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CME December 2018 live cattle, with 20-day moving average in orange. (Barchart)

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures jump on trilateral trade pact

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek October 1, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose to their highest prices since April on Monday after the U.S., Canada and Mexico said they struck a deal on a trilateral trade pact. News of the agreement, reached over the weekend, eased concerns that the United States would exit the North American Free

McDonald’s in 2015 launched a billboard campaign in Canada profiling products made using Canadian meat and potatoes. (Dave Bedard photo)

Livestock

McDonald’s sets new welfare standards for chicken suppliers

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek October 27, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. will require suppliers to improve the living conditions and slaughter process for chickens raised to be served in its restaurants, the company said on Friday, the latest changes affecting popular menu items such as McNuggets. Under new guidelines for animal welfare, suppliers such as Tyson Foods and Cargill must

Livestock, Markets

USDA plan to axe livestock pricing rule divides producers

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters October 17, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a filing on Tuesday said it will dismantle Obama-era rules for buying and selling livestock, a move that has divided the U.S. meat industry. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue withdrew an interim final rule and a proposed regulation of the Farmer Fair Practices Rules

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock

Tyson to test new method to stun chickens

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek June 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Tyson Foods will test a new way to render chickens unconscious before slaughter, the company said Wednesday, in the latest sign that heightened concerns about animal welfare are affecting U.S. meat processors. Within the next year, Tyson, the biggest U.S. chicken company, will launch a pilot program at two processing plants

Beef cattle, Livestock

U.S. beef speeds to China by air as ban ends

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek June 14, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– The first shipment of U.S. beef to China under a new trade deal went airborne on Wednesday, a Nebraska meat company said, just two days after Washington finalized details to resume exports, ending a 14-year ban. Greater Omaha Packing Co. said it shipped beef by plane to China from Nebraska, a

Livestock

Bird flu found in Tennessee chicken flock

By GFM Network News, Jo Winterbottom March 5, 2017

Reuters — A strain of bird flu has been detected in a chicken breeder flock on a Tennessee farm contracted to U.S. food giant Tyson Foods, and the 73,500 birds will be culled to stop the virus from entering the food system, government and company officials said on Sunday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said

Livestock

Tyson reveals subpoena linked to alleged price fixing

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek February 6, 2017

Reuters — Tyson Foods disclosed on Monday it has received a subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission following allegations it conspired with rivals for years to fix chicken prices. The chicken sector, which is dominated by a handful of large meat companies, has come under increased scrutiny over the past year as customers

NASA’s Terra satellite observes Post-Tropical Cyclone Matthew being absorbed by a cold front along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard on Oct. 9 at 11:45 a.m. ET. (NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team)

Livestock, Weather

Millions of chickens reported dead in Hurricane Matthew floods

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek October 13, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Flooding from Hurricane Matthew has killed up to five million poultry birds in North Carolina, most of them chickens, the state’s top environmental official said Wednesday. Donald van der Vaart, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, also told Reuters that some pits that hold hog waste on farms

Livestock

Slumping U.S. meat prices help feed appetite for jerky

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters September 9, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — With prices for U.S. livestock on the decline due to larger cattle and hog herds, meat processors are jumping on the jerky bandwagon. In recent years, dried-meat snacks have gained popularity as Americans embrace diets packed with protein and less sugar and fat. Jerky has overcome its image as a highly

Livestock

Cargill stops using human antibiotic against disease in turkeys

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek August 9, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. meat processor Cargill has stopped using an important antibiotic for people to prevent disease in turkeys, the company said Tuesday, the latest food maker to drop the drug amid concerns about the impact on human medicine. Cargill has not used the drug, gentamicin, to prevent disease in turkeys that supply

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn lower

U.S. grains: Soy futures dip as traders await China sales; corn, wheat sag

Seeds Canada announces Dan Wright as new CEO

Tag Archives Tyson

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures jump on trilateral trade pact

McDonald’s sets new welfare standards for chicken suppliers

USDA plan to axe livestock pricing rule divides producers

Tyson to test new method to stun chickens

U.S. beef speeds to China by air as ban ends

Bird flu found in Tennessee chicken flock

Tyson reveals subpoena linked to alleged price fixing

Millions of chickens reported dead in Hurricane Matthew floods

Slumping U.S. meat prices help feed appetite for jerky

Cargill stops using human antibiotic against disease in turkeys

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