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Close-up of a McDonald’s double Quarter Pounder with bacon. (Corporate.mcdonalds.com)
Livestock, Markets

McDonald’s reported laying off hundreds of corporate employees

Layoffs don't include restaurant-level workers

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New York | Reuters — The number of corporate employees McDonald’s Corp. plans to lay off this week will tally in the “hundreds,” a source familiar with the burger chain’s thinking said on Monday, as the company moves forward with a previously announced restructuring. The fast-food company is closing its offices “out of respect,” and
A cooked piece of cultivated chicken breast created at the UPSIDE Foods plant, where lab-grown meat is cultivated in January 2023.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Scaling up cellular is agriculture’s biggest challenge

If we perfect cultivated meat, we could hedge against food shortages

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It didn’t get much attention when U.S. President Joe Biden launched a biomanufacturing initiative last September. But it should have. Biomanufacturing is about harnessing nature’s factories – cells – to make just about anything. That includes food. As Biden pointed out, biomanufacturing could boost food security. How? By cultivating meat. Having a roast for dinner
Pilgrim’s Pride underestimated U.S. meat supplies, hurting earnings
Markets, News

Pilgrim’s Pride underestimated U.S. meat supplies, hurting earnings

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Reuters – Pilgrim’s Pride, one of the biggest U.S. chicken companies, underestimated meat production at the end of last year, Chief Executive Fabio Sandri said after the company reported a surprise quarterly loss. The company, owned mostly by meatpacker JBS, joined rival Tyson Foods in misjudging that lower beef and pork supplies would increase demand
(Nadezhda_Nesterova/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock, Markets

Bill to keep supply management off trade table moving forward

CCA, other groups oppose proposal as Bloc MP's private bill passes second reading

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A federal private member’s bill that would codify the current government’s promise to leave supply-managed ag commodities out of any future free trade deals has advanced to the committee stage. Introduced last June 13 by Bloc Quebecois MP Luc Theriault, Bill C-282 came back last Wednesday to pass second reading in the House of Commons
Consumers have become hyper-sensitive to any potential evidence suggesting abuse of market power and grocers will need to navigate the coming months with extreme caution. Showing more public empathy would be a good start.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: A look behind the optics on food prices

Lessons from a frivolous picture of overpriced chicken breasts

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It all started with one reporter taking a picture of an overpriced pack of five boneless, skinless chicken breasts. The cost was $26.87 a kilogram, a world-class sticker shocker and at least double what one would expect to pay for chicken breasts. Within hours, the picture became the lightning rod for frustrated consumers on social
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

U.S. avian flu outbreak of 2022 wipes out record number of birds

Vast majority of caseload originated with wild birds: USDA

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Chicago | Reuters — Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country’s deadliest outbreak in history, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed Thursday. The deaths of chickens, turkeys and other birds represent the worst U.S. animal-health disaster to date, topping the previous record of 50.5
File photo of Upside Foods’ chicken product. (Upsidefoods.com)
Livestock

Lab-grown meat cleared for human consumption by U.S. regulator

FDA's review not technically approval

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Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first time cleared a meat product grown from animal cells for human consumption, the agency announced on Wednesday. Upside Foods, a company that makes cell-cultured chicken by harvesting cells from live animals and using the cells to grow meat in stainless-steel tanks,
(Sollio Co-operative Group video screengrab via YouTube)
Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Pork packer Olymel laying off dozens of managers

Market unpredictability, 'growth challenges' cited

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Major Canadian pork and poultry packer Olymel has laid off 57 people from its management ranks and eliminated another 120 administrative positions, citing the company’s current “market context and growth challenges.” Olymel, the meat packing arm of Quebec-based Sollio Cooperative Group, said Tuesday its affected employees were notified Monday and have received their layoff notices.
Ukrainian chicken imports into the European Union have jumped 54 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter.
Markets, News

EU imports of Ukrainian chicken soar after quota lifted

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The lifting of European Union customs duties on Ukrainian goods led to a jump in poultry imports that has benefited a single company rather than Ukrainian farmers, French poultry makers said Sept. 7. They asked that the temporary move not be renewed. The EU in June temporarily lifted tariffs to help the war-torn country and
File photo of a plate of tandoori chicken legs. (Paul_Brighton/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

Ontario halal processor to buy poultry packing capacity

Amir Quality Meats taking up Wellington Poultry

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An Ontario meat processor specializing in the halal market has a deal in place to boost its capacity by buying a nearby chicken and specialty fowl packer. Amir Quality Meats, which operates a federally registered HACCP-certified boning and cutting plant at Brampton, has an agreement in place to buy the processing plant and “associated supply”

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