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“Pink slime” pushes processor into bankruptcy

By Reuters April 7, 2012

Ground beef processor AFA Foods filed for bankruptcy protection April 2, citing the impact of the uproar over a meat filler dubbed “pink slime” by critics. Meat processors have faced a backlash over the use of an ammonia-treated beef filler they call “finely textured beef.” Food activists have campaigned to have it banned, but supporters

Beef cattle, News

Food companies poised to profit as production rebounds

By Rod Nickel March 29, 2012

The world’s farmers are poised for a year of plenty in 2012 after last year’s weather-related disasters, and prospects of lower grain prices from bumper harvests could offer relief to the battered bottom lines of grain and food companies. Food and beverage companies like Sara Lee, PepsiCo and General Mills have struggled to absorb high

Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

CCA not surprised by latest COOL development

By Erica Johnson January 27, 2012

The U.S. government has been granted an extension to appeal the controversial country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law. In November, the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled in favour of Canada and Mexico’s position that provisions of the COOL law discriminated against live hogs and cattle imported into the United States. The U.S. government was recently given an

Beef cattle, Livestock

The Big Chill

May 12, 2011

Barbecues are sitting idle across the U.S. as unseasonably cold, damp weather keeps people cooking indoors. “We are not going to invest in good steaks just to cook them on top of the stove,” Mary Jane Kasper of suburban Chicago said. That attitude has been typical this spring as cookouts have been rained out from

Cereals, Crops

Getting Agriculture Some Recognition In The Federal Election

By Alex Binkley April 7, 2011

Grain Growers of Canada was the first farm group to pitch farm policies to the parties competing in the May 2 election. President Stephen Vandervalk asked the party leaders “to make agriculture a key part of your election platform. Recent issues like food prices, food safety, biofuels and sustainability have created public interest in agriculture.”

Crops, Hogs

Get Korean Trade Deal Done, Farm Groups Urge

By Alex Binkley March 17, 2011

Canadian pork farmers and meat processors will be shut out of the lucrative Korean market before long unless Canada makes a free trade agreement with the Asian nation a priority. Negotiations on such a deal began in 2004 but have been on hold since 2008, apparently over concerns of Canadian automakers, representatives of the Canadian

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Farm-Gate Corn Price Seen As Record – for Sep. 16, 2010

By Charles Abbott September 16, 2010

Voracious demand and a smaller-than-expected crop will bring the tightest U. S. corn supply in 15 years, the government said Sept. 10, but its forecast for the drought-stressed world wheat supply was not as low as expected. The Agriculture Department said the U. S. corn stockpile would shrink to 1.116 billion bushels by the end

Livestock

USDA Jolts Markets With Corn Numbers

July 8, 2010

The U. S. government roiled the grain markets June 30 with a sharp cut in corn acres and much tighter June 1 stockpiles, sending corn prices sharply higher and providing a short-term floor for the beaten-down market. Despite predictions for a modest increase in acres planted to corn this year, the U. S. Agriculture Department’s

Livestock, Other livestock

Horse ID To Be Required For Killing Plants

By Daniel Winters February 11, 2010

For horse owners whose list of acceptable options for getting rid of a surplus horse might include a dinner plate as a final destination, then the Canadian Food Inspection Agency would like you to know that the rules have changed. As of Jan. 31, 2010, equine owners intending to sell animals directly or indirectly to

Livestock

Canada Revives COOL Complaint

May 7, 2009

Canada has revived a complaint at the World Trade Organization about a U. S. meat-labelling law that Canadian producers have complained has hurt their hog and cattle sales, Canada’s Trade Minister Stockwell Day said April 27. Canada has complained a new mandatory rule that meat packers include the country of origin of their products on

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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