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JBS delays but does not give up on U.S. IPO plan

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 16, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacker, has delayed but not ditched its plan to list a U.S. subsidiary this year despite a series of investigations targeting the company’s owners, CEO Wesley Batista said Tuesday. A court last week ruled the CEO and his brother Joesley, fellow founder and current JBS

Livestock

Brazil police probe ag ministry for corruption

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 16, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian federal police started two separate investigations on Tuesday into suspected corruption at the Agriculture Ministry to benefit meatpacking, dairy and other food companies. The probes into whether inspection procedures were eased in favour of certain unnamed companies comes two months after the country’s meatpacking industry was rocked by a

Livestock

Brazil police probe loans to JBS

By GFM Network News May 12, 2017

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil federal police are investigating suspected fraud in loans by state development bank BNDES to JBS SA, a police source said on Friday, sending shares of the world’s largest meat processor lower after a series of scandals. Separately, police said earlier on Friday they would detain 37 people for questioning and

Livestock

JBS mulls delaying IPO of international unit

By GFM Network News May 10, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA, the world’s largest meat processor, may postpone the New York listing of a global food processing unit originally expected for the second quarter because of lukewarm investor feedback after a scandal in Brazil, two people with knowledge of the situation said. Executives at Sao Paulo-based JBS were worried

Soybeans are starting to grow quickly outside the traditional production zone in the Red River Valley and the most recent StatsCan report reflects this.

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

StatsCan sees higher corn and soy acres in Manitoba

Statistics Canada’s seeding intentions report confirms, weather willing,  there could be a 36 per cent jump in soy acres

By Shannon VanRaes May 5, 2017

Get ready to see more soybeans zipping by your truck window during trips to town this summer. According to Statistics Canada’s first Principal Field Crops report of the season, which looks at seeding intentions for the coming season, Manitoba’s soybean acres are expected to jump 34.6 per cent in 2017. Of the seven million soybean

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles on weather forecasts, NAFTA jitters

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 26, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures fell more than one per cent Wednesday on forecasts for better Midwest planting weather and news that the White House is considering an executive order on withdrawing from North American Free Trade Agreement, analysts said. Soybeans also declined and wheat turned lower as corn sagged. Chicago Board of

Livestock

Bird flu redirects trade flow of U.S. chicken, eggs, grains

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek April 14, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– Global outbreaks of bird flu in poultry have altered the flow of U.S. chicken meat, eggs and grain around the world, adding to challenges faced by domestic exporters and giving a leg up to Brazil, which has so far escaped the disease. Different strains of avian flu have been detected across

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans, corn watching weather

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 12, 2017

CNS Canada — Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade fell to their lowest levels of the past year on Tuesday, but bounced off of those lows as new-crop uncertainty and chart-based buying provided support. The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast larger-than-expected world and U.S. soybean ending stocks in its monthly supply/demand report, which

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn sags, soy posts longest weekly skid in 30 months

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen April 7, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures drifted to a one-week low on Friday as traders adjusted positions ahead of a monthly U.S. government report that analysts expect to show rising grain inventories and big South American crops. Soybeans closed narrowly mixed but the most-active contract posted a fifth weekly decline, its longest losing streak

Comment

Brazil and the mother of all food fraud cases

As one of Brazil’s main livestock industry competitors Canada will likely gain from this scandal

By Sylvain Charlebois April 4, 2017

Brazil, the largest exporter of meat products in the world, faces a food fraud crisis — and it seems federal authorities have been complicit. There’s a lesson here for Canada. Brazilian authorities recently announced they would investigate several companies, including meat-packing giants JBS SA and BRF SA. The companies are accused of bribing licensed inspectors

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans mixed on doubts over Chinese demand

Tyson Foods to close U.S. beef plant as cattle supplies dwindle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures dip as Brazilian beef tariffs lifted

Tag Archives Brazil

JBS delays but does not give up on U.S. IPO plan

Brazil police probe ag ministry for corruption

Brazil police probe loans to JBS

JBS mulls delaying IPO of international unit

StatsCan sees higher corn and soy acres in Manitoba

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles on weather forecasts, NAFTA jitters

Bird flu redirects trade flow of U.S. chicken, eggs, grains

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans, corn watching weather

U.S. grains: Corn sags, soy posts longest weekly skid in 30 months

Brazil and the mother of all food fraud cases

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