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Five pork, five beef and three poultry plants will be built to help supply China’s appetite for meat. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

Brazil gets approval for 13 meatpacking plants for China exports

By Ana Mano, GFM Network News November 12, 2019

Sao Paulo | Brazil | Reuters – Chinese authorities approved new Brazilian meat exporting plants on Tuesday, according to the Brazilian agriculture ministry, a highly anticipated move as the two nations continue to strengthen trade ties. The approvals come as China seeks to increase meat imports to compensate for the death of around half of

A panel of Manitoba Pork staff addressed issues of disease management, traceability and communication.

Hogs, News, Other

Manitoba pork producers discuss PED, African swine fever plans

2019 was a ‘disappointing year’ for PED outbreaks after gains made in 2018

By Geralyn Wichers November 8, 2019

Disease management remains a baffling issue for pork producers and top of mind for the Manitoba Pork Council. “It’s been a disappointing year,” said MPC board chair George Matheson, citing 79 confirmed cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) this year. “What we’re doing just doesn’t seem to be working.” Disease prevention was front and centre

Hogs

China reshapes global meat markets as swine fever rages

By GFM Network News, Nigel Hunt November 8, 2019

London | Beijing | Reuters – China is scouring the world for meat to replace the millions of pigs killed by African swine fever (ASF), boosting prices, business and profits for European and South American meatpackers as it re-shapes global markets for pork, beef and chicken. The European Union, the world’s second largest pork producer

Workers sort cuts of fresh pork in a processing plant of pork producer WH Group in Zhengzhou in China’s Henan province in this file photo, taken through glass, from Nov. 24, 2017. (File photo: Reuters/Dominique Patton)

Hogs

China’s pork output to fall by at least 20 percent in 2019: FAO

By GFM Network News, Sybille De La Hamaide November 7, 2019

Paris | Reuters – African swine fever (ASF) will cut pork output in China, the world’s largest producer, by at least 20 percent in 2019, the United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday, doubling the decline it had expected six months ago. The disease has slashed China’s hog herd since August 2018, pushing Chinese pork

China is the world’s top pork consumer and has seen a sharp rise in pork prices ever since an outbreak of African swine fever began in August 2018.

Markets, News

Industry relieved as China lifts pork, beef suspension

Prime Minister Trudeau announced the breakthrough through social media

By D.C. Fraser November 5, 2019

UPDATED: Nov. 6, 2019] Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian Pork Council chair Rick Bergmann let out “a sigh of relief” Tuesday, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced exports will continue to China roughly four months after pork and beef products shipments were blocked. Trudeau announced the news on Twitter. Since June 25th, meat shipments to China

Livestock

China to resume imports of Canadian beef and pork

By GFM Network News November 5, 2019

Reuters – China will resume imports of Canadian beef and pork, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, some four months after Beijing blocked shipments amid an escalating diplomatic feud between the two countries. “Good news for Canadian farmers today: Canadian pork and beef exports to China will resume,” Trudeau tweeted. The Chinese embassy in

CME December 2019 lean hogs with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs sag as traders parse USDA pork sales data

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen October 18, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures closed lower on Friday after a roller-coaster session in which prices jumped on news of massive weekly pork export sales, only to turn down after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said its figures could include pork sold in previous weeks. Toward the close, lean hog futures

Hogs, Livestock

Tyson bans ractopamine from its U.S. hog supply

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek October 17, 2019

Reuters — Tyson Foods in February will stop buying U.S. hogs raised with a growth drug banned by China, the company said on Thursday, as global meat suppliers seek an edge in boosting sales to Chinese buyers facing a huge pork shortage due to an outbreak of a fatal pig disease. The halt in the

Crops, Markets

Trump’s hailing of Chinese farm purchases seen as ‘meaningless’

By Dominique Patton, GFM Network News October 14, 2019

Beijing | Reuters — China is still a long way from forking out US$50 billion for farm goods from the United States, agriculture industry analysts said on Monday, cautioning that getting there is contingent on removing substantial technical and political hurdles. Outlining the first phase of a deal to end a trade war with China,

Vanessa Kummer is seen on a storage bin catwalk on her family farm near Colfax, N.D. on Aug. 6, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Dan Koeck)

Crops, Markets

U.S. farmers cheered by apparent trade truce

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, Tom Polansek October 11, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers cheered the Trump administration’s announcement of a potentially dramatic increase in U.S. agricultural sales to China on Friday but warned they needed to see a follow-through of actual purchases. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the agricultural purchases could scale up to $40 billion-$50 billion annually as part of a

Daily Network News

CBOT Weekly: Additional soybean purchases strengthen U.S. soy

Trump, Xi discuss Taiwan and soybeans in call aimed at easing China, U.S. relations

ICE weekly: China, soy complex lift canola prices

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