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Maple Leaf’s Brandon plant is operating at 75 per cent capacity due to shortages of hogs and workers. photo: supplied

Double trouble for Maple Leaf

Pigs and people to  process them are in  short supply

By Allan Dawson July 25, 2014

Getting more pigs and people to process them into Maple Leaf Foods’ hog-killing plant in Brandon isn’t as simple as putting more dollars on the table, said the plant’s Morgan Curran-Blaney. “There’s not enough (pigs) so you end up stealing from somebody else,” Curran-Blaney told reporters July 10 after speaking at the Keystone Agricultural Producers’

Hogs, Livestock

Hog shortage forces ‘non-production days’ at Maple Leaf

Pork producers say lifting anaerobic digester requirement  would make building more barns affordable

By Shannon VanRaes June 9, 2014

A shortage of hogs has forced Maple Leaf Foods to implement one “non-production” day a week at its Brandon processing plant. While the reasons for the shortage are complex, some in the industry say the solution is simple‚ more pigs. The Manitoba Pork Council says that means building more finisher barns, which hasn’t happened since

Hogs, Opinion

Analyzing the Smithfield deal

By Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer June 28, 2013

The Chinese meat products firm Shuanghui International has announced its acquisition of Smithfield Foods, which controls 26 per cent of U.S. pork-processing capacity and 15 per cent of U.S. pork production. The value of the transaction is estimated by Smithfield to be US$7.1 billion. A number of questions began to run through our heads. Good

Hogs, Opinion

Guebert: Reasons to smile over the Smithfield purchase

By Alan Guebert June 12, 2013

Here are 10 reasons for American farmers and ranchers to be thrilled by Shuanghui International Holding Inc.’s proposed $4.7-billion purchase of Smithfield Foods, Inc. No. 10: The U.S. gets back some of the dollars held by China. While $4.7 billion is chicken feed compared to the $1.2 trillion of U.S. debt (about 7.5 per cent

Livestock

Ritz again vows to boost food safety inspections

By Alex Binkley June 12, 2013

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz is promising major changes following the release of a scathing report into last year’s contaminated beef fiasco at XL Foods. But critics say they’ve heard that before, and that the federal government still has a long way to go to fulfil the recommendations of an inquiry into a deadly food poisoning

Livestock

Bid to furlough U.S. meat inspectors squashed

April 9, 2013

Congress approved $55 million to prevent the furlough of all U.S. meat inspectors this summer, a step that could have driven up meat prices and created spot shortages in grocery stores and restaurants. The USDA was planning the furloughs to deal with a $1.9-billion cut in funding. But in a special step, lawmakers shifted $55

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News, Other livestock

Smithfield Foods third-quarter results beat Wall Street estimates

March 16, 2013

reuters / Smithfield Foods Inc., the largest U.S. hog producer, reported third-quarter results that beat Wall Street estimates, helped by higher sales of packaged meat products such as Smithfield bacon and Eckrich and Armour sausages. The company, which receives nearly half of its revenue from packaged meat, said higher demand from international markets, particularly from

Hogs, Livestock, News

Smithfield board to review advice from big shareholder

March 16, 2013

reuters / Smithfield Foods Inc. said March 8 it would review a letter from shareholder Continental Grain Co., which is urging the top U.S. hog producer to consider steps such as splitting into three units and initiating a regular cash dividend. Shares of Smithfield rose 3.3 per cent to $25.50 in pre-market trading. Smithfield said

Hogs, International news, Livestock

World Bank lends money for Mexican pork initiative

March 16, 2013

Reuters / The World Bank’s private-sector lender is loaning $40 million to Norson, a joint venture in Mexico of local investors and the world’s largest pork processor Smithfield Foods, to expand production and cut greenhouse gas emissions at its plants. The International Finance Corp. (IFC) said the loan will help Norson Holdings increase production, processing

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Independent panel named to review XL Foods recall

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 15, 2013

The federal government has named its panel for an independent review of last fall’s massive E. coli-related beef recall at Alberta’s XL Foods. The government on Friday named Dr. Ron Lewis, British Columbia’s former chief veterinary officer, to chair a three-member panel for “a review of events and circumstances related to the XL Foods Inc.

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Tag Archives Meatpacking

Double trouble for Maple Leaf

Hog shortage forces ‘non-production days’ at Maple Leaf

Analyzing the Smithfield deal

Guebert: Reasons to smile over the Smithfield purchase

Ritz again vows to boost food safety inspections

Bid to furlough U.S. meat inspectors squashed

Smithfield Foods third-quarter results beat Wall Street estimates

Smithfield board to review advice from big shareholder

World Bank lends money for Mexican pork initiative

Independent panel named to review XL Foods recall

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