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Cargill’s Q3 profit up on ingredient, protein demand

By Karl Plume March 29, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill reported a higher quarterly profit on Wednesday as strong earnings from its food ingredients and protein units more than offset lagging results from South American grain trading and processing. The privately held company has been streamlining its operations to focus on higher-margin businesses such as food ingredients […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Top U.S. chicken-producing state sees first case of bird flu

By Tom Polansek March 27, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Georgia has confirmed its first-ever case of bird flu in commercial poultry, its agriculture department said on Monday, widening an outbreak of the disease into the United States’ biggest chicken meat-producing state. A flock of 18,000 chickens used for breeding was culled after testing positive for H7 bird flu, according to […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

JBS weighs suspending U.S. IPO

By Reuters March 27, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s biggest meatpacking company, will decide in coming days whether to suspend listing its overseas operations after a corruption scandal, newspaper Folha de S. Paulo said Monday. A person involved in the deal told Reuters last week JBS had no intention of delaying the US$1 billion […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

‘Operation Weak Flesh’ takes bite out of Brazil’s meat exports

By Alberto Alerigi, Thais Freitas, GFM Network News March 25, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s meat exports have fallen sharply since a police investigation into alleged bribery of food-sanitation inspectors in the world’s top beef and poultry exporter sparked a wave of trade bans, an industry group said on Friday. Import restrictions by several key importers of Brazilian meat, ranging from China to Europe, […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

JBS suspends Brazil beef output amid import bans

By Brad Haynes, Tatiana Bautzer March 23, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s biggest meatpacking company, announced on Thursday it had suspended beef production at 33 of its 36 Brazilian plants amid the corruption scandal that has caused some of the country’s biggest export markets to ban Brazilian meats. Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said a police investigation, which […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Brazil fears lost market share for meat industry

By Reuters March 22, 2017

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil’s meatpacking industry has been badly damaged by a police investigation into alleged unsanitary and corrupt practices, and could lose upward of 10 per cent of its global market share, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said Wednesday. Maggi told a Senate committee that the main concern was with the China and Hong […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Tim’s, Burger King to tighten broiler welfare standards

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 22, 2017

The owner of the Tim Hortons and Burger King fast food chains plans to have the broiler chicken producers supplying its Canadian and U.S. outlets meet a tighter set of welfare standards within the next seven years. Restaurant Brands International (RBI) announced on its website it will be “pursuing alignment” with Global Animal Partnership (GAP) […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Brazil ag ministry, police say meat problems not widespread

By Stephen Eisenhammer March 21, 2017

Lapa, Brazil | Reuters — Brazil’s federal police and agriculture ministry said late Tuesday that sanitary and corruption problems found in the nation’s meatpacking industry were isolated incidents, an attempt to tamp down a scandal that has led the Latin American nation’s biggest export markets to ban its meats. Since police launched raids on processing […] Read more

An algae bloom at the west end of Lake Erie, off of Ohio, Michigan and southwestern Ontario, seen from space on Aug. 3, 2014. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center photo)

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Lake Erie plan’s farming recommendations released

By John Greig March 21, 2017

A federal/provincial action plan to reduce phosphorus loading in Lake Erie has been released for public comment — and many of its recommendations will have implications for farmers in the Lake Erie basin. None of the numerous recommendations are particularly new or surprising and mostly call for using existing funding programs to encourage certain production […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Brazil beef scandal leaves fewer options for global buyers

By Theopolis Waters, Tom Polansek March 20, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– Global beef buyers will likely need to cobble together supplies from several nations if a scandal persists in Brazil’s meat sector because supply constraints and politics are already limiting trade flows, market analysts said Monday. China suspended imports of all meat products from Brazil, the world’s top beef exporter, as a […] Read more

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Poultry

Cargill’s Q3 profit up on ingredient, protein demand

Top U.S. chicken-producing state sees first case of bird flu

JBS weighs suspending U.S. IPO

‘Operation Weak Flesh’ takes bite out of Brazil’s meat exports

JBS suspends Brazil beef output amid import bans

Brazil fears lost market share for meat industry

Tim’s, Burger King to tighten broiler welfare standards

Brazil ag ministry, police say meat problems not widespread

Lake Erie plan’s farming recommendations released

Brazil beef scandal leaves fewer options for global buyers

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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