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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

Australian countryside near Bendigo, northwest of Melbourne. (CIA.gov)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Beef makes the cut as Australia, China move to boost trade

By Colin Packham March 23, 2017

Sydney | Reuters — Australia and China are expected to sign new bilateral agreements on beef exports, energy and security during a four-day visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that began on Thursday. Li, the first sitting Chinese premier to visit Australia in 11 years, was welcomed to parliament in Canberra by Prime Minister Malcolm […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit 14-month high on cash gains

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News March 22, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. live cattle futures surged to the highest levels in 14 months on Wednesday, lifted by investment fund buying and steep gains at a weekly online cash cattle auction, traders and analysts said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle rose by as much as three per cent while lean hogs were mostly […] 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

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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

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit two-month high on cash optimism

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News March 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rose to two-month highs on Tuesday as wholesale beef prices extended gains, stoking optimism for higher prices this week in Plains cash cattle markets, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also were higher, while lean hogs fell for the fifth straight session. “There continues […] Read more

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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

Beef Cattle, Features, Livestock

You judge the heifers! Part 2

Can you spot the genomics at work?

By Dr. Susan Markusa March 21, 2017

It’s been said that the most powerful selection strategy for beef cattle is possible if both performance data and genetic data are available. However, only after we receive proof of their performance either in carcass results or replacement breeding offspring will we truly be able to believe that. It’s all about the accuracy of the […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Lactalis short of threshold to delist Parmalat

By Reuters March 21, 2017

Milan | Reuters — France’s Lactalis failed to reach the 90 per cent stake in Parmalat it required to proceed to delist the Italian food company in the last day of a buyout offer, a filing by the Milan bourse showed Tuesday. Lactalis, the world’s largest dairy firm, bought 15.11 per cent of the shares […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Deferred cattle hit contract highs

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News March 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures were mostly higher on Monday, with deferred months for both live and feeder cattle hitting contract highs on spreading and investment fund buying, traders and analysts said. Lean hog futures were largely lower, extending losses to the fourth straight session in a technical selloff. Most-active CME […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle choppy amid weak cash market, tight supply

China’s canola, soybeans imports to drop one million tonnes each

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Media reports suggest U.S. dairy access to Canada a topic of conversation in Ottawa

U.S. livestock: Cattle choppy amid weak cash market, tight supply

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JBS suspends Brazil beef output amid import bans

Beef makes the cut as Australia, China move to boost trade

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit 14-month high on cash gains

Brazil fears lost market share for meat industry

Tim’s, Burger King to tighten broiler welfare standards

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit two-month high on cash optimism

Brazil ag ministry, police say meat problems not widespread

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Lactalis short of threshold to delist Parmalat

U.S. livestock: Deferred cattle hit contract highs

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