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Consumers are just figuring out what food fraud is to them, Sylvain Charlebois says. (John Greig photo)

Greig: Food fraud a challenge to whole food supply chain

By John Greig, GFM Network News May 9, 2017

Farmers are used to the conversation about how to manage trust with consumers. Food companies are learning it too, and finding food fraud to be a significant concern. Food fraud “comes back to trust,” according to Renata McGuire of NSF Consulting and Technical Services. “Do I trust this brand?” McGuire, along with Sylvain Charlebois, dean […] Read more

Crops, Grapes, Reuters

China seen set to become world’s second-biggest wine market

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 29, 2017

Paris | Reuters — China is set to overtake Britain and France to become the world’s second-largest wine consumer by value behind the U.S. by 2020 as consumers turn to more middle-range wines, the International Wine and Spirit Research (IWSR) organization said Thursday. In a study for wine fair Vinexpo it forecast Chinese wine consumption […] Read more

To veer away from producing beef that the consumer wants is the fastest way to lose even more.

Beef Cattle, Free Market Reflections

The attempted resurrection of a horrible idea

Free Market Reflections with Steve Dittmer

By Steve Dittmer January 30, 2017

As is often true with proposed regulation, it helps to consider the source in evaluating the origin, impetus and motivation. With the attempted resurrection of then GIPSA administrator J. Dudley Butler’s so-called “GIPSA Rule,” the cast of proponents is very similar to mCOOL, with which Canadians are all too familiar. R-CALF, the Organization for Competitive Markets […] Read more

Features, Livestock

The long road to building public trust

Insights into research by the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity

By Debbie Furber October 21, 2016

Spring is the time of year on farms when everything in the world seems right. What a reality check then to read in early June that Canadians aren’t sure today’s agriculture qualifies as farming, and half of Canadian consumers are unsure whether the Canadian food system is headed in the right direction. These are key […] Read more

Markets, Prime cuts

Consumers’ food spending switch

Prime Cuts with Steve Kay from the September 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Steve Kay September 29, 2016

All wealth of the North American beef industry comes from consumers. So how much they spend on beef and where they spend it is of vital interest to all participants, from cow-calf producers to processors and distributors. One of the most striking trends in the U.S. protein complex this year is how lower beef prices […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Markets

Beef industry appears to be stalled

Charlie Gracey's take on cattle markets and the cow-calf industry

By Charlie Gracey September 6, 2016

There are few surprises and some disappointments at the end of Q2. Total slaughter cattle numbers are up 5.1 per cent and tonnage is up approximately nine per cent over the same period in 2015. The larger increase in tonnage is due entirely to increased carcass weights. Further, the increase in the percentage of AAA […] Read more

News, News Roundup

Canadian Centre for Food Integrity kicks off

News Roundup from the May 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 1, 2016

Farm & Food Care Canada (F&FC Canada) is on target with its year-one game plan culminating with the official kickoff of the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CFI) and a rundown on insights from Canada’s first public-trust research on farming and food during the Public Trust Summit at the end of this month in Ottawa. […] Read more

Whenever the buyer wavers because of uncertainty, Canadian food producers and processors hold their breath.

Livestock, Straight from the hip

What does it take for farmers to earn public trust?

By Brenda Schoepp March 11, 2016

As a followup to the last column we ask the question: What does it take to earn public trust? A few initiatives are underway to answer that question and address the concerns that consumers have already expressed. It is not that the public does not mistrust farmers — they just don’t know them. The rural […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Straight from the hip

Beef — naturally

By Brenda Schoepp October 20, 2015

A chart on the slide laid it out in colour. Food sales in “natural” and “organic” products were not a niche or a fad — they were a well-established trend. Deep in a city boardroom shared with the major food industries, it became clear to me that what we assume of our urban and global […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Beef Watch

Beef Watch: Canadian cattle inventories decline, U.S. herds expanding

Beef Watch is prepared by the staff of Canfax and Canfax Research Services, divisions of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association

By Canfax June 3, 2015

While U.S. herd expansion is underway, the Canadian beef cattle herd remains in the consolidation phase. Cow-calf and feedlot profitability improved significantly in 2014 with record cattle prices, lower feed costs and strong beef demand, but risk factors such as weather conditions, input costs and competition from pork and poultry need to be closely watched […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn futures edge up, soybeans sag on improving US crop ratings

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up, hogs mixed

Meatpackers rethink beef exports to US after Trump tariffs, industry lobby says

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U.S. grains: Corn futures edge up, soybeans sag on improving US crop ratings

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up, hogs mixed

Meatpackers rethink beef exports to US after Trump tariffs, industry lobby says

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Greig: Food fraud a challenge to whole food supply chain

China seen set to become world’s second-biggest wine market

The attempted resurrection of a horrible idea

Consumers’ food spending switch

Beef industry appears to be stalled

Canadian Centre for Food Integrity kicks off

Beef — naturally

Beef Watch: Canadian cattle inventories decline, U.S. herds expanding

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