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Canadian farm exports hit new Chinese obstacles amid diplomatic dispute

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News April 29, 2019

Winnipeg/Beijing | Reuters — An expanding list of Canadian farm exports is hitting obstacles at Chinese ports, leaving sellers of soybeans, peas and pork scrambling amid a bitter diplomatic dispute. China has already blocked Canadian canola from Richardson International and Viterra, two of Canada’s biggest farm exporters, saying that shipments had pests. Other China-bound canola […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

China eyes U.S. poultry, pork imports in trade talks

By GFM Network News April 16, 2019

Reuters — China would likely lift a ban on U.S. poultry as part of a trade deal and may buy more pork to meet a growing supply deficit, but it is not willing to allow a prohibited growth drug used in roughly half the U.S. hog herd, two sources with knowledge of the negotiations said. […] Read more

A file photo of hog barns in winter. (SimplyCreativePhotography/iStock/Getty Images)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Swine fever in China poses risks, rewards for Canadian pork

By GFM Network News March 20, 2019

MarketsFarm — Sharp losses in China’s hog herd due to African swine fever (ASF) are underpinning the North American pork market and could create export opportunities for Canada — if this country manages to stay disease-free. ASF does not affect humans, but the highly viral disease is nearly 100 per cent fatal for hogs with […] Read more

Workers sort cuts of fresh pork in a processing plant of pork producer WH Group in Zhengzhou in China’s Henan province in this file photo, taken through glass, from Nov. 24, 2017. (File photo: Reuters/Dominique Patton)

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

U.S. seizes pork from China on swine fever concerns

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 18, 2019

Washington | Reuters — U.S. border agents have seized around one million pounds of pork from China, a spokesman for the agency said on Friday, over suspicions that it might contain African swine flu disease which has hit Chinese pork output. Federal agents have seized the supplies over the past week in New York. “The […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally on improving export prospects

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News March 15, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures jumped 3.5 per cent on Thursday, supported by signs that exports could pick up due to rising Chinese demand, traders said. China bought 23,846 tonnes of U.S. pork last week, its biggest purchase in nearly two years, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Thursday. Chinese hog prices […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs recover on hopes for China trade talks

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News February 21, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures jumped on Thursday on increased optimism about the potential for progress in trade talks between Washington and Beijing. The top U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators resumed high-level negotiations to hash out a deal that could end their trade war, just over a week before a U.S.-imposed deadline to […] Read more

Galloway beef genetics used in a cross-breeding program have helped to produce a very efficient beef herd on Rainer Krumsiek’s beef operation near Horsefly, B.C. Along with beef, they also produced pasture finished pork and lamb for direct-to-consumer sales.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

B.C. ranch caters to consumer segment

Customers looking for naturally raised and animal welfare certification

By Heather Smith Thomas February 19, 2019

While his B.C. Cariboo Region ranch may between six to eight hours drive from major population markets, Rainer Krumsiek hasn’t let distance get in the way of developing a successful pasture-raised and finished meat business. Krumsiek, at Big Bear Ranch near Horsefly, (a small town in central B.C.) about 15 years ago started using Galloway […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on hopes of pork exports to China

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News January 3, 2019

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. lean hog futures jumped to a nearly two-week high on Wednesday on speculation that exports of U.S. pork to China will rise in the coming months, traders and analysts said. Representatives from the U.S. and China were negotiating to end the trade war between the world’s biggest economies that has […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle climb on technical buying, demand optimism

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News December 11, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained about one per cent on Tuesday, lifted by technical buying and optimism for the continued robust demand for cattle and beef, traders and analysts said. Cattle futures shrugged off three straight sessions of declines to rise to the highest levels in about a week. […] Read more

Farm Life, FarmLife

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First We Eat: Traditionally a whole pig would be roasted on a spit but here’s a smaller oven version

By dee Hobsbawn-Smith December 7, 2018

I visited my sister and brother-in-law in the Toronto area for Thanksgiving this year, the first time, perhaps ever, that I wasn’t home to cook the feast for my favourite holiday. But even though I wasn’t in my home kitchen, food played as large a part as usual. “We have errands,” my sister said soon […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn sags as bumper US crop harvest advances, soybeans retreat

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally, hogs rise

Fund traders flip to net short in canola futures

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Corn sags as bumper US crop harvest advances, soybeans retreat

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rally, hogs rise

Fund traders flip to net short in canola futures

Tag Archives Pork

Canadian farm exports hit new Chinese obstacles amid diplomatic dispute

China eyes U.S. poultry, pork imports in trade talks

Swine fever in China poses risks, rewards for Canadian pork

U.S. seizes pork from China on swine fever concerns

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rally on improving export prospects

U.S. livestock: Hogs recover on hopes for China trade talks

B.C. ranch caters to consumer segment

U.S. livestock: Hogs jump on hopes of pork exports to China

U.S. livestock: Cattle climb on technical buying, demand optimism

This pork porchetta is sure to please

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