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Piglets at a hog operation in China. (KuLouKu/iStock/Getty Images)

China targets pork self-sufficiency rate of 95 per cent

Imported beef increasing in market share

By GFM Network News September 29, 2020

Beijing | Reuters — China is aiming to produce 95 per cent of its pork at home, according to a cabinet document outlining plans for its livestock sector, underscoring a goal to quickly rebuild its huge pig herd after a major disease epidemic. The document, released on Sunday, comes amid a heightened focus on food […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

Canada may unveil retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods Tuesday

Stock trailers could be among affected aluminum wares

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 15, 2020

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will announce on Tuesday that it is going ahead with a threat to slap retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods after Washington said it would impose punitive measures on Canadian aluminum imports, CTV said on Monday. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said last month that Ottawa would impose sanctions on $3.6 […] Read more

UQAR rector Jean-Pierre Ouellet, regional development minister Marie-Eve Proulx, UdeM rector Daniel Jutras, Dr. Christine Theoret, UdeM dean of veterinary medicine and provincial ag minister André Lamontagne (l-r) announced the funding Sept. 3, 2020 for the feasibility study. (UQAR photo by Stephane Lizotte)

Livestock

Montreal’s veterinary college to study eastward expansion

Province backs feasibility study for Rimouski-based program

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News September 5, 2020

With a eye on expanding livestock veterinary services in the Lower St-Lawrence and Gaspesie, the Quebec government is backing a feasibility study to bring veterinary studies to the region. The province on Thursday announced assistance of $627,946 for 2019-20 for a feasibility study making a business case to offer the Universite de Montreal’s veterinary medicine […] Read more

Livestock

B.C. ag ministry to take over regulation for on-farm slaughter

Class D- and E-licensed sites to move to ag ministry oversight

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 20, 2020

British Columbia is set to consolidate all provincial-level meat inspection duties into its agriculture ministry — including the regulatory oversight for on-farm slaughter work. The province announced Wednesday that all slaughter work licensed under its Meat Inspection Regulation for Class A, B, D and E sites will now be regulated through the ag ministry, starting […] Read more

Livestock

COVID-19 lands at another Cargill meat plant

Five cases linked to case-ready plant in Calgary

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, GFM Network News August 15, 2020

Alberta provincial officials have declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill’s meat further-processing plant in Calgary, with five cases of the coronavirus connected to the facility. Provincial chief medical officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw tweeted Friday that “there are five cases linked to Cargill Case Ready Meats in #YYC.” Provincial health officials “have visited the plant and […] Read more

KFC Canada says it will launch its ‘Plant-Based KFC’ sandwich nationwide Aug. 10. (CNW Group/KFC Canada)

Crops

Plant-based near-chicken on KFC’s Canadian menu to stay

Maple Leaf's Lightlife arm to make 'Plant-Based KFC' sandwich

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 6, 2020

Updated, Aug. 18: Consumers’ response to a single-day test of plant-based near-chicken menu items in Mississauga last year has led KFC Canada to add the product, full time, to its menu nationwide. The Canadian arm of the Yum Brands-owned chicken chain announced Wednesday its ‘Plant-Based KFC’ sandwiches will be available permanently at its stores across […] Read more

China aims to buttress the country’s protein supply after African swine fever decimated its hog herd. Photo: File

Reuters

China to encourage foreign investment in livestock breeding, plant-based meat substitutes

By GFM Network News July 31, 2020

Beijing | Reuters – China’s state planner said on Friday that it will encourage foreign investment in livestock and poultry breeding, as well as plant-based meats substitutes, from this year. The move by the National Development and Reform Commission comes as China, the world’s top meat market, strives to boost supplies of meat and alternative […] Read more

Reuters

JBS invests $19-million in safety measures amid COVID-19 pandemic

By GFM Network News July 30, 2020

Sao Paulo | Reuters –Brazilian food processor JBS SA has invested more than 100 million reais ($19.3 million) in health, safety and contingency measures at all its Brazilian production units, according to a Wednesday company statement that comes as the novel coronavirus continues to ravage local meat plants. The company said the funds were invested […] Read more

(Conservative Party of Canada video screengrab via YouTube)

General, Markets

CPC leadership hopefuls list ending carbon tax as priority for agriculture

Party leadership candidates also look to strengthen trade relationships

By GFM Network News July 25, 2020

Removing the carbon tax is the main priority for the two top Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) leadership candidates, according to a recent survey. Peter MacKay and Erin O’Toole, considered the front-runners in a small field of leadership hopefuls, listed eliminating the environmental policy in response to a series of questions posed to them by […] Read more

Employees walk around with face masks at the JBS USA meat packing plant at Greeley, Colorado on April 14, 2020. (File photo: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

Livestock, Reuters

U.S. meatpackers try air cleaning tech after COVID-19 outbreaks

By GFM Network News July 18, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Two of the world’s largest meatpackers said on Friday they have installed ultraviolet air cleaning equipment in some U.S. plants, as pressure mounts on food companies to protect workers amid growing concerns about airborne transmission of the coronavirus. JBS USA, owned by Brazil’s JBS SA and one of four major U.S. […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn backs away from gains at close

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking pressures cattle futures

Government to invest in biofuel production

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Corn backs away from gains at close

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking pressures cattle futures

Government to invest in biofuel production

Poultry

China targets pork self-sufficiency rate of 95 per cent

Canada may unveil retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods Tuesday

Montreal’s veterinary college to study eastward expansion

B.C. ag ministry to take over regulation for on-farm slaughter

COVID-19 lands at another Cargill meat plant

Plant-based near-chicken on KFC’s Canadian menu to stay

China to encourage foreign investment in livestock breeding, plant-based meat substitutes

JBS invests $19-million in safety measures amid COVID-19 pandemic

CPC leadership hopefuls list ending carbon tax as priority for agriculture

U.S. meatpackers try air cleaning tech after COVID-19 outbreaks

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