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Where Food Comes From (WFCF) is now the second auditing body for the Canadian Beef Sustainability Acceleration (CBSA) pilot. (WhereFoodComesFrom.com)

Sustainable beef pilot passes first-quarter mark

The packer behind the pilot of a Canadian value chain for certified sustainable beef says its first three months are proof the model is scalable as well as functional. The pilot’s first quarter “proved that a significant volume of beef can be successfully traced through a certified supply chain for the participating customers,” Gurneesh Bhandal,

Crops

ADM, Syngenta settle suit over biotech corn exports

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek February 16, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain merchant Archer Daniels Midland has settled a lawsuit with Syngenta over the seed company’s launch of a biotech corn strain that roiled grain exports to China, according to regulatory documents filed on Friday. ADM sued Syngenta four years ago for selling the corn variety known as Agrisure Viptera or

Cargill’s elevator at Oakner, Man., about 10 km south of Hamiota. (Hamiota.com)

Crops

Cargill to expand western Manitoba elevator

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 18, 2018

Agrifood firm Cargill expects to provide more marketing opportunities for western Manitoba growers — particularly of soybeans — with a major elevator expansion. The U.S. company’s Winnipeg-based Canadian arm on Thursday announced it will put up $15 million to add 9,000 tonnes of storage capacity to its 13,500-tonne capacity elevator at Oakner, Man., about 70

Crops

Rush on to reverse U.S. tax boon for ag co-ops

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek January 12, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Republican U.S. senators are working with some of the world’s biggest agricultural merchants to undo a last-minute provision in the tax overhaul that threatens to distort the grains market and starve private firms of corn, soy and wheat supplies. It was included during final revisions of the tax bill that passed

CHS Inc., the biggest farm co-operative in the U.S., is seen gaining a competitive edge against private and publicly-traded grain firms from changes to tax law affecting sales of U.S. farmers’ crops and livestock. (CHS Inc. photo)

Crops, Markets

Major U.S. grain firms fear harm from new tax law

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub, Tom Polansek January 10, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — The new U.S. tax law is poised to drive more control over the nation’s grain supply to farmer-owned co-operatives, provoking concern among ethanol producers and privately run grain handlers that they could be squeezed out of the competition to buy crops. Until now, the co-operatives, private companies and publicly traded firms

Crops, Markets

Cargill profit falls as grain glut limits trading

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek January 3, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – Cargill Inc reported a 6 percent drop in quarterly profits on Wednesday as a global glut of grains limited trading opportunities for the food-commodities merchant. Four years of bumper grain and oilseeds harvests have squeezed profits for Cargill and main rivals Archer Daniels Midland Co, Bunge Ltd and Louis Dreyfus Corp

Crumbling river infrastructure is putting pressure on the ability of the U.S. to meet grain market demand.

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Wooden dams and river jams: U.S. strains to ship record grains

In a story familiar to Prairie farmers, the U.S. grain-handling system is creaking under a heavy load

By Karl Plume, Tom Polansek December 20, 2017

America’s worst traffic jam this fall occurred on the Ohio River, where a line of about 50 miles of boats hauling grains and other products turned into a water-borne parking lot, as ship captains waited for the river to reopen. Such delays are worsening on the nation’s waterways, which are critical to commerce for the

Other

Cargill fined $10 million for inaccurate swaps information: CFTC

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer November 6, 2017

Washington/Chicago/Reuters – Cargill Inc will pay a $10 million fine for providing inaccurate information on swaps to protect its revenue, and for failing to supervise the company’s swap dealers, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Monday. The CFTC said that beginning in 2013, Cargill did not comply with regulations on thousands of complex swaps

Livestock

Cattle traceability to pay off in Cargill pilot

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News November 1, 2017

UPDATED, Nov. 2 — A pilot program running through one of Canada’s biggest beef packing plants aims to test systems that can show consumers the exact path of their beef from ranch to restaurant — and reward cattle producers for their trouble. Cargill on Wednesday announced a new year-long Canadian Beef Sustainability Acceleration pilot, with

McDonald’s in 2015 launched a billboard campaign in Canada profiling products made using Canadian meat and potatoes. (Dave Bedard photo)

Livestock

McDonald’s sets new welfare standards for chicken suppliers

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek October 27, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. will require suppliers to improve the living conditions and slaughter process for chickens raised to be served in its restaurants, the company said on Friday, the latest changes affecting popular menu items such as McNuggets. Under new guidelines for animal welfare, suppliers such as Tyson Foods and Cargill must

Daily Network News

Feds pause update on food from cloned livestock

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end limit down

AAFC makes few changes to November S/D report

Tag Archives Cargill

Sustainable beef pilot passes first-quarter mark

ADM, Syngenta settle suit over biotech corn exports

Cargill to expand western Manitoba elevator

Rush on to reverse U.S. tax boon for ag co-ops

Major U.S. grain firms fear harm from new tax law

Cargill profit falls as grain glut limits trading

Wooden dams and river jams: U.S. strains to ship record grains

Cargill fined $10 million for inaccurate swaps information: CFTC

Cattle traceability to pay off in Cargill pilot

McDonald’s sets new welfare standards for chicken suppliers

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