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Another major meat buyer is moving to standards the Humane Society of the United States has been pushing for years. McDonalds in the US says it will require US pork suppliers to provide plans by May in how to phase out the use of gestations stalls. A few of McDonalds suppliers have already announced...
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Eli Lilly is getting into the feed enzyme business. The company is buying ChemGen Corporation. ChemGen specializes in the development and commercialization of feed enzyme products. Those products are designed to improve the efficiency of poultry, egg and meat production. ChemGen will operate under Lilly’s animal health division – Elanco. An Elanco spokesman says...
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A Canadian Cattlemen’s Association official says it’s been a long time coming. Association president Travis Toews is reacting to South Korea’s okay for Canadian beef from animals under 30 months of age. Toews says efforts are now expected to continue in South Korea to get access for over-30-month-old beef as well. The CCA says...
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The number of cattle on feed in the U-S on January 1st was up 3 per cent from a year ago. The U-S-D-A pegs that number at 11 point 9 million head. But while cattle on feed numbers were up, placements in feedlots were down – by 6 per cent. Those placements totalled 1...
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Relieved and energized. That’s the impact the Chair of Canada Beef Incorporated says the South Korean moves have had on this country’s beef and veal industry. South Korea has re-opened it’s border to Canadian beef after more than 8 years. Canada Beef’s Brad Wildeman says that market could be worth 30 million dollars by...
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A U-S farm group is making recommendations on what that country’s government can do to encourage more young people to pursue careers in farming. The group is the National FFA Organisation. It used to be known as the Future Farmers of America. They were challenged by U-S Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to put together...
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A Grain Farmers of Ontario analyst says the weaker U-S dollar and crop damage have helped buffer a drop in corn, soybean and wheat prices this week. Ahmed Chilmeran says South American weather is what’s been pushing the prices down. Crop-friendly rainfall and moderate temperatures are apparently bringing some lift to the drought plagued...
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Jeffrey Smith, author of the international best seller “Seeds of Deception” was the key note speaker at Bio Ag Consultants and Distributors annual educational seminar in Milverton yesterday. Smith suggests many of those in attendance already feel GMO’s are a false promise and faulty technology so he hopes they carry the message forward… 1Smith-BioAg-Milverton Smith believes...
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Although the grains portion of the USDA’s WASDE report gets most of the attention the report also looks at livestock, poultry and dairy data. The latest report increased the forecast total red meat and poultry production for 2012. That’s based largely on increased pork production. Beef and poultry production estimates remain pretty much the...
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The latest U-S-D-A’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report is out. It says global ending stocks for wheat and corn will be higher than last month’s estimates. Soybean global ending stocks are now predicted to be lower than last month. The U-S-D-A says higher production in Kazakhstan, Brazil and Russia will boost wheat...
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