Saturday 04 February 2012
When I look at today’s beef barons they pale into insignificance compared with the global meat empire of the Vestey organisation for the last 120 years.
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Resumen de la semana 5/2012 exclusivo REPORTEARROZ.COM
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US was aware of Argentine military “systematic plan to steal babies born in captivity”
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INDONESIA has requested Australia help it with genetics and technology instead of supplying live cattle this week.
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A farmer on the West Coast of South Australia has resorted to putting posters in local hotels to try and find his lost sheep.
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BIG beef business, Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) has posted a 40 per cent lift in its earnings before interest tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of $58.1 million for 2011.
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WAMMCO has made a management restructure which has resulted in its chief executive Scott Weir being made redundant.
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IN THE final months of 2011 national lamb yardings jumped by 7 per cent, according to Meat and Livestock Australia’s (MLA) National Livestock Reporting Service (NLRS) yearly summary of the sheep and lamb market.
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VICTORIANS now have another reason to love their lamb this Australia Day, as new research reveals the secret to boosting the meat’s healthy qualities.
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One of Australia's largest cattle and sheep producers has a new leader.
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Beef CRC project delivers priceless fertility data
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Over the hooks (OTH) rates as reported by MLA’s NLRS decreased in every state this week, with softer market conditions reported across every category. Weaker demand and the shorter trading week impacted OTH rates, while a number of Queensland processors are closed for annual maintenance.
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The Federal Government has rejected the Victorian Government's proposal to reintroduce cattle to graze in the state's Alpine National Park.
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A COMMENT from an agent at Wodonga last week neatly summed up the performance of livestock markets this year.
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The ongoing price war between Australian supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths has led some MPs to seek a major amendment to the country's competition law. The legislators warned that the short-term benefits shoppers get from a 50 per cent price reduction on fruits and vegetables sold by Coles could mean disaster for the agriculture sector.
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The Yea Saleyard complex is now accredited to allow beef and cattle sold at the saleyards to be exported to the European Union (EU).
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Victorian farm exports rose $1.3 billion this week, and were being trumpeted by Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh on Monday.
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Cooler conditions over summer have resulted in good pasture growth around south eastern Australia.
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MEAT processors and producers are playing down fears that Australia will soon lose the Indonesian market after Jakarta announced that their boxed beef and live cattle annual import quota forecasts had been slashed for 2012.
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JBS UK managing director Marcus O’Sullivan is one of three international guests invited to speak at LambEx 2012.
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One of the country's largest live cattle exporters says early audit results show Indonesian importers have gone above and beyond the requirements of the new animal welfare guidelines.
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“In 2012, we plan to invest about $2.9 billion of capital — roughly half dedicated to opening more than 1,300 new McDonald’s restaurants"
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Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan says the trigger for reviewing a foreign investment in agriculture is too high.
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NEW pig welfare standards have been introduced into Victoria and apply to all people involved in pig farming including stock handlers, supervisors, managers and piggery owners.
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The Australian veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of Newcastle disease in Melbourbe, Victoria.
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Australian lamb slaughter slipped 6% year-on-year during November, to 1.67 million head, which was matched by a 6% fall in production, to 35,638 tonnes cwt (Australian Bureau of Statistics). This follows a similar result in October, with lamb turnoff lower during spring, as producers took advantage of widely available feed across much of the country.
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Pacific Food Machinery is a leading meat processing equipment dealer; we manufacture machinery ..
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Pork offal products could be traced back to farms where it originated from. A Pert based researcher is currently forming a way to do this.
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A NSW shearing record has been set on the Monaro, by a Kiwi shearer.
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PRICES were down $50-$70 a head on last year's results at the Wangaratta annual blue ribbon weaner sale on Friday last week, where 2262 cattle were yarded.
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The Bruny Island brand from Tasmania is about to go national, and it's an indigenous success story.
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THE Land’s Meet the Butcher competition has this week come to a close and it is now time to vote for your favourite butcher online.
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FOR Riga Angus, the key to profitability lies in the performance and efficiency of its cow herd.
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WITH the Heinz factory at Girgarre having churned out its last drop of tomato sauce earlier this month, many farm leaders have been left wondering about the future of Australia’s food processing sector.
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US BEEF exports are muscling in on some of Australia's key markets.
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs of Belarus has urged authorities to take on more measures in order to stop the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the Belarus region. This comes as Russia is in the midst of fighting ASF.
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The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received follow-up reports 1 and 2 on 17 and 18 January, respectively. According to follow-up report no. 1, the affected population consists of poultry backyard farm within Thimphu City on 13 January.
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Latin America’s second-largest beef producer, was fined 1 million reais ($572,000) for a toxic gas leak in a leather-tanning plant in central-western Brazil that killed four workers.
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David Palfenier, 55, has been appointed as the new CEO of Brazilian pork and poultry giant Seara. Palfenier is the former president of Consumer Foods International, ConAgra Foods.
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JBS Concludes its Bond Offering in the US
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A new Winnipeg slaughter plant will go ahead despite the loss of $10 million in federal funding and an effort by Manitoba Beef Producers to end the voluntary $2 checkoff funding the project, according to its chief executive.
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In the old days unexplained rallies in the gold price would be attributed to "hedge fund buying" with an insouciant shrug of the shoulders. Meanwhile a bounce in the price off a support level might be supposed to be "Indian buying" coupled with the words "bargain hunting" or the more evocative "bottom-picking."
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McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) plans to increase investment in China, its third-largest market, by 50 percent this year after the world’s largest fast-food chain opened a record 200 stores in 2011.
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The European Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC) says that that the proposed zero-tolerance for intra-species recycling would make the use of non-ruminant PAPs practically impossible in the feed chain outside aquafeed production.
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After giving pigs a low-dose of antibiotics for just two weeks, researchers detected a drastic rise in the number of E. coli bacteria in the guts of the animals. And those bacteria showed a large jump in resistance to antibiotics.
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German pork and meat giant Tönnies is planning to enter the Chinese market and thus grow substantially.
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DEMAND for cattle at the factories has continued to fuel the market this week.
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THERE is an overall very positive tone to the trade for lambs at factories this week, with improved prices across the country.
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CALF exports to the Netherlands are being restricted by new animal health rules introduced in December.
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"We'd love to have 50pc more cattle to process." That was the reaction of Dawn Meats founder Dan Browne to the question of who should pay for the expansion of dairy processing infrastructure.
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EUROPEAN intentions to introduce legislation for the food supply chain have been hailed as a step in the right direction.
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Livestock Price Coordinator for the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA).
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Lamb prices increased by 9pc last year and the prospects for 2012 remained positive, according to Bord Bia's Declan Fennell.
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In 2011, over 2,000 calves were reared through the Dawn Meats dairy beef programme. Justin McCarthy gets an update and some top tips from Sarah Long, agricultural manager with Dawn Meats.
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In light of these conditions the size of the Irish sow herd has remained very resilient with only a small reduction in size taking place in 2011.
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Organised crime in Italy controls agricultural and food businesses worth 12.5 billion euros ($16 billion) a year, or 5.6 percent of all criminal operations in the country, according to a parliamentary investigation presented on Thursday.
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Toomebridge-based Northern Farm Supplies has been assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to design and manufacture a radically new cubicle that’s more comfortable for cows.
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A new report published by Dutch animal rights campaign group Wakker Dier (literally: Alert Animal) - entitled The Mega-Stable as Export Product - says the subsidies mainly come from the Netherlands' development cooperation budget.
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Beef prices rebounded 12 per cent in December, propelled by greater opportunities in the lucrative European market and a consumer shift from steak to burgers.
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Rabobank is predicting continued strength in cattle markets globally this year, with the potential for "double-digit" gains again.They must close their eyes and stick pins into figures on a chart.
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Polish meat producer Animex is ending beef-production operations at its Morliny brand as part of a restructuring plan that will see 230 employees lose their jobs, reported Puls Biznesu.
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Another outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been discovered in the Tver region. According to representatives of the veterinary services of the region - near the border of the Moscow region a few dead wild boars have been found.
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Russia has suspended sheep meat imports from Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, and it is likely that import restrictions may be issued on product from the UK. The suspension of trade is due to the confirmed discover of the Schmallenberg virus in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and in Eastern England.
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Food lovers in the North east will be treated to another masterclass in the UK Butcher’s Shop of the Year, thanks to Davidsons Specialist Butchers in Inverurie.
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United Auctions is Scotland's leading livestock auctioneers and procurement specialists. We operate a network of auction marts throughout Scotland including Stirling, Huntly, Lairg, Dalmally, Tiree, Islay, South Uist and an area office and lairage facility at Oban.
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A study appearing on-line Jan. 24 in the British Medical Journal found the consumption of fried foods was not associated with coronary heart disease or with all cause mortality in Spain, a Mediterranean country where olive oil or sunflower oil is used for frying.
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UK - "Leiths and Asda: Extra Special Bone-in Rib of Beef"
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Sandwich chain Subway has announced it is to create 6,000 jobs over the next three years.
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Outgoing NFU livestock board chairman Alistair Mackintosh believes the industry is more optimistic now than when he was elected in 2008.
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ANSA (Association of Non Stun Abattoirs) Had a misleading and biased propaganda video attacking non stun halal removed after being notified by members.
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Pork producers now have a worry-free solution to help them continue their track record of producing safe, wholesome pork. The Pfizer Pork Residue Free Guarantee is an innovative solution that ensures pork will not have violative meat residues.
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Congratulations to all our colleagues who have gone above and beyond the call of duty – we heard some truly inspirational stories at this year’s Asda Awards.
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ASDA Beeflink - ABP Food Group
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We've launched a new range of quality joints and steaks into our successful Butcher's Selection. In our latest TV advert, Jim Viggars, head of meat quality at Asda, explains why our beef joints are so tender and easy to carve - the perfect roast.
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Household purchases of both beef and lamb declined in the UK during 2011, the combined result of higher retail prices, tighter supplies and trend towards consumers’ favouring cheaper protein products.
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Clarke Fussells the Specialist food machinery auctioneers are running a number of online auctions.
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LAMB DOWN IN PRICE
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Inverurie’s Davidsons Specialist Butchers has continued a winning run by scooping accolades at the recent Scotch Pie Club World Championships.
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As testing finishes on further samples, the AHVLA expects further cases in the country.
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NBA Beef Expo 2012 Sponsors
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Four key areas which are vital to a low carbon footprint on beef and sheep farms have been identified by EBLEX in the latest chapter of its ongoing roadmap work.
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Jeremy Cook, chief economist at foreign exchange company, World First, said: “This is definitely unexpected good news and will eliminate most fears that a double-dip recession is on the cards. I do not believe that this changes the MPC’s view on further quantitative easing.
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Most of the preliminary 0.2% fall in UK Q4 GDP was as a result of a fall-off in output from the manufacturing sector, although this was seen to improve as the quarter went on.
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Beef producers across the country have made valuable progress in improving the financial and environmental efficiency of their enterprises in recent years by significantly increasing the proportion of stock finished at a younger age, the latest EBLEX analysis reveals.
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The business specialises in the manufacture of sausages, meatballs and other products.
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Buy a pair of Steplite X wellington boots and you can share in the success of manufacturers Bekina, who won an award at the prestigious ‘2011 Preventica Health and Safety at Work Exhibition’ in Rennes, France.
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The new head of the U.N. food agency said Tuesday he expects food prices to stay volatile in 2012 — and more people to go hungry.
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Three cruise vessels with 5.000 passengers spend Christmas in Punta del Este
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Moody’s raises Uruguay’s credit rating to Ba1, one level below investment grade
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Uruguay has stepped up its controls in the pig sector to evade infection of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, which has struck Paraguay.
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Uruguay's ruling coalition has 7 points lead over the opposition
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This meanS that nothing was manufactured or produced and the reason China holds the mortgage on the economy. Investors this year will have to move away from trading strategies that link commodities and other risk assets to the ups and downs of the dollar and instead focus more on the supply and demand particulars of each commodity.
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Tyson’s Donnie Smith, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and PETA’s Ingrid Newkirk probably don’t move in the same social circles, but they share real estate on a list of the country’s 50 most powerful people in food.
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Federal Reserve officials are seriously considering giving the US economy—and especially the housing market—an added jolt with more quantitative easing.
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The percentage of Americans considered to be obese in 2011 (26.1%) was down from 2010 (26.6 percent) and 2009 (26.5 percent), according to a new Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. And for the first time in three years, the percentage of Americans who were normal weight (36.1 percent) was nearly the same as those who were overweight (35.9 percent).
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Human emissions of carbon dioxide will defer the next Ice Age, say scientists.
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Does this change your opinion on America?
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Nearly two years after the worst accidental offshore oil spill in the history of the energy industry, some of the biggest companies in the world are busy pointing their legal fingers at one another in court over who has to pay what in claims, damages and fines over the deadly Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Antibiotics are routinely given to livestock on factory farms to make them gain weight with less feed and keep them from getting sick in confinement conditions.
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The Farmers' Union of Wales today welcomed deputy agriculture minister Alun Davies's commitment to review how the Welsh Government has implemented the Glastir agri-environment scheme and listen to suggestions on improving the process in the future
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Farmers' Union of Wales president Emyr Jones today welcomed the Welsh Government's “Working Smarter” report which lists numerous recommendations to cut red tape for farmers.
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Friday 03 February 2012
Australia exported a total of 146,347 tonnes swt of beef to Korea in 2012 – an increase of 18% year-on-year (DAFF). While the top five cuts shipped throughout the year were chuck roll (22%), blade (15%), manufacturing (11%), short ribs (11%) and brisket (9%), it was the first time since 2004 than manufacturing beef volumes exceeded short ribs.
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More than 10,000 ducks will be destroyed at two farms north of Melbourne after an outbreak of bird flu.
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WITH the winter crop harvest all but done, receivals in the major three bulk handlers across Australia have topped 30 million tonnes.
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