Hogs, Agriculture News & Resources

Canada untangles pork label rule for EU export

By Country Guide Staff October 27, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes A domestic technical obstacle has been cleared out of Canadian pork’s export path to the European Union, the Canadian Pork Council said Friday. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency last week made changes to its Manual of Procedures, which will allow pork packers to apply health mark labels after pork has been frozen, the council said. […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Pulses, Reuters

Maple Leaf Q3 profit beats on overall sales growth

By Reuters October 27, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — Maple Leaf Foods, one of Canada’s biggest pork processors, posted a quarterly profit that beat analysts’ estimates, helped by growth across all its businesses. The company, whose brands include Schneiders, Maple Leaf and, since March, Lightlife, said adjusted operating earnings rose to $65.15 million in the third quarter from $61.52 million a year […] Read more

The new Seaboard Triumph pork plant, which began operating Sept. 5 at Sioux City, is expected to process up to 10,000 hogs per day at full one-shift capacity. (SeaboardTriumphFoods.com)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Hog prices feeling weakness as new U.S. plants start up

By Dave Sims October 6, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canadian hog prices are feeling the effects of near record-high slaughter volumes in the U.S. During the week ended Sept. 30, over 2.5 million hogs were processed, up three per cent from the same week a year ago and the third largest kill on record over the last 30 years. According to […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

EU, Canada settle cattle battle at the WTO

By Tom Miles October 3, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Geneva | Reuters — The European Union and Canada have ended a 21-year dispute over hormone-treated meat after agreeing a wider trade agreement, they said in a filing published by the World Trade Organization on Tuesday. The settlement of the dispute at the WTO, which began in 1996, was facilitated by a liberalization of trade […] Read more

Chef Jonathan Collins cuts up a pork leg, foot included, to prepare ginger and black vinegar hog trotters in a video for Canada Pork International. (Video screengrab from CanadaPork.com)

Fruit/Vegetables, Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Mexico considers pork in response to NAFTA produce proposal

By David Alire Garcia September 15, 2017

Reading Time: 3 minutes Mexico City | Reuters — Mexican negotiators are working on a response to informal U.S. proposals to include protections for fresh produce in the re-negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), two people briefed on the proposals said. U.S., Canadian and Mexican delegations finished a second round of talks last week to renegotiate […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

Prairie pork industry leader Bill Vaags, 82

By Country Guide Staff September 14, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes UPDATED, Sept. 15 — A memorial service is planned for Sept. 19 in Winnipeg for a prominent Prairie figure in the business of promoting and securing export markets for Canadian pork. Bill Vaags, a pork producer at Dugald, Man. who led the Canadian Pork Council from 1985 to 1990 and chaired Canada Pork International from […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Out of the fire: Rescued piglets served to U.K. firefighters

By Reuters August 23, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute London | Reuters — Young pigs that were saved from a fire in southwest England earlier this year have been served to their rescuers as sausages by the farmer who wanted to thank the firefighters for their efforts. The 18 piglets and two sows were rescued after an electrical fault set hay on fire at […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

If NAFTA ain’t broke, don’t fix it, pork sector says

By Terry Fries August 17, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — As talks begin toward reworking the North American Free Trade Agreement, John Ross of the Canadian Pork Council repeats what many in the pork and beef industries in Canada and the U.S. have been saying all along: First, do no harm. “The worst thing that could happen to us was if we […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Reuters, Weather

U.S. livestock: Supply jitters extend CME live cattle futures losses

By Theopolis Waters August 10, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell for a fourth straight session on Thursday, dragged down by growing worries about hefty near-term supplies, traders said. “We’ve got more numbers (cattle) out here and more numbers coming, and that’s just a Damocles sword over this market,” said Top Third Marketing analyst Mark Gold. Fund […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hits 8-month low on cash prices

By Theopolis Waters August 9, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago/Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures tumbled to the lowest level in eight months, led by fund liquidation and weaker-than-expected prices for cattle ready for processing, traders said. August ended 2.475 cents per pound lower at 110.000 cents, and October closed 2.550 cents lower at 108.050 cents. Packers in the U.S. Plains on […] Read more

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