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Canada could be good place for cellular agriculture production, panel says

Research capacity and abundant supply of feedstocks would be advantages

By John Greig November 20, 2020

Research capacity and abundant supply of feedstocks would be advantages

Dairy products created through cellular agriculture and fermentation will be the first products of their type to reach the market. Meat proteins created from cellular cultures has to look and perform like meat from animals so consumer adoption will be more challenging, a recent seminar put on by Ontario Genomics, the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

JBS parent pleads guilty to U.S. foreign bribery charges

By Jody Godoy, Sabrina Valle October 14, 2020

New York/Rio de Janeiro | Reuters — Brazil’s J+F Investimentos, parent company of the world’s largest meatpacker, JBS, pleaded guilty to U.S. foreign bribery charges and agreed to pay US$128.25 million in criminal fines, prosecutors said on Wednesday. J+F is paying only half of the $256.5 million fines levied due to settlements made with Brazilian […] Read more

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets

Strong demand, lower supplies support North American hog prices

By Marlo Glass October 6, 2020

MarketsFarm — Hog prices in North America typically come under pressure heading into fall, as the end of barbecue season coincides with more hogs coming to slaughter. However, strong global demand has propped up hog prices in recent weeks, with cash prices increasing by over 25 per cent. Fewer hogs coming to market, coupled with […] Read more

Employees walk around with face masks at the JBS USA meat packing plant at Greeley, Colorado on April 14, 2020. (File photo: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

Livestock

U.S. meatpackers try air cleaning tech after COVID-19 outbreaks

By Tom Polansek July 18, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Two of the world’s largest meatpackers said on Friday they have installed ultraviolet air cleaning equipment in some U.S. plants, as pressure mounts on food companies to protect workers amid growing concerns about airborne transmission of the coronavirus. JBS USA, owned by Brazil’s JBS SA and one of four major U.S. […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

China’s slower meat imports seen worsening its protein shortage

By Reuters July 9, 2020

Beijing | Reuters — China’s dwindling pace of meat imports, thanks to its tough measures against coronavirus contamination, will provide further support for prices already buoyed by a severe shortage of pork, analysts said. Purchases of pork and other meats have soared this year after domestic production shrank 30 per cent following an outbreak of […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

China suspends beef imports from Cargill plant

High River plant on long list of blocked facilities

By Dave Bedard July 6, 2020

China has temporarily suspended imports of beef from Cargill’s major beef packing plant at High River, Alta., part of a long list of meat plants blocked in the last half of June. The Reuters news service on Monday published a list of meat packing plants from around the world which during June and early July […] Read more

Sides of pork in cold storage. (Agnormark/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock, Markets

Meat leads Canadian industrial producer prices higher in May

By Kelsey Johnson June 30, 2020

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian industrial producer prices rose 1.2 per cent in May on higher prices for meat, fish and dairy products, Statistics Canada said on Monday, as supply chain disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic and increased demand boosted meat prices. The gain in producer prices followed four months of consecutive decreases and […] Read more

Crops

Pulse weekly outlook: Pandemic may pose market opportunity

By Marlo Glass June 17, 2020

MarketsFarm — Plant protein products were steadily rising in popularity before the COVID-19 pandemic set in — but that industry could also get a boost from consumers shifting away from meat in a post-pandemic world. “There’s an increased level of awareness of hygiene issues in the meat industry,” Vishal Vijay, head of business development at […] Read more

File photo of Smithfield Foods’ pork plant at Sioux Falls, S.D. on April 16, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. meatpacking workers often absent after plants ordered to reopen

"There's still so many risks"

By Andy Sullivan, Tom Polansek June 16, 2020

Chicago/Washington | Reuters — Smithfield Foods is missing about a third of its employees at a South Dakota pork plant because they are quarantined or afraid to return to work after a severe coronavirus outbreak, according to the workers’ union. Tyson Foods was forced to briefly close its Storm Lake, Iowa plant — a month […] Read more

File photo of 10-pound sacks of potatoes loaded on pallets at a Canadian distribution centre. (PierreDesrosiers/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Federal surplus food program now taking applications

Qualified NGOs sought to move, distribute perishables to 'populations in need'

By Dave Bedard June 16, 2020

A federal program to get food to those who need it, using stockpiles of perishables created by the COVID-19-related shutdown of the dining sector, is now taking applications. The $50 million Surplus Food Rescue Program — which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau telegraphed in a funding announcement May 5 — will take applications from “organizations addressing […] Read more

Tag Archives meat — page 3

Canada could be good place for cellular agriculture production, panel says

JBS parent pleads guilty to U.S. foreign bribery charges

Strong demand, lower supplies support North American hog prices

U.S. meatpackers try air cleaning tech after COVID-19 outbreaks

China’s slower meat imports seen worsening its protein shortage

China suspends beef imports from Cargill plant

Meat leads Canadian industrial producer prices higher in May

Pulse weekly outlook: Pandemic may pose market opportunity

U.S. meatpacking workers often absent after plants ordered to reopen

Federal surplus food program now taking applications

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