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Grinding Beef Shortage Appears In U.S.

By Ron Friesen January 6, 2011

The cost of a Big Mac in the United States could rise in the new year because of a shortage of hamburger beef. A recent U.S. industry report said a sharp decline in the number of Canadian cattle imports could aggravate an already-short supply of grinding beef used to make hamburger patties. According to the

Beef cattle, Country Crossroads

Recipe Swap – for Dec. 9, 2010

By Lorraine Stevenson December 9, 2010

You might have read in our paper last week about the amount of food wasted in Canada every year. The numbers are eye popping. We are throwing away a mountain of food – about 40 per cent of all food produced in this country. That’s about $27 billion worth of edibles, or slightly less than

Beef cattle, News

Canada Gets Foot In EU Beef Door

By Ron Friesen December 2, 2010

An agreement giving Canada access to an EU beef import quota could provide a beachhead for increased Canadian beef sales to Europe. Canada will have duty-free access to a 20,000- tonne quota for hormone-free beef exports to the EU which could be worth $10 million a year, according to the Canadian Beef Export Federation. More

Beef cattle, Hogs, News

GIPSA Rules Could Shrink U.S. Meat Industry

By Bob Burgdorfer November 18, 2010

The U.S. livestock and meat industry could face more than $1 billion in annual losses, and a drop in production if proposed rules for the industry are implemented, according to a study funded by big livestock producers released Nov. 10. Earlier this year, the Agriculture Department’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administrat ion proposed rules

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

French Beef Producers Block Abattoirs Over Prices

November 11, 2010

French beef producers were blocking nine out of 10 slaughterhouses of France’s top beef processor Nov. 8 to ask for a rise in prices that would relieve higher costs, producers’ organization the FNB said. Breeders accuse Bigard, which accounts for about 40 per cent of cattle slaughtering in France, of being inflexible in price negotiations.

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Moving On

By Laura Rance-Unger November 4, 2010

It’s been seven long years since Canada’s beef industry was brought to its knees by the discovery of a BSE-infected cow in Alberta. A lot of cattle have passed through the ring since, with most fetching prices that make it hard to be excited about this industry’s future. With their equity decimated by the lost

Beef cattle, Livestock

Canada Beef Seen Shipping To China By December

October 28, 2010

Canada’s first commercial shipments of beef and tallow to China in seven years may happen in December or early 2011, with technical work remaining to follow through on the Asian country’s political commitment to ease restrictions, an industry official said Oct. 19. China agreed ahead of G20 meetings in June to accept Canadian boneless beef

Beef cattle, News

U. S. Beef Packers’ Losses Seen Reversing Late Oct.

By Jerry Bieszk October 21, 2010

U. S. beef packers have not slowed their pace of slaughter, despite negative profit margins for as long as three weeks, in a possible sign that a turnaround is at hand later this month, livestock analysts said. The analysts said demand was expected to pick up in late October and continue through end of the

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Argentina Stakes Out Premium Beef DNA

By Eduardo Garcia September 30, 2010

Tipping the scales at more than a tonne, Montecristo would yield a lot of prime Argentine steak. But ranchers are not interested in sending bulls like him to slaughter; his semen is far more valuable. With newly affluent consumers from Brazil to China eating more meat, Argentine ranchers are honing their centuries-old cattle-breeding traditions to

Beef cattle, Livestock

U. S. Herd Smallest In 50 Years — And Shrinking Fast – for Sep. 16, 2010

By Daniel Winters September 16, 2010

The cattle herd in the United States is entering its 15th year of decline, and now, at just under 31 million head, stands at the lowest level since 1959. “It’s pretty shocking when you look at that,” said James Bo Reagan, senior vice-president of research, education, and innovation for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association based

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B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note

U.S. grains: Soybeans bounce as Chinese demand assessed, wheat drops

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