Glacier FarmMedia – Essential oils in poultry feed are becoming a popular addition as researchers show the benefits. Natacha Hogan, a professor in the department of animal and poultry science […] Read more
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Essential oils in poultry feed gain increased popularity
Benefits include increasing feed’s palatability and improving the digestibility of nutrients
Strike averted at Cargill’s High River beef plant
Deal that hikes wages by 21 per cent and offers large bonuses receives majority backing
Workers at Cargill’s beef packing plant in southern Alberta have voted in favour of a contract that will hike wages by 21 per cent and provide improved health benefits. “The […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog futures finish higher
Investors' COVID concerns eased
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures finished higher on Wednesday as the markets recovered after dropping the previous session to their lowest prices in more than a […] Read more
Cargill beef plant workers to vote on new negotiated offer
High River workers otherwise headed for strike or lockout Monday
Workers at Cargill’s major beef slaughter and packing plant in Alberta will vote this week on a new offer which it’s hoped will avert a strike or lockout, both due […] Read more
Cargill serves lockout notice on High River workers
Company 'willing to keep meeting' after offer rejected
Updated — Whether in a strike or a lockout, workers at one of Canada’s biggest beef slaughter plants took another step toward the picket line this week by voting to […] Read more
High River beef plant workers to vote on Cargill offer
UFCW bargaining committee is recommending nay
Workers on the verge of striking at Cargill’s major beef cattle slaughter plant at High River, Alta. will vote this week on a new contract offer from the company. However, […] Read more
Cargill beef plant workers serve strike notice
Without a deal, High River workers will walk Dec. 6
Unionized workers at Cargill’s cattle slaughter and processing plant at High River, Alta. will start strike action next month unless a deal can be reached with the company, their union […] Read more
Cargill close to resolving slow grain payments to farmers
Producers delivering now can expect their money right away, but the firm is still working on some payments for previously delivered grain
Cargill is closer to fixing problems with paying farmers promptly for their delivered grain. “They [Cargill] have worked through most of the issues,” Canadian Grain Commission spokesman Remi Gosselin said […] Read more
Cargill, ADM sell GrainBridge to ag software firm Bushel
'Network effect' expected in grains sector
An online service farmers use to manage grain sales with ADM’s elevators and processing plants across Canada — along with Cargill and ADM elevators in the U.S. — is under […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn, wheat end firmer on bargain buying
Markets up off fall from Ida damage
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures firmed on Thursday on bargain buying after a six-session slide and better-than-expected weekly export sales data, analysts said. Corn and wheat futures also […] Read more
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