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JBS doesn’t see Brazil beef exports to U.S. before 2016

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 14, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Meatpacker JBS expects fresh beef exports from Brazil to the U.S. to begin no earlier than 2016, later than the Brazilian government predicted, CEO Wesley Batista said Friday. An agreement between the two countries was signed in June, when Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff visited Washington, but Batista said it would

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs near three-week high on export optimism

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer July 2, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. lean hog futures rose as much as two per cent on Thursday, lifted by large weekly pork export sales and hopes a deal between JBS USA and Cargill could lead to more international shipments, traders and analysts said. Volume was light in an abbreviated session ahead of the U.S. July

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

JBS to buy Cargill’s U.S. pork assets for US$1.45B

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 1, 2015

Reuters — JBS SA, the world’s largest meat packer, is buying Cargill’s U.S. pork business for US$1.45 billion, free of debt, it said in a statement on Wednesday, a deal that would make it one of the largest and most powerful meat companies in the U.S. The bid by the company’s JBS USA subsidiary comes

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Meatpacker JBS closes plant, lays off 650 workers in Brazil

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 21, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — The world’s largest meatpacker JBS SA laid off 650 workers and closed a plant in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state due to the lack of cattle ready for slaughter, a state labour official and the company said on Wednesday. JBS CEO Wesley Batista said last week that the first three months

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

JBS CEO says Brazil close to exporting fresh beef to U.S.

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 14, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil is “closer than it had ever been” to exporting fresh beef to the U.S., the CEO of Brazilian meat packer JBS SA said Thursday, adding he expects shipments to start later this year. The Brazilian agriculture ministry expects a formal announcement on meat exports to the U.S. when President

Livestock, Markets

JBS has cash for takeover, but focused on growth, CEO says

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 8, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian meat packer JBS will have sufficient cash flow in 2015 to bankroll potential acquisitions, but for the time being plans to focus on consolidating gains from recent takeovers, CEO Wesley Batista said on Tuesday. The company in late March completed the US$1.125 billion buyout of Australian meats company Grupo

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Australia clears JBS bid for pork firm Primo

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 4, 2015

Sydney | Reuters — Australian regulators have approved a bid by the U.S. arm of Brazilian beef giant JBS to acquire Australian Consolidated Food Holdings Pty. Ltd. (Primo) for an undisclosed sum, Treasurer Joe Hockey said on Wednesday. The approval by Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB), subject to conditions at Primo’s abattoir, allows the

Markets

Brazil truckers continue some roadblocks after crackdown

By Caroline Stauffer, GFM Network News, Marcelo Teixeira March 2, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Striking truck drivers resumed some roadblocks in Brazil on Monday, disrupting grain and meat shipments to southern ports even as the government cracked down on protesters and promised to give new benefits to the transport sector. By mid-afternoon there were 23 road blockages in three southern states, down from 99

Livestock

JBS suspends IPO of processed foods unit, again

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 27, 2015

Rio de Janeiro | Reuters –– Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA said on Friday it was cancelling an initial public offering of its processed food unit JBS Foods due to unfavourable market conditions. This is the fourth time JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, suspended plans for the IPO of JBS Foods. JBS said in a statement

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

JBS expands Utah beef plant as cattle supply squeezes rivals

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 29, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– JBS USA, one of the top U.S. meat processors, said Thursday it will expand a Utah beef processing facility, even as some of its rivals have been shuttering plants because of tight cattle supplies. The project is notable because the U.S. cattle herd has fallen to its smallest size since 1951,

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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JBS doesn’t see Brazil beef exports to U.S. before 2016

U.S. livestock: Hogs near three-week high on export optimism

JBS to buy Cargill’s U.S. pork assets for US$1.45B

Meatpacker JBS closes plant, lays off 650 workers in Brazil

JBS CEO says Brazil close to exporting fresh beef to U.S.

JBS has cash for takeover, but focused on growth, CEO says

Australia clears JBS bid for pork firm Primo

Brazil truckers continue some roadblocks after crackdown

JBS suspends IPO of processed foods unit, again

JBS expands Utah beef plant as cattle supply squeezes rivals

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