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Slumping U.S. meat prices help feed appetite for jerky

By Theopolis Waters September 9, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — With prices for U.S. livestock on the decline due to larger cattle and hog herds, meat processors are jumping on the jerky bandwagon. In recent years, dried-meat snacks have gained popularity as Americans embrace diets packed with protein and less sugar and fat. Jerky has overcome its image as a highly […] Read more

Livestock

Cara to buy control of Original Joe’s chains

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 8, 2016

Chain restaurant firm Cara Operations is set to buy a bigger presence in Canada’s West, with a deal for control of the Original Joe’s, State + Main, and Elephant + Castle pub-style restaurant chains. Cara, whose other chains in North America include Swiss Chalet and Harvey’s, announced last week it will pay $93 million for […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

JBS CEO ordered to step aside in Brazil pension fund probe

By Cesar Raizer September 6, 2016

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazilian police launched an investigation of fraud at state-run companies’ pension funds on Monday, as a judge ordered dozens of senior financiers and executives away from their firms, including the CEO of the world’s biggest beef exporter. Police carried out five arrests, more than two dozen interrogations and over 100 search […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

German activists take EU-Canada trade deal to Constitutional Court

By Reuters August 31, 2016

Berlin | Reuters — Activists delivered what they said was Germany’s biggest-ever public complaint to the Constitutional Court on Wednesday, hoping it will scupper a trade agreement between the European Union and Canada. The deal, which some see as a template for an EU-U.S. agreement still being negotiated, is the EU’s most ambitious trade pact […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Devastating bird flu strain found in duck in Alaska

By Tom Polansek August 26, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– The type of avian flu that led to the deaths of about 50 million U.S. chickens and turkeys last year has been found in the country for the first time in 14 months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday. USDA said it detected the H5N2 strain of the disease in […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Couche-Tard to buy Corner Store owner in US$4.4B deal

By Reuters August 22, 2016

Reuters — Canadian convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard said on Monday it would buy U.S. convenience store chain CST Brands in a deal valued at about US$4.4 billion, boosting its presence in the southeastern U.S. and Eastern Canada. San Antonio, Texas-based CST is one of the largest publicly traded fuel retailers in North America and […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Flu controls lifted on Ontario duck farm’s neighbours

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 19, 2016

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has lifted a three-kilometre avian flu control zone around a duck farm in Ontario’s Niagara region, freeing up traffic on and off neighbouring farms. All but one of the commercial and non-commercial farms in the control zone were released from quarantine effective Tuesday and will no longer need licensing for […] Read more

The city of Prince Albert, which has closed its water intake from the North Saskatchewan River, is again supplying its rural water utility, but from a different source. (CityPA.ca)

Livestock

Livestock water supplies still a concern after oil spill

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 12, 2016

While cleanup and water testing continue on the North Saskatchewan River, livestock producers with river access are still advised to find alternate water sources. Jenifer Heyden, livestock specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture in North Battleford, said ministry staffers and Husky Energy did work with a few producers who were having trouble accessing alternate water sources, to […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Cargill stops using human antibiotic against disease in turkeys

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News August 9, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. meat processor Cargill has stopped using an important antibiotic for people to prevent disease in turkeys, the company said Tuesday, the latest food maker to drop the drug amid concerns about the impact on human medicine. Cargill has not used the drug, gentamicin, to prevent disease in turkeys that supply […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Shareholders press Yum for stricter antibiotics policy

By Lisa Baertlein August 9, 2016

Los Angeles | Reuters — Yum Brands investors on Tuesday filed a shareholder proposal requesting that it quickly phase out harmful antibiotic use in its meat supply, taking aim at the practices of the company’s KFC fried chicken chain. The proposal from shareholder activists As You Sow, of Oakland, Calif., and the Sisters of St. […] Read more

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Poultry

Slumping U.S. meat prices help feed appetite for jerky

Cara to buy control of Original Joe’s chains

JBS CEO ordered to step aside in Brazil pension fund probe

German activists take EU-Canada trade deal to Constitutional Court

Devastating bird flu strain found in duck in Alaska

Couche-Tard to buy Corner Store owner in US$4.4B deal

Flu controls lifted on Ontario duck farm’s neighbours

Livestock water supplies still a concern after oil spill

Cargill stops using human antibiotic against disease in turkeys

Shareholders press Yum for stricter antibiotics policy

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