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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Cattle Futures: Markets Edge Higher, WednesdayUS - Cattle markets remain bullish following gains in live and feeder markets, reports TheCattleSite analyst Jim Wyckoff. ...
How Can EU Food be Produced to Higher Welfare Standards?ANALYSIS - A five year plan has been launched to encourage the production, sourcing and consumption of food and products from animals to be from higher welfare regimes across Europe....
Ag Minister Promotes Canadian Pork, Beef in South KoreaCANADA - A cooking demonstration has been held in Seoul for 100 guests, showcasing Canadian foods including beef, pork, lobster, canola oil and wheat....
Project Promises Better Food Safety in Europe EU - The PROMISE project, set up in 2012, aims to improve food safety across the EU using a scientific approach focusing on microbiological risks and their mitigation....
California Beef Processing Plant Faces Fine over Water PollutionUS - A National Beef slaughterhouse in Brawley California faces a fine of more than $3.7 million for water pollution violations....
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
McDonald's Business Tool Saves Dorset Farmer £10,000UK – A digital business tool from McDonald’s has assisted a Dorset farmer in saving almost £10,000 by improving efficiency in the daily running of his farm....
Capitalise on Drought Culling With Shorter CalvingANALYSIS - A call has gone out to Kansas ranchers to tighten up calving periods as a means of benefiting from drought culling....
Cattle Futures: Contracts Falter, TuesdayUS - June live and May feeder cattle closed down Tuesday to $135.42 and $179.77, reports Jim Wyckoff, TheCattleSite analyst....
Australian Beef Export Values RiseAUSTRALIA - Matching the highest February beef export volume on record, Australian beef export values during February reached A$533 million, up 39 per cent on last year....
Positive Year Ahead for Mexico, but Full of Challenges, Says RabobankMEXICO - Mexico’s economic growth is gradually improving, but food consumption remains vulnerable to income and price effects, according to a report from Rabobank – "Mexico Agribusiness Outlook 2014: A positive year but full of challenges". ...
China's Tame Inflation Provides Ample Policy RoomCHINA - Increased food prices drove China's inflation at retail level to rise at a faster pace in March than the previous month, but the inflation pressure still remained subdued and gave policymakers enough room to mull economic policy action....
Collaborative Efforts to Promote Judicious Use of Antimicrobial Drugs in Food Animal ProductionCANADA - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a complex and evolving public health issue, involving many players in Canada and internationally. ...
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
No Time to Let European Beef Production SlipEUROPE – European beef production should not fall according to domestic market demands, an industry spokesperson has said this week....
Voluntary Withdrawal of Antimicrobials for Use in Food-Producing AnimalsUS - The US Food and Drug Administration is today announcing that five drug sponsors holding animal drug applications affected by Guidance For Industry (GFI) #213 have requested that FDA withdraw approval of a collective 19 animal drug applications because...
Agriculture's Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the RiseGLOBAL - New FAO estimates of greenhouse gas data show that emissions from agriculture, forestry and fisheries have nearly doubled over the past fifty years and could increase an additional 30 per cent by 2050, without greater efforts to reduce them....
NFU Statement Safe, Accurate Food Labeling ActUS - National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued a statement in opposition to H.R. 4432, The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2014, sponsored by Reps. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., and G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C....
Cattle Futures: Short Covering 'Tepid', MondayUS - Live futures settled near the session high yesterday on tepid short covering as traders sought bargains and the chart consolidated, reports TheCattleSite analyst, Jim Wyckoff. ...
Monday, April 14, 2014
CME: Higher Placement Means Beef Supplies IncreaseUS - The latest USDA WASDE report contained a number of key revisions to both grain supply estimates and meat production forecasts, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner....
Weekly Cattle Summary: Exports Confirmed as Remaining High as WASDE Report Predicts 4.5 per cent Output DropUS - March was the tenth consecutive month seeing cattle exports outstrip imports, an encouraging sign considering record beef prices, say Professors Ron Plain and Scott Brown at the University of Missouri. ...
Weight Limits Snub Continental BreedsIRELAND – Farming groups are preparing to lobby the government at a beef roundtable this week over processor specifications shunning higher yielding continental breeds....
Plants Host Pathogenic Bacteria from Livestock FarmingNETHERLANDS - Disease-causing bacteria resulting from livestock farming can contaminate food products and find their way to humans....
Green Party Opposes 'Factory Farming', Live Animal ExportsUK - Top of the Green Party's manifesto priorities for the May elections is action against mega-farms and 'factory farming'; it also aims to ban live animal exports and put greater regulation on animal transportation. ...
Drought Measures, Milk Quotas on EU Ag Committee AgendaEU - On the agenda for the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting are weather-related crop difficulties in Cyprus and Latvia as well as legal aspects to the end of milk quotas....
CME: Dramatic Rise in Beef, Pork ProductsUS - One of the puzzles for end users, traders and other participants in the beef and pork market is the dramatic rise in prices for some products in the first quarter of 2014, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner....
Friday, April 11, 2014
Cattle Futures: Market Turns Neutral to Bullish, ThursdayUS - Indicators suggest prices could go sideways to higher in live and feeder cattle, reports TheCattleSite analyst, Jim Wyckoff. ...
Control Flies and Vaccinate to Keep Pink Eye Under WrapsUS – Montana cattlemen are being reminded about the dangers of Pinkeye in grazing cattle as spring draws near....
US Pork Group Pushes Japanese to Lift TariffsUS - The National Pork Producers Council has again called on Japan to eliminate all tariff and non-tariff trade barriers for US agricultural products as part of the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks....
Australian Beef Exports to Japan Ease in MarchJAPAN - The improved US beef access since February 2013 has been impacting Australian trade with Japan, which continued to be the case during March, according to Meat and Livestock Australia....
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