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File photo of a cowboy herding cattle near a Mexican roadside. (GummyBone/iStock/Getty Images)

Mexican farmers urge ‘mirror’ tariffs on Trump’s rural base

By Sharay Angulo March 5, 2019

Mexico City | Reuters — Leaders of Mexico’s agricultural sector are urging “mirror measures” on U.S. farm imports in politically sensitive products such as yellow corn and poultry, in an effort they argue would counter decades of subsidized imports from the United States. The three-month-old government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is currently working […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Maple Leaf to consolidate Ontario poultry processing

By GFM Staff November 27, 2018

A new $660 million plant at London, Ont. will house Maple Leaf Foods’ Ontario fresh poultry processing operations by mid-2021 as the food processing firm prepares to shut three older facilities. Toronto-based Maple Leaf announced Monday it will build a 640,000-square foot plant at London, billed as “one of the most technologically advanced poultry-processing plants […] Read more

Crops, Weather

World crop briefs: North Carolina losing crops, livestock to Florence

By MarketsFarm Team September 19, 2018

CNS Canada — Record-setting rain and floods in North Carolina caused by Hurricane Florence have destroyed the state’s poultry sector with 3.4 million chickens and turkeys reported killed. Pig losses are estimated at 5,500. Widespread power outages and flooded roads are making it difficult to get help to abandoned livestock operations. The state is home […] Read more

A Sept. 12 view from the International Space Station down the eye of Hurricane Florence, which has since weakened to a post-tropical cyclone. (NASA photo)

Livestock, Reuters, Weather

Florence shuts down U.S. slaughterhouses

By Lisa Baertlein, Tom Polansek September 18, 2018

Chicago/Los Angeles | Reuters — U.S. food companies kept slaughter plants shut on Monday in southeastern states swamped by Hurricane Florence as flash floods collapsed the walls of at least two hog manure pits, made roads undriveable and delayed rail shipments. Catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Florence, which has dumped up to 36 inches of rain […] Read more

(Video screengrab from TalentsLaCoop.coop)

Livestock

Coop federee buys into Ontario feed sector

By GFM Staff August 27, 2018

Fresh off its recent investment in the Prairie livestock feed business, Quebec ag co-operative giant La Coop federee is headed down a similar path in southwestern Ontario. The co-operative announced Monday it will pay an undisclosed sum for a 50 per cent stake in W-S Feed and Supply, based at Tavistock, Ont., about 30 km […] Read more

Canola seed, oil and meal. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops, Reuters

DowDuPont bets on canola in race to boost plant proteins

By Rod Nickel May 18, 2018

Winnipeg | Reuters — Production of Canada’s biggest crop, canola, has expanded rapidly in recent years amid strong demand for the vegetable oil it produces. But the other processed canola product, meal, takes a backseat to U.S. soymeal to feed certain livestock, due to a reduced protein level. Seed developer DowDuPont hopes to change that […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Olymel plugs over $52M into poultry processing

By Dave Bedard November 24, 2017

The meat packing and processing arm of Quebec’s biggest agrifood co-operative has earmarked over $52 million for poultry plant upgrades and construction in Ontario and Quebec. La Coop federee’s Olymel division in the past week has announced over $30 million for plant upgrades and the purchase of a second facility at Brampton, Ont., $14 million […] Read more

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland in Washington, D.C. on May 31, 2017. (Global Affairs Canada screengrab via YouTube)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

NAFTA negotiators trade barbs, agree on extension

By David Lawder, David Ljunggren October 17, 2017

Washington | Reuters — Trade negotiators from the U.S. and Canada accused each other of sabotaging attempts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement on Tuesday, even as they and Mexico agreed to extend talks into 2018. A round of talks in Washington that lasted seven days failed to find the most basic common […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Egg production on the rise

By MarketsFarm Team July 27, 2017

CNS Canada – Canadian egg production has risen 4.4 per cent in the past year, according to data released today by Statistics Canada. Canadian egg producers generated 64.5 million dozen eggs from May 2016 to May this year, said StatsCan. Placement of hatchery chicks on farms rose four percent to 65.5 million birds from June […] Read more

Reuters

Cargill considering bid for JBS’ Pilgrim’s Pride

By Bruno Federowski July 26, 2017

Sao Paulo / Reuters – Global commodities trader Cargill Inc is considering bidding for Pilgrim’s Pride Corp, a U.S.-based chicken processor controlled by scandal-ridden Brazilian group JBS SA, newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo reported on Wednesday. A JBS representative said Pilgrim’s Pride is not for sale. An emailed request for comments from Cargill went […] Read more

More canola, a bit less wheat in 2025/26 says StatCan

Mexico reports 53 per cent increase in flesh-eating screwworm cases since July

Canada appoints new envoy to India

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More canola, a bit less wheat in 2025/26 says StatCan

Mexico reports 53 per cent increase in flesh-eating screwworm cases since July

Canada appoints new envoy to India

Tag Archives Poultry

Mexican farmers urge ‘mirror’ tariffs on Trump’s rural base

Maple Leaf to consolidate Ontario poultry processing

World crop briefs: North Carolina losing crops, livestock to Florence

Florence shuts down U.S. slaughterhouses

Coop federee buys into Ontario feed sector

DowDuPont bets on canola in race to boost plant proteins

Olymel plugs over $52M into poultry processing

NAFTA negotiators trade barbs, agree on extension

Egg production on the rise

Cargill considering bid for JBS’ Pilgrim’s Pride

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

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