef cattle, News

Canada, Korea to restart beef talks

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 6, 2008

Officials from Canada and South Korea were set to resume technical negotiations Nov. 3-4, focused on restoring Korean market access for Canadian beef, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz confirmed recently. Korea’s ports have been closed to imports of Canadian beef since May 2003, after officials confirmed Canada’s first homegrown case of BSE in an Alberta cow.

Beef cattle, Opinion

Fusarium burgers? They’re scientifcally safe

October 30, 2008

Though grain and oilseed prices have fallen dramatically over the past few weeks, it’s clear that’s largely due to fallout from the international credit crisis. That hasn’t changed the fundamentals of the marketplace. The recovery in production this year has helped move off the knife edge between supply and demand that was talked about so

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

Daily Network News

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

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