THE world is tipped to produce record wheat and corn crops this year.

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The United Nations countered a rise in chatter over some setbacks to some wheat crops by lifting its forecast for the global harvest, and forecasting record output too of coarse grains too, despite a relatively downbeat forecast for US corn production.

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SEASONAL conditions and a big catalogue had an impact on averages at yesterday's Hereford National, but the top-price still equaled last year’s $30,000 high

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The significant increase in the number of cattle slaughtered so far in 2013 has been matched by a record volume of Australian beef shipments, with exports for the first four months of 2013 totalling 308,755 tonnes swt – up 10% on the previous year and 8,000 tonnes swt ahead of the previous January to April record, set back in 2007 (DAFF).

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Facilitated by the surge in cattle turnoff across large swathes of drought affected Queensland, last week’s indicative Queensland cattle slaughter jumped into uncharted territory, totalling 85,443 head. Collected by MLA’s National Livestock Reporting Service, the indicative throughput for last week exceeded the previous weekly record set just a few weeks earlier by over 2,500 head – clearly illustrating the recent surge in supplies.

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FINALLY the wool market showed some ticker and rebounded quite strongly this week. An overall rise of 26c was achieved with a similar rise in most categories and across all markets in Australia.

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THE public will have more of a chance to comment on the draft animal welfare standards and guidelines for sheep and cattle.

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Consignments at Dalby declined 20%, with the usual buyers present and operating across the majority of categories. Medium vealer steers to feed averaged 148¢, while the heifer portion to process sold 12¢ cheaper on 132¢/kg.

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Throughput at Toowoomba was steady on last week with the majority of cattle drawn from western regions. Heavy yearling steers to feed averaged 157¢, while medium weight heifers ranged from 123¢ to 137¢/kg. Medium weight grown steers to feed topped at 145¢ to average 141¢,

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Reproductive efficiency in Australian herds and flocks has been at a standstill for 20 years. But with the right management, there is plenty of scope to improve it.

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Cattle sales in central west Queensland have been cancelled this week due to a backlog of cattle booked into the meatworks and depressed prices.

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This week saw the Central Tablelands Livestock Exchange (CTLX) yard one of the largest prime cattle markets reported by MLA’s NLRS. Typically at this time of the year yarding’s do increase, as colder weather on the tablelands starts to impact feed.

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Recognising that pregnant sows are increasingly being managed in group housing systems, the CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork (Pork CRC) has driven the production of a manual, ‘Feeding Pregnant Sows in Group Housing Systems’.

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CHINA’S appetite for Australian beef and veal continues to grow, with total volumes exported to China during the first four months of 2013 of 40,278 tonnes swt already exceeding the 2012 total of 32,906 tonnes swt.

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RICHMOND Mayor John Wharton has led a chorus of primary producers calling for politicians to act immediately to solve the “unprecedented” crisis facing the Northern Australian beef industry at a special beef crisis summit in north west Queensland.

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LAST week saw another very ordinary performance by the wool market this week with the EMI falling from the opening lot on Wednesday and closing down 29c over the week with most of the fall once again occurring early in the week.

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WHILE prices on the Queensland cattle market continue to take a hammering, lotfeeders are feeling the pressure from an influx of northern cattle onto the market.

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Australia has released a video of goats being put into car boots and bags in Malaysia.

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HEREFORD bulls sold to $30,000 at the whiteface national show and sale at Wodonga.

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THEY say behind every good man is an even better woman and with autumn bull sales well underway, beef producers may do well to heed this old adage.

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QUEENSLAND Agriculture Minister John McVeigh has welcomed the Indonesian government's talk of a possible increase in the live cattle import quota.

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AS AGRICULTURE Minister Joe Ludwig outlined the federal government's plan for Australian agriculture to the Beef Crisis Summit in Richmond, Queensland, his message was met with scepticism.

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Several cold fronts crossed the Western Australian coast this week bringing solid rainfall to wide areas of the state. Rainfall levels were generally above average, but did taper out in eastern areas, however generally most regions had reasonable

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IT was a win-win situation at the Limousin National Show and Sale at Wodonga yesterday, with the same stud taking out junior and senior female, and a second stud winning junior and senior bull.

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SHEEP welfare guidelines currently being drafted have failed to include genetic selection as an alternative to mulesing and in turn, put at risk the opportunities available from emerging markets for the Merino sector.

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TO assist red meat producers fulfil their food safety responsibilities, the Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) program has produced two new resources

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MARANOA River grazier Don Noon is considering a raft of options including taking cattle on the road in a bid to keep his herd alive this winter.

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Group Arvi (Lithuania) has recently announced plans to create a production facility for turkey meat in the Lida district of Grodnenskay Oblast of Belarus by 2015.

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Brazil's Roberto Azevedo has won the race to become the next head of the World Trade Organization, the first candidate from Latinamerica and from the BRIC club of emerging economies to take the job.

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BRF - Brasil Foods S.A. (“BRF” - Bovespa: BRFS3; NYSE: BRFS) and JBS S.A, (“JBS” - Bovespa: JBSS3) through its subsidiary, JBS Aves Ltda, wishes to inform the market and its shareholders that they have today signed an Agreement of Sale with Suspensive Conditions and Other Covenants as follows:

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JBS - 1Q13 conference call alert

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Preliminary assessment was conducted to determine the risk of introduction of the novel H7N9 strain of avian influenza virus and exposure of animals to this virus in Canada.

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The typical diet of a six month old infant has recently been challenged. Health Canada recommend that this age group should be offered meat, fish, poultry or meat alternatives two or more times a day on a daily basis, writes Peter Duggan from the Strategic Information Services of Bord Bia-Irish Food Board.

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The president and CEO of the Prairie Swine Centre says an economic analysis will shed light on the anticipated costs of complying with a proposed updated Canadian Pig Code of Practice, Bruce Cochrane writes.

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The National Farm Animal Care Council in partnership with industry stakeholders, the veterinary medical community, animal welfare organizations and government, is coordinating the revision of eight codes of practice, including the Pig Code of Practice.

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The Canadian Council of Professional Fish Harvesters (CCPFH) is realeasing another video from its Canadian fisheries series. This video showcases the CCPFH’s work. In keeping with the style of the previous videos it portrays its work through images of Canadian fish harvesters.

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Cannot get enough Australian beef and mutton

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Shanghai authorities say they are investigating meat from a wholesaler whose records show it supplies a restaurant chain owned by Yum Brands Inc. YUM +1.20% —the latest food-safety scare to hit the fast-food company

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In China three farmers have been detained due to operating an illegal business of selling meat from diseased pigs.

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Eight Chinese ships entered the territorial waters of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands on a single day last week, while 40 Chinese military planes flew nearby. China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported this as a response to Japan.

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The Chinese government and military have targeted U.S. government computer systems for intrusion, the Pentagon said Monday in a more direct accusation of cyber espionage than the U.S. has made in the past.

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Meat health protocols are to be discussed when a Chinese delegation meets with officials from the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) and the National Institute of Food and Drug Monitoring (INVIMA).

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Last week’s trend continues on the European slaughter pig market, with the quotations swinging back noticeably

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Finnish meat processing group Atria's net sales for the first quarter of the year reached €328.4 million compared to €308.6 million for the same period in the previous year, showing growth of €19.8 million year-on-year.

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Administrators appointed to pig processor, GAD, are investigating all options to save the company

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Beef finishers who are killing cattle at local factories should take a close look at their remittance advice and check that all the cattle they kill have been paid in line with expectations.

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The economy in good shape

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Clogher Valley Blonde D'Aquitaine breeders

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Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill has met with Pat O’Rourke, chair of Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) and Ian Stevenson, LMC chief executive to discuss the LMC’s activities in promoting and supporting the red meat sector and their recent advertising campaign to promote the benefits of local Farm Quality Assured Beef.

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Around half of Dutch male pigs are now castrated - a much higher proportion than in some other member states.

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(Oslo, 16.05.13) Over ni av ti nordmenn forbinder spekeskinke med selskap, festdager og kos, viser en ny undersøkelse. – Mai er for mange synonymt med selskaper og fest, og det er store sjanser for at spekeskinke ligger på flere bord denne måneden, sier skinkeekspert Per Berg.

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When farmers want certainty of income and livestock prices aren’t very good, thoughts often turn to fixed price contracts.

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Farmers dipped into their own pocket to make the Christchurch meeting of the Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) group happen.

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Beef shipments reached 251,000 tons from Paraguay last year, above Mexico (200,000 tons) and Argentina (164,000 tons), reports ABC news.

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IF THE Scottish Government is wondering how best to spend the £6million it has found for emergency weather aid, Jim Simmons, of the New Entrants Group, has an easy answer – give it to the 1200 Scottish farmers currently farming without an SFP cash cushion.

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SCOTLAND was yesterday hit with a fine of almost £8 million over a long-running dispute regarding the implementation and regulation of European Union support.

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A distinct shortage of cash, due to the soaring cost of concentrates and the lack of available grass, resulted in a decidedly sticky trade for pedigree Limousin bulls at a society show and sale at Carlisle, where overall averages fell more than £800 per head – despite a top price of 40,000gns.

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CAMPBELLS Prime Meat is reaping the benefits of its state-of-the-art factory near Linlithgow, which helped the firm to nearly treble profits last year despite the “highest inflation in red meat price in the past 20 years”.

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A study conducted by researchers in Scotland and the Netherlands strongly suggests that a new form of poultry stunning is more humane than alternative approaches to rendering birds unconscious prior to slaughter.

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Livestock farmers hoping their current problems with liver fluke affecting their cattle and sheep were now at a peak in this parasitic activity suffered a major setback yesterday.

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Richard Ssekibuule looks at the success of kudu, a mobile auction market that links farmers to traders, with pride.

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British Goose Producers has appointed John Franklin as new chairman of the company, Franklin who has been rearing geese for Christmas on his farm in Bedfordshire for the past 25 years. He succeeds Eddie Hegarty, of Norfolk Geese, who has been chairman for the past three years.

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With farming facing many important changes, this year’s seminar programme has been designed to look in detail at these challenges and opportunities.

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Leeds butcher Steve Martin is the new president of the Confederation of Yorkshire Butchers Councils (CYBC) during its milestone 50th anniversary year and the landmark 25th staging of its most high profile event – the annual Great Yorkshire Pork Pie, Sausage & Products Competition.

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EXMOOR Red Ruby cattle and sheep farmer and butcher Simon David is leading a half-day course in lamb butchery later this month.

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Some 120 Limousin cattle will be on parade at Craven Cattle Marts’ annual two-day showpiece at Skipton Auction Mart, on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 14 and 15, one of the early season highlights for breed devotees.

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FIREFIGHTERS in Shropshire have been undergoing training at Harper Adams University to help them develop further skills for handling large animals in emergency situations.

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Growing urbanisation of the countryside is leading to planning applications for traditional part-time pig units meeting with opposition, says the National Pig Association.

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Tyson Foods Inc.'s (TSN) fiscal second-quarter earnings fell 43% as higher beef and chicken prices weren't enough to offset the meat processor's increased costs.

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March pork exports slumped on lower results in several mainstay markets, while US beef were down in volume from a year ago but edged slightly higher in value.

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CF Industries joined commentators cutting forecasts for US corn plantings, thanks to the slow start to the seeding season which left the fertilizer group nursing a 12.5% drop in sales for the January-to-March period.

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In his latest commentary, the National Restaurant Association's Chief Economist Bruce Grindy overlays new consumer research with the latest jobs report. Although the employment situation showed renewed signs of life in recent months, consumers’ assessment of the economy remains bleak.

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Rasheen Aldridge and a couple of his coworkers did not report Wednesday for their 11 a.m. shift at the Jimmy John's in Soulard.

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With the May 23 deadline looming for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue a final rule on COOL, in order to comply with a WTO ruling, National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement...

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The burger wars are coming. And, as America's expansion-minded burger chains strategically position themselves across the country, Las Vegas is starting to emerge as ground zero.

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Sheep farmers looking for advice on how they may be able to get more from their business can get valuable information on the Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) stand at the NSA Sheep event next week.

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AlHuda Center of Islamic banking and economics (CIBE) Initiated a Islamic Microfinance research study for Yemen Microfinance Network (YMN) in Yemen. This study will be conducted in the Yemen’s capital Sana’a including Taiz, Adan and Almoukla, so that the Islamic Microfinance products can be examined broadly and further Islamic Microfinance products can be developed for Yemen Microfinance sector with the compatibility of existing structure.

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The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) Board of Commissioners has approved two mergers in the poultry sector, public relations officer Hanford Chaaba said.

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While global beef production in 2013 is expected to reach 57.5 million tonnes*, essentially the same figure forecast in October 2012, the sources of this beef have been revised, according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade.

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Global food prices rose in April for a third straight month as surging dairy costs kept upward pressure on the FAO index, but cereal output is expected to be strong this year. Food prices spiked during the summer of 2012 as the United States was hit by a severe drought and dry weather plagued other producers. After falling at the start of 2013, prices have been rising again in the past three months.

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Australian sheepmeat exports to China during April lifted 130% year-on-year, to 5,690 tonnes swt (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry). With the strong exports in recent months,

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MORE than 18 per cent of the wool offered at auction rooms across Australia last week was passed-in - a bitter blow for the industry given it was the smallest national offering in more than six months.

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A CHANCE to see a relatively new cattle breed in WA and to support a worthy cause resulted in more than 100 visitors attending last week's Speckle Park field day at Gingin.

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ANIMALS Australia has refused to engage on the issue of working collaboratively with the Australian livestock industry to improve animal welfare in live export markets.

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ROBERT Curley estimates his business could lose almost $2 million in the coming months due to the drought, lack of market access to live export and BJD quarantine.

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AUSTRALIA'S increasing taste for chicken has lifted total consumption of the white poultry meat to just exceed both traditional red meat staples, beef and lamb, combined.

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WESFARMERS-OWNED Coles has raised $532 million through the sale of majority-ownership of 19 shopping centres into a joint venture with the country’s biggest super fund ISPT.

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PITTSWORTH grazier Peter Hood is counting his losses after several of his prize-winning rams were killed by wild dogs last week.

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The Egyptian cruelty case in 2006 was never resolved only a lot of rhetoric from the MLA and the CCA, so the new revelations came as no surprise to anyone and perhaps the cover up by Ludwig is more sinister than the cruelty itself.

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AT THE Longreach cattle yards – gateway to the outback – average prices for cattle so far this year are down 46 per cent on 2012, and much of the downturn has been attributed to the loss of live export sales amid dry conditions that make it hard to keep stock.

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QUEENSLAND Country Life is a proud advocate for rural Queenslanders, always willing to deliver a metaphorical uppercut to those who need it or a pat on the back for those who deserve praise for a job well done.

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OUR livestock industry probably does not need to have any more weeks like the past one.

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An Australian politician taking his morning jog in the capital Canberra has come off second best after crossing a kangaroo.

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Facilitated by the surge in cattle turnoff across large swathes of drought affected Queensland, last week’s indicative QueenslaFacilitated by the surge in cattle turnoff across large swathes of drought affected Queensland, last week’s indicative Queensland cattle slaughter jumped into uncharted territory, totalling 85,443 head. Collected by MLA’s National Livestock Rnd cattle slaughter jumped into uncharted territory, totalling 85,443 head.

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THE founder and chief executive of the Sustainable Agricultural Fund has resigned after an apparent disagreement on the direction of the agricultural land fund.

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WE HAVE all heard the old saying – there are few places hotter than Hay, Hell or Booligal.

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RECENTLY it was announced the federal government would provide a one-off $21.6 million payment to the Disney Corporation to attract the filming of the Hollywood movie 20,000 Leagues under the Sea to Australia.

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Brazilian processor JBS SA generated net income of $113.2 million in the first quarter of this year, up 96.3 percent from the same period in 2012, driven by gains in its Mercosul operations along with American poultry and beef, the company reported Tuesday evening.

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JBS S.A. REPORTS CONSOLIDATED RESULTS FOR 1Q13

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South American meat production is forecast to expand further in 2013, according to the latest revision by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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US$40 million loss at meat giant Marfrig

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The Canadian Cattlemen's Association has posted a video series on antimicrobial use and resistance on its website.

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The Canadian government has put forward funding to find efficiencies and improve production in processing facilities in Saskatchewan.

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Canada's hog farmer group hopes a new pledge by eight major grocers to source pork from stall-free operations by the end of 2022 will include more than just moral support for farms to make such changes.

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The Chinese Ministry of Public Security recently released the top 10 meat safety-related cases uncovered this year. These cases have created a crisis of confidence among consumers and also have exposed loopholes in the meat-safety supervision system, says an article on cnhan.com.

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CommAuction S.A, a Uruguay-based High Tech International Food Auction Company will unveil their revolutionary Internet Site at SIAL CHINA 2013, to be held at the New Shanghai Expo Exhibition Center May 7-9, 2013.

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The Chinese government will soon launch a pork purchase plan to stabilise depressed prices and shore up farmers' confidence, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Friday (10 May).

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