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File photo of goats on display at the Hanover Agricultural Fair in Grunthal, Man. in August 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

U.S. to lift BSE-related rules off sheep, goat imports

New scrapie-specific rules take effect next month

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News December 9, 2021

U.S. restrictions that have hindered that country’s imports of live Canadian sheep and goats, going back to the start of the BSE crisis in 2003, are set to be scrapped and replaced with rules applying specifically to scrapie. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on Friday published a new […] Read more

An information label is seen on packaging for a CO2 cylinder for a fizzy drinks machine in Manchester, Britain on Sept. 20, 2021. (Photo: Reuters)/Phil Noble)

Livestock, Reuters

Britain tells its food industry to prepare for CO2 price shock

U.K. pays fertilizer maker CF Industries to reopen plants

By GFM Network News September 22, 2021

London | Reuters — Britain warned its food producers on Wednesday to prepare for a 400 per cent rise in carbon dioxide prices after extending emergency state support to avert a shortage of poultry and meat triggered by soaring costs of wholesale natural gas. Natural gas prices have spiked this year as economies reopened from […] Read more

File photo of pigs on a farm in Germany. (FooTToo/iStock/Getty Images)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

German hog market shrugs off swine fever discovery on farms

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 21, 2021

Hamburg | Reuters — German pig prices were unchanged this week despite the discovery of the disease African swine fever in farm animals, German animal farmers’ association VEZG said on Wednesday. German pig prices were the same as last week at 1.42 euros (C$2.10) per kilogram slaughter weight, the VEZG said. A third case of […] Read more

The USDA building in Washington, D.C. (Art Wager/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. ag secretary backs proposed meatpacking investigator

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 15, 2021

Reuters — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Tuesday threw his support behind a proposal to establish a special investigator to address concerns about anti-competitive practices in the meat and poultry industries. Republican U.S. Senators Mike Rounds of South Dakota and Charles Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Senator Jon Tester of Montana have proposed legislation […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery, Reuters

JBS says it paid US$11 million in bitcoin for ransom

Cyberattack disrupted plants in North America, Australia

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 10, 2021

Reuters — Meatpacker JBS USA paid a ransom equivalent to US$11 million (C$13.3 million) following a cyberattack that disrupted its North American and Australian operations, the company’s CEO said in a statement Wednesday. The subsidiary of Brazilian firm JBS halted cattle slaughtering at all of its U.S. plants and its Alberta beef plant for a […] Read more

CME April 2021 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures dip on slaughter delays

Lower supply expectations support hog futures

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News February 19, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell on Thursday as short-term processing delays caused by power outages and frigid weather backed up cattle and softened cash prices, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange April live cattle futures settled down 1.225 cents at 122.925 cents/lb., while the spot February contract ended 0.175 cents lower at […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

JBS parent pleads guilty to U.S. foreign bribery charges

By GFM Network News October 14, 2020

New York/Rio de Janeiro | Reuters — Brazil’s J+F Investimentos, parent company of the world’s largest meatpacker, JBS, pleaded guilty to U.S. foreign bribery charges and agreed to pay US$128.25 million in criminal fines, prosecutors said on Wednesday. J+F is paying only half of the $256.5 million fines levied due to settlements made with Brazilian […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Strong demand, lower supplies support North American hog prices

By GFM Network News October 6, 2020

MarketsFarm — Hog prices in North America typically come under pressure heading into fall, as the end of barbecue season coincides with more hogs coming to slaughter. However, strong global demand has propped up hog prices in recent weeks, with cash prices increasing by over 25 per cent. Fewer hogs coming to market, coupled with […] 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

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

China’s slower meat imports seen worsening its protein shortage

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 9, 2020

Beijing | Reuters — China’s dwindling pace of meat imports, thanks to its tough measures against coronavirus contamination, will provide further support for prices already buoyed by a severe shortage of pork, analysts said. Purchases of pork and other meats have soared this year after domestic production shrank 30 per cent following an outbreak of […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures higher on screwworm news

Trade mission heads for Japan as Canada becomes the country’s top pork supplier

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on lack of Chinese demand, wheat hits contract lows

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures higher on screwworm news

Trade mission heads for Japan as Canada becomes the country’s top pork supplier

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop on lack of Chinese demand, wheat hits contract lows

Tag Archives Meat

U.S. to lift BSE-related rules off sheep, goat imports

Britain tells its food industry to prepare for CO2 price shock

German hog market shrugs off swine fever discovery on farms

U.S. ag secretary backs proposed meatpacking investigator

JBS says it paid US$11 million in bitcoin for ransom

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures dip on slaughter delays

JBS parent pleads guilty to U.S. foreign bribery charges

Strong demand, lower supplies support North American hog prices

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

China’s slower meat imports seen worsening its protein shortage

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