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BSE test-kit firms raided in Belgium

Belgian authorities launched dawn raids Jan. 20 on several laboratories in an investigation into alleged price fixing of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) tests. “We had some information that the prices were the same among the different laboratories, and this is the reason why we made the dawn raids,” Bert Stulens, the prosecutor general for Belgium’s
Hogs, Livestock, Livestock Markets

U. S. hog data hints herd reduction over

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A sharp drop in feed grain prices during the latter half of 2008 apparently ended hog producers’ plans to pare herds, a move that could mean more hogs in 2009 than previously expected, analysts said after viewing USDA hog herd data Dec. 30. Opinions were mixed on the direction of February and April contracts, with
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USDA to purchase broilers

The U. S. Department of Agriculture said it intends to purchase broilers and broiler products for federal food assistance programs. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service purchases a variety of food products each year for distribution by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service for programs serving children, the elderly, Indian reservations and victims of natural disasters. While AMS
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Hog troubles hit 2007 total net farm income

Total net farm income in Manitoba took a sharp hit last year, due in part to a sell-off of swine herds because of slumping hog markets. Statistics Canada reported Monday that Manitoba’s total net farm income in 2007 was $276 million, down from $302 million in 2006. (Total net income equals cash receipts minus expenses
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USDA under review

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Two former Agriculture Department officials, Bart Chilton and Carole Jett, will lead an examination of USDA to prepare for the Obama administration, the president-elect’s office said Nov. 14. USDA is partway through implementation of the 2008 farm law with some key decisions remaining. Most prominent are how high to set the benchmark for a new
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Resolving grain-grading disputes

Differences of opinion between grain merchants and producers can usually be resolved without difficult confrontations by using the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)’s Subject to Inspector’s Grade and Dockage service. “The 2008 growing season was cool and crops generally were late maturing. Rain and frost in late August and early September could affect crop quality and
Beef cattle, Livestock, Other

Mexico lifts Alta. breeding cattle ban

The Canadian and Mexican governments have reached an agreement to remove Mexico’s temporary ban on imports of Alberta breeding cattle. The agreement resumes trade of all breeding cattle born after January 1999, lifting a ban the Mexican government imposed in August after Canada’s confirmation of its 14th case of BSE in a six-year-old Alberta beef
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U. S. farmers to get bonus to open CRP land

Farmers and ranchers will be paid US$3 per acre if they open up land they’ve enrolled in the Conservation Reserve program (CRP) to public activities, including hunting and fishing, the U. S. Agriculture Department said Oct. 3. The goal of the initiative is to double public access on CRP land to seven million acres by

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