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Peru, Taiwan, Belarus ban Canadian beef over BSE case

By Reuters February 23, 2015

Reuters — Three more countries have blocked imports of Canadian beef or beef products, following Canada’s discovery of BSE earlier this month, its first in four years. Taiwan, Peru and Belarus have imposed trade restrictions on beef and/or beef products, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Monday in an update on its website. The […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Ireland says China agrees to lift ban on Irish beef

By Reuters February 20, 2015

Dublin | Reuters –– China has agreed to lift its ban on Irish beef, Ireland’s Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Friday, making it the only European country to be allowed to export beef to both the U.S. and China. Ireland last month became the first European Union country to regain access to the lucrative U.S. […] Read more

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West Coast port impasse beefs up U.S. meat stockpile

By Theopolis Waters February 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. meat exporters caught in the middle of the West Coast port labour standoff diverted millions of pounds of chilled pork and beef into cold storage facilities over the last few weeks, creating an oversupply of meat, analysts said. Redirected protein shipments come as frozen inventories are starting to build ahead […] Read more

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Brazil exported 3.3 per cent more beef in 2014, industry says

By Reuters January 8, 2015

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil, the world’s top beef exporter, shipped 1.56 million tonnes of meat abroad in 2014, 3.3 per cent more than it did in 2013, industry association Abiec said on Thursday. Volumes exported were near the 2007 record of 1.62 million tonnes. Beef exports by value were a record US$7.2 billion […] Read more

Key players at the news conference announcing the new company to deliver BIXS include (from left) Larry Thomas, national co-ordinator of BIXS; Rob McNabb, general manager of the Canadian Cattleman’s Association; Hubert Lau of ViewTrak, CEO of the new company; and Ted Power, president of ViewTrak. (Lee Hart photo)

Livestock, Machinery, Markets

New company set up to deliver BIXS livestock data system

By Lee Hart December 8, 2014

A new company — a partnership between the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and livestock technology company ViewTrak — plans to bring the newborn unsteadiness of an information exchange network to a full gallop for all Canadian livestock sectors. The as-yet unnamed private company was formed to bring the CCA’s beef information exchange system, BIXS, to […] Read more

Equipment such as this offal blow tank at Quebec’s Levinoff-Colbex plant was sold to buyers onsite and online on Dec. 2. (BidSpotter.com)

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Shuttered Que. beef plant’s equipment sold

By Dave Bedard December 5, 2014

The chance of a rescue for Quebec’s Levinoff-Colbex cull cow packing plant has passed, now that the facility’s equipment has been sold off piecemeal at auction. Provincial investment financing agency Investissement Quebec and other creditors still own the Colbex building and land at St-Cyrille-de-Wendover, in the Centre-du-Quebec region. But the plant’s receivers sold its equipment to a consortium of […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. to appeal latest WTO loss on COOL

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 28, 2014

Canada will have to wait up to three more months before it can impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods over Washington’s mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law on meat from imported livestock. The U.S. government on Friday filed a notice of appeal against the latest ruling by a World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance panel, which last […] Read more

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In a market where ground beef is highly popular, there are lessons to be learned

By Brenda Schoepp November 19, 2014

The beef industry in North America is changing rapidly. The invasive technology that introduced the concept of ground beef as a burger still holds the attention of the majority of consumers and the largest single slice of market share. Today, over 60 per cent of all beef sold in the U.S. is ground product. One […] Read more

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News about you, from the October 2014 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Deb Wilson October 29, 2014

Recently, I was invited to attend a 4-H windup evening for the Delburne 4H Beef Club at the Cumberland Community Hall, east of Red Deer, Alta. In attendance were two representatives from Ronald McDonald House of central Alberta Patti Parker, donations and community relations co-ordinator, as well as Linda Caponpon, co-ordinator of volunteer and recreation […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Machinery, Markets

Chance remains for Que. beef plant before asset sale

By Dave Bedard October 10, 2014

The equipment at Quebec’s now-shuttered Levinoff-Colbex cull cow packing plant goes to auction in about eight weeks — but until then, its owners will entertain offers from buyers interested in rescuing the plant. The Colbex building and land at St-Cyrille-de-Wendover, in the Centre-du-Quebec region, are still owned by provincial investment financing agency Investissement Quebec and […] Read more

New Quebec ag minister named in shuffle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall on expectations of US agriculture secretary announcement

Agrichemicals firm Corteva explores splitting seed and pesticide units, WSJ reports

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New Quebec ag minister named in shuffle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall on expectations of US agriculture secretary announcement

Agrichemicals firm Corteva explores splitting seed and pesticide units, WSJ reports

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Peru, Taiwan, Belarus ban Canadian beef over BSE case

Ireland says China agrees to lift ban on Irish beef

West Coast port impasse beefs up U.S. meat stockpile

Brazil exported 3.3 per cent more beef in 2014, industry says

New company set up to deliver BIXS livestock data system

Shuttered Que. beef plant’s equipment sold

U.S. to appeal latest WTO loss on COOL

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Chance remains for Que. beef plant before asset sale

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