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It’s not something Canadians should be worried about. That’s the Canada Beef response to a U-S study raising health concerns about eating large amounts of red meat. Karine Gale is Canada Beef’s Nutrition Program Manager. GALE-Beef-1 Gale argues it’s never one lifestyle factor that has an impact on health and mortality, it’s an overall...
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USDA Chief Veterinarian Dr. John Clifford The U-S-D-A’s Chief Veterinarian says their proposed rule changes regarding B-S-E will be based on the exporting country’s risk level for the disease. Doctor John Clifford says that would include a consideration of any mitigating steps that country may have taken to reduce that risk. CLIFFORD-BSE-1 Doctor Clifford...
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The U-S has announced plans to change it’s import regulations for BSE. The changes are based on World Organisation for Animal Health guidelines which allow for live cattle and beef products to be safely traded provided that countries have taken appropriate steps to manage BSE. Canadian officials are welcoming the proposed changes. Federal Agriculture...
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Professor Baryam, New England Complex Systems Institute A new study out of the U-S warns that food prices will climb higher in 2013. The study comes from the New England Complex Systems Institute. It’s an update of a study they released last year on food prices. Spokesman Professor Bar-Yam says the updated study still...
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The USDA has raised it’s forecast of total American red meat and poultry production from last month. The department’s WASDE report says higher broiler and turkey production is expected to more than offset lower forecast beef production. The report’s pork production forecast remains unchanged. The beef export forecast for 2012 is the same as...
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The latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report has cut U-S wheat ending stocks for 2011-12, but kept global rojections nearly unchanged. The report says higher production in Australia will offset lower wheat stocks in other parts of the world. The WASDE report puts U-S corn, sorghum and barley ending stocks pretty much...
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FCC Senior Agricultural Economist Jean-Philippe Gervais Farm Credit Canada’s Jean-Philippe Gervais says it’s unusual. Gervais is commenting on the harmony between two major reports on the future of agriculture – one from the U-S-D-A, the other from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Both paint a positive picture for future agricultural markets. The FCC economist says...
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A US Department of Agriculture economist is looking into his crystal ball and is pointing to a lower corn price. Speaking at the USDA’s oulook forum, Ed Allen says because corn is more profitable to grow now than beans or wheat, a significant amount will be planted. Allen says that would likely mean a...
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The Agri-Business confidence index in the US is down slightly compared to this time last year. The survey done by DTN and The Progressive Farmer puts the index at 111.1. That’s up from November’s 100, but lower than last year’s 113.2. As a reference point an even 100 is considered neutral when asking the...
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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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