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Costco plans chicken plant in Nebraska

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News April 18, 2016

Reuters — Costco Wholesale Corp. is considering building a poultry-processing plant in Nebraska, according to a local development council, a move that would give the retailer tighter control over its chicken supplies. The facility, if built in Nebraska’s Dodge County, would create 1,100 jobs, work with local chicken farmers and invest $180 million in the […] Read more

Features

Make the least of your farm taxes

It's that time of year again. Here are some farm tax tips direct from the CRA

By Heidi Hofstad April 14, 2016

Canadian farmers of all types — from dairy to fruit to livestock — contribute to the healthy lives of Canadians. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has made filing your taxes easy, so you can save your energy for the harvest. The agriculture and agri-food industry is vital to the economy, and the CRA wants to […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Bayer to consider shedding animal health unit

By GFM Network News April 12, 2016

Leverkusen, Germany | Reuters –– Bayer might look into selling its animal health division if it continues to struggle to find takeover targets for the business, the German drugmaker’s incoming chief executive said. “Animal Health is a business that we have been trying for many years to strengthen strategically, that is to say inorganically. That […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Investor group launches campaign to curb antibiotic use in food

By GFM Network News April 11, 2016

Reuters — Fifty-four large investors managing one trillion pounds (C$1.84 trillion) in assets have launched a campaign to curb the use of antibiotics in the meat and poultry used by 10 large U.S. and British restaurant groups. McDonalds and JD Wetherspoon were among those to receive a March 15 letter from institutions including Aviva Investors […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Russian cheese lovers find way around import ban

By GFM Network News April 7, 2016

Moscow | Reuters — An entrepreneur has found a way to supply Italian parmesan, Dutch Gouda and British Cheddar to cheese connoisseurs in Russia, sidestepping a ban on importing European food that the Kremlin imposed in the fallout from the conflict in Ukraine. Russia’s government banned wholesale imports of fresh food products from the European […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Wal-Mart plans for cage-free U.S. egg supply by 2025

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 5, 2016

Reuters — Wal-Mart Stores said it was aiming to switch to a cage-free egg supply chain in the U.S. by 2025, joining a host of companies that have committed to stop using eggs laid by caged hens. The biggest food retailer in the U.S. said Tuesday it would mandate its egg suppliers to be certified […] Read more

Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart, shown here at Ag in Motion in 2015, plans to leave the post following a recent cancer diagnosis. (File photo by Lisa Guenther)

Crops

Saskatchewan ag minister, ag critic return in election

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 5, 2016

Saskatchewan’s agriculture minister and opposition ag critic both easily held their ridings Monday night as the governing Saskatchewan Party completed its electoral hat trick. By about 1 a.m. Tuesday, Premier Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party had won 51 of 61 ridings, for a third straight majority mandate coming out of Monday’s general election. The opposition New […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Cara to buy St-Hubert restaurant, food businesses

By Euan Rocha, GFM Network News March 31, 2016

Reuters — Cara Operations, owner of the Swiss Chalet casual dining chain and Harvey’s burger outlets, said Thursday it will buy St-Hubert BBQ, one of Quebec’s largest casual dining chains, for $537 million to gain a foothold in the province. The deal, expected to close this summer pending regulatory approvals, was cheered by analysts and investors. […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Two more states’ eggs, poultry allowed into Canada

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 31, 2016

Cross-border travellers may again bring raw poultry meat, eggs and live birds into Canada from North Dakota and Missouri. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency last week shortened its list of U.S. states under avian influenza-related restrictions to just one. Indiana remains under limits imposed in January after highly pathogenic (“high-path”) H7N8 avian flu turned up at […] Read more

Livestock

Premium Brands buys meat supplier C+C

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 28, 2016

Montreal meat distributor and processor C+C Packing is set to become a new eastern arm for Vancouver food firm Premium Brands. Premium Brands last Tuesday announced a $146 million cash-and-stock deal to buy C+C and its in-house processing arm Premier Meat Packers. The company supplies fresh and frozen meats to grocery chains, the hotel and […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle markets up ahead of report

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall after Trump-Xi call

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids slightly decline

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