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PEDv not yet affecting packers, but futures get boost

By GFM Network News February 4, 2014

CNS Canada –– While Canada’s pork industry tries to prevent the spread of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) after its recent arrival in Ontario, the discovery hasn’t led to any major near-term changes at slaughterhouses, yet. “I don’t think anything is going to happen in the short-term, meaning that pigs go to the same […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end lower, hogs firm

By GFM Network News February 4, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures retreated on Tuesday, pressured by technical selling and by anticipation of softer cash prices in the near term, traders and analysts said. The CME February live cattle contract fell below the 20-day moving average, triggering some technical selling, a trader said. There was talk of […] Read more

Wendy’s in 2011 opened this new “ultra-modern” concept restaurant at Etobicoke, Ont., as one of four test sites for the North American market. (CNW Group/Wendy’s International)

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Wendy’s calls for progress reports on stall-free pork

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 3, 2014

Canadian and U.S. pork suppliers feeding the Wendy’s restaurant chain now must file quarterly progress reports on how much of their pork is produced without the use of gestation stalls. The Ohio-based burger chain, which includes about 370 Canadian outlets among about 6,600 worldwide, announced in 2007 it would give preferential buying to pork suppliers […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures drop as beef prices plunge

By GFM Network News February 1, 2014

Hog futures mostly up on speculative buying Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures posted modest losses on Friday, but were up from session lows, dragged by retreating wholesale beef prices, traders and analysts said. The afternoon’s wholesale choice beef price, or cutout, was $223.49 per hundredweight (cwt), $7.26 lower than on Thursday, […] Read more

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Tyson says pig virus to cut pork supply by two to four per cent

By GFM Network News January 31, 2014

Reuters — Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. meat processor, said Friday it expects pork supplies to drop two to four per cent this fiscal year, raising wholesale prices, as a deadly pig virus spreads through the U.S. hog belt. Heavier hogs will offset some of the loss in headcount, Jim Lochner, Tyson’s chief operating officer, […] Read more

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U.S. pig virus cases see biggest weekly rise since discovery

By GFM Network News January 30, 2014

Reuters — Confirmed cases of a deadly pig virus spreading across the U.S. Hog Belt jumped by 215 to its highest weekly increase since it was discovered in the country in April 2013, according to USDA’s National Animal Health Laboratory Network. NAHLN announced the rise in cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) on Wednesday. […] Read more

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Fourth Ont. hog farm hit by diarrhea virus, official says

By GFM Network News January 29, 2014

Reuters — The piglet-killing porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has spread to a fourth farm in the Ontario, the provincial government said Wednesday, despite the hog industry’s efforts to stop it by disinfecting delivery trucks and clothing used on farms. The virus has killed more than one million piglets in the U.S. but it has so far […] Read more

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Ont. hog industry backed for added biosecurity measures

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 29, 2014

Ontario hog producers can expect new public funding to help step up biosecurity at “critical points,” following the arrival of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) in the province on at least two farms. The provincial government on Tuesday pledged $2 million for Ontario Pork to back “industry-wide investments to improve biosecurity measures at critical […] Read more

Revised U.S. laws requiring retailers to carry specific country-of-origin labels on muscle cuts go back to a WTO compliance panel next month for review. (Canada Beef Inc. photo)

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No changes seen to COOL in new U.S. Farm Bill

By GFM Network News January 28, 2014

Canadian livestock groups’ hopes for change in the U.S. government’s mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) laws on meat now return to the World Trade Organization (WTO), as no such changes have shown up in the U.S. Congress’ proposed new Farm Bill. U.S. Senate and House negotiators on Monday announced a bipartisan deal on a new five-year […] Read more

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PED virus hits second SW Ont. hog farm

By GFM Network News January 27, 2014

Now also suspected on third farm; industry launches task force “The reality has changed” for Ontario’s hog industry with a second, and possibly third, case of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus now found in the Chatham-Kent area. “Since the virus is highly contagious, its presence in Canada is not unexpected and more cases are expected in […] Read more

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