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Flour ground from dried crickets and crickets in jars, for the first mass-delivered bread made of insects, are seen at the Finnish food company Fazer bakery in Helsinki, Finland on Nov. 23, 2017. (Photo: Reuters/Attila Cser)

Finnish baker launches bread made from crushed crickets

By Tuomas Forsell November 23, 2017

Helsinki | Reuters — Finnish bakery and food service company Fazer launched on Thursday what it said was the world’s first insect-based bread to be offered to consumers in stores. The bread, made from flour ground from dried crickets as well as wheat flour and seeds, contains more protein than normal wheat bread. Each loaf […] Read more

Norm McNaughton (l) and Pierre Lampron (r) with CanWest DHI chair Ed Friesen. (CanwestDHI.com)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock

Dairy services organizations create partnership

By John Greig November 23, 2017

Three major service providers in Canadian dairy farming have formed a partnership that will result in one company supplying herd management and genetic services to Canadian dairy farmers. The partnership, including CanWest DHI, Valacta and the Canadian Dairy Network (CDN), still has to be approved by farmer-members of the organizations. CanWest DHI provides on-farm testing […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Fund buying rallies CME lean hog futures

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News November 22, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs settled higher on Wednesday, with support from fund buying and short-covering before the U.S. Thanksgiving Day holiday, traders said. CME livestock markets will be closed for Thursday’s holiday, but resume on Friday at 8:30 a.m. CT and close early at 12:15 p.m. CT. December hogs ended […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features, Livestock

Avoid lapses in your vaccination program

Health: A good vaccination strategy goes a long way toward minimizing preventable diseases

By Roy Lewis Dvm November 22, 2017

As veterinarians and cattle producers we need to constantly review our vaccination protocols to check for lapses in scheduled booster shots or missing antigens in our vaccines in response to new or emerging diseases. Cattle transported to new areas where different diseases are prevalent are often the cause of outbreaks such as redwater disease or […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound on cash, beef prices

By Theopolis Waters, GFM Network News November 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Tuesday rallied from Monday’s losses, ignited by short-covering as investors digested initial cash prices and firmer wholesale beef values, said traders. Technical buying contributed to market advances along with unwinding of Monday’s short live cattle futures long hog spreads, they said. December live cattle […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Beef Watch, News

Beef Watch: Canadian cattle herd steady, U.S. calf numbers grow

Prepared by the staff of Canfax and Canfax Research Services, divisions of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association

By Canfax November 21, 2017

The Canadian beef cow herd remained steady on July 1, 2017. The beef cow culling rate is in line with the long-term average, but heifer slaughter is up. The feedlot sector saw impressive profitability in the first half of the year but is also facing larger price risks due to swings in fed cattle prices. […] Read more

Livestock

Quebec veal processors merging

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 21, 2017

The bulk of Quebec’s veal processing capacity is forming up under one banner as Delimax-Montpak gets set to buy its rival Ecolait out of creditor protection. Delimax-Montpak Group announced Friday it has an agreement in principle to buy St-Hyacinthe-based Ecolait for total consideration of $50 million. Delimax-Montpak said Friday the deal “will allow the veal […] Read more

Catedral Metropolitana de la Asuncion de Maria, Mexico City. (CIA.gov)

Livestock, Reuters

Canada, Mexico to rebuff U.S. over NAFTA goals

By Ana Isabel Martinez, Sharay Angulo November 20, 2017

Mexico City | Reuters — Canada and Mexico will rebuff the United States over its demand for tougher NAFTA automotive content rules, top officials said on Monday as negotiations to renew the treaty bogged down with only a few months to go. U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to quit NAFTA, which has reshaped the […] Read more

Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market rally stalls

By Jerry Klassen November 20, 2017

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged from week-ago levels. Eastern Prairie markets were softer but continue to maintain a $5 to as much as $8 premium over major feeding regions of Alberta. We’ve seen a sharp year-over-year increase in imports from the U.S., which is causing a variable price structure to develop across […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Reuters

Russia to restrict Brazilian pork, beef imports from Dec. 1

By Mateus Maia, Polina Devitt November 20, 2017

Moscow/Brasilia | Reuters – Russia will place temporary restrictions on imports of pork and beef products from Brazil from Dec. 1, the country’s agricultural safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said on Monday. Russia said last week it was considering a ban on all pork and beef imports from Brazil after finding the feed additive ractopamine in some […] Read more

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Finnish baker launches bread made from crushed crickets

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