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Hogs, Livestock, Markets

China to resume imports from U.S. pork plants

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Chicago | Reuters — China, the world’s largest pork consumer, will soon resume imports from 14 U.S. pork plants and warehouses, after halting some shipments last year over the use of a feed additive, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday. USDA did not provide a date on which China will resume the imports. China’s
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sag with initial cash prices

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Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished lower on Friday after traders pocketed profits following lower preliminary prices for market-ready (cash) cattle, traders said. Spot-August futures closed down 0.4 cent/lb. at 148.45 cents, and October one cent lower at 146.85 cents (all figures US$). Cash cattle traded lightly in Texas at
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Livestock

KFC faces pressure after McDonald’s says no antibiotics in chicken

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Los Angeles/Chicago | Reuters — KFC, the world’s largest chain of fried chicken restaurants, may face pressure from consumer and environmental groups to change how its poultry are raised after McDonald’s said it would switch to chicken raised without human antibiotics. McDonald’s will phase out chicken raised with antibiotics that are important to human health
Opinion

Where Their Food Comes From

There are two complaints which have been heard hundreds of times from farm meeting platforms or in coffee shop conversations. “Consumers don’t know where their food comes from anymore – they just think it comes from the supermarket.” Then there’s “Farming is not the traditional mom-and-pop operation anymore – it’s a business.” Those are statements
Livestock, News

Hot, Dry, Polluted

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“We are nearing the end of the downswing. It is inconceivable that prices will continue to go down indefinitely when production is dropping at the rate it is worldwide” – TED BILYEA The world may be going to hell in a handbasket, but in the meantime, Manitoba’s grain and livestock farmers will be doing a
Oilseeds, Opinion

Letters – for Mar. 5, 2009

Where’s the beef… plan? The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) is very good at name-calling, but sadly lacking when it comes to laying out a coherent plan for increasing the money that farmers and ranchers are receiving for cattle sales. The CCA affiliates in each province except Alberta collect a checkoff of $2 per head for
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Look Beyond Alberta, MCEC Urges

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“Had the industry not been so concentrated in Alberta, it is possible that we never would have developed an overcapacity.” – Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council Report A new report from the council charged with building Manitoba’s cattle slaughter capacity sees grave risk in flowing federal support to the “already overdeveloped” beef sectors in Alberta and
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Low prices no mystery, says NFU

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The National Farmers Union is hoping to make hamburger from some beef industry sacred cows with a series of meetings publicizing the findings of its report into the root causes of the Canadian cattle industry’s woes. The first of six meetings around the province was held in Oak Lake, where a small crowd of ranchers

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