Prime yearlings touching US$180/kg

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The Argentinean government has banned all unprocessed beef exports, with the exception of High Quality “Hilton” cuts to the EU and offals as of the 13 March for an undefined period. The ban comes as a result of scarce beef supplies and soaring retail prices in the domestic market.

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Cattle, sheep and lamb markets remained strong this week, with cattle yardings at MLAs National Livestock Reporting Service reported sales down 8% on last year, sheep 42% and lambs 15%. The Queensland floods continue to hamper transport, with some sales cancelled again this week, and a public holiday affecting Victorian and South Australia numbers.

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The dairy sector is gearing up for a rapid production rise this autumn and winter, as farmers capitalise on drought breaking rain in eastern Australia.

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JBS returned to the acquisition trail with its second Australian deal in two months, buying Rockdale Beef from its Japanese owners.

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Meat and Livestock Australia says there are signs beef markets are beginning to recover from low prices.

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As rain gauges fill across the State, the supply of ewes and wethers arriving on the market has tightened even further. Average mutton prices climbed above 300 cents a kilogram (carcase weight) last week and early sales this week suggested prices were on the rise again due to tighter numbers. Over-the-hooks prices were steady this week as processors struggled to find supplies while, at the same time, balance the much narrower profit margins.

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Dohne stud ewes sold for an average price of $780 at the Potari dispersal at the Adelaide Showground on Wednesday. Overall 398 Dohne ewes from the Kangaroo Island-based stud were sold to $2800 by vendors Darryl and Allyson Carpenter, Torrens Park.

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Tallow prices continued to edge higher in February despite the high A$ – now averaging 37% higher against the US$ than a year earlier – with 1% FFA (free fatty acid) tallow up 14% in February year-on-year, at $684/tonne ex works. Improving prices were assisted by lower production, with Australia adult cattle slaughter back 8% so far this year, and a steep increase in the price of palm oil (a substitute). Palm oil averaged 67% higher in February than a year earlier at US$770/tonne FOB Malaysia (MLA’s Monthly Co-products Monitor)

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New projects with a combined value of $1 million have been announced under the Federal Government's Live Trade Animal Welfare Partnership. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke earlier this week announced that the Government and livestock exporters and producers would invest more than $900,000 in the projects to improve animal welfare in the major live export markets in the Middle East and South East Asia.

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A project to track the whereabouts of cattle is among five winners selected by Telstra from an R&D Idol competition it launched about six months ago, and will now receive access to its platforms, infrastructure and advice in order to build its operation. The telco received about 220 applications, from single-person operations and research groups to start-ups and multinationals, according to The Australian Financial Review.

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The Brazilian central bank kept its benchmark Selic interest rate at a record low 8.75% in a less-than-unanimous decision, signaling that borrowing costs may rise as soon as next month. Policy makers kept the overnight rate unchanged for the fifth consecutive meeting in a 5-to-3 vote. Thursday’s meeting may have been the last headed up by bank President Henrique Meirelles who may resign to seek elected office this year.

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Brazilian bovine genetics sales increased 12% year-on-year in 2009 to 9.2 million doses, with beef cattle genetics accounting for 57%. Out of the total, 42% was imported, while only 21% of total beef cattle doses sold were imported.

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Grain Production Expected to Reach 144 Million Tons by end of 2010 Dynamic sector is leading international productivity and setting new trends in ethical cattle ranching

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JBS, one of the country's most successful pork processing plants, is in its final stages toward the start of building a multi-million dollar Midwest Distribution Center.

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Brazil's JBS SA, the world's largest beef processor, agreed on Friday to buy Australia's Rockdale Beef for an undisclosed sum, looking to expand exports to Japan and other Asian markets.

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Minerva S.A., one of Brazil's leading producers and sellers of fresh beef, live cattle and its byproducts has strongly denied reports that its is in negotiations over a buyout.

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The Government of Canada is helping Canadian organic farmers and food processors deliver the highest quality organic food to consumers at home and abroad.

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Open interest in the ICE Futures Canada barley market has declined to the point where the contract is no longer a viable pricing option, despite ICE's recent efforts to make the contract more appealing to a broader range of participants.

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Walmart Canada said on Friday that it plans to cut prices on staple goods in Western Canada as it ramps up a price war in that hotly contested area. The company, a subsidiary of U.S.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc., said the items include everything from milk and bread to eggs and butter.

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China's economic planner said Friday it will take measures such as buying pork in the domestic market as reserves at an appropriate time to prevent a further fall in pork prices.

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Since January, Chinese pork prices have dropped nine percent, Bloomberg quoted the spokesman as saying. Producers are losing money and culling some hogs, exacerbating the price issue. The government wants to make sure that a sustained price slide does not destabilize the hog farming industry.

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Walter Plowright, a pioneer in the field of veterinary medicine who helped to eradicate so-called "cattle plague," rinderpest, died last month at the age of 86. Rinderpest has been considered one of the world's greatest natural disasters. In the late 1800s, rinderpest spread to Africa through India, killing an estimated 90 percent of domesticated cattle. As a result, one third of the population of Ethiopia, and two thirds of the Maasai, died due to starvation. Outbreaks in Africa continued throughout the 1900s.

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This leading international trade fair for the meat industry - processing, packaging and sales - will be opening its doors in Frankfurt am Main from 8 to 13 May. All national and international market leaders have already signed up. Messe Frankfurt is reckoning on some 900 companies from 47 countries presenting their new products over a floor area of more than 100,000 square metres. Around 60,000 trade visitors from 125 different countries are expected.

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Guatamala’s Granja Rosanda broiler integration is expanding its current business with the addition of a new Smart hatchery from Pas Reform.

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On 16 March, Minister for Food and Animal Husbandry, C. Divakaran said in Thiruvananthapuram that the government would extend all help to private poultry units in the drive to make the state self-sufficient in eggs and meat, reports The Hindu. Delivering the inaugural address at a function organised for the test launch of three value-added products developed by KEPCO, he said efforts were on to reduce Kerala's dependence on neighbouring states for poultry products.

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Marel at Foodex stand W006

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Weekly live exports of calves, weanlings and finished cattle have hit record levels. Close to 15,000hd were exported from Ireland last week, Bord Bia figures confirm. This was the highest weekly figure for almost 10 years. It was only marginally exceeded by a week in 2000, when two cattle boats took stock to Lebanon. Joe Burke of Bord Bia pointed out that last week would have been the busiest in 20 years if the week in 2000 was excluded.

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The outlook for a continued positive live trade in 2010 looks bright, according to Paulo Garavelli, Irish livestock exporter, TLT International Ltd. This trade represented a new form of competition in the marketplace in the latter half of 2009, helping to increase demand and support prices. This tightened overall supplies, with prices rising steadily as a result.

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Teagasc analysis has shown that the introduction of the Quality Payment System (QPS) is 'cost neutral or better' for farmers. This is despite some commentators claiming its introduction would cost farmers over €10 million per annum. Speaking last week at the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Teagasc chief drystock adviser Bernard Smyth said he was confident that the introduction of the QPS was cost neutral or better for farmers.

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Farmers waiting for any significant improvement in cattle prices or a drop in the kill figures are getting a taste of the frustrations of doctors and patients who are waiting for their letters to be read in some of our major hospitals. Last week's estimated cattle kill was up at 33,400 animals and continued the trend of running at between 4,000 and 5,000 ahead of the same week last year. Expecting a realistic increase in quotes while the kill is this high is like Galway folk expecting the Liam MacCarthy cup to cross the Shannon this September. It could happen, but then England could beat Les Bleus by 50 points or more next weekend and allow Kidney's men to win the Six Nations too.

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The trade for hoggets firmed further this week with 485c/kg easier to get from export plants and wholesalers. With St Patrick's Day next week and Easter just round the corner, the buyers are starting to look more actively for supplies. This will help maintain the trade in the weeks ahead.

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A North Dakota-Korean beef processing facility is one step closer to reality. Hank Imm, FK Corp-USA executive vice-president, said he is opening an office in Bismarck, N.D. within the next month to work on the location and do preparatory work.

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NORTHLAND Hopefully summer weather is on the way out as the market and numbers ease, commented PGG Wrightson agent Grant Pallister after last Monday's Wellsford store cattle sale. R2 steers 400-450kg made $1.80-$1.84/kgLW, those at 350-399kg realised $1.76-$1.80/kgLW. R2 heifers 400-450kg fetched $1.69-$1.72/kgLW, 300-350kg made $1.60-$1.75/kgLW and 250-290kg $1.76-$1.91/kgLW. R1 steers 140-180kg fetched $2.61-$2.95/kgLW. R1 heifers 160-210kg sold for $1.71-$2.18/kgLW and 110 to 150kg for $2.09-$2.64/kgLW. As numbers p

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An environmental lobbyist says dairying is getting dirtier and the Government should intervene and set easily-enforced standards to fight contamination of waterways and groundwater.

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These views were expressed by the Executive Director of K&N’s Adil K Sattar while briefing to the members of Lahore Economic Journalists Association (LEJA) at K&N’s poultry processing plant near Lahore on Thursday. Almost 40 per cent industry was closed due to drop in sale of chicken after bird flu and increase in prices of poultry feed, he said adding that this slump had badly affected the poultry industry and out in into a sudden slump. According to The News, all these factors pushed the prices of chicken meat upwards, he observed adding that the poultry sector has now been recovering from the crisis, which ultimately reduced the prices of chicken meat. Talking about chicken export, Mr Adil pointed out that European Union gives subsidy to its poultry sector, which makes Pakistani raw chicken meat uncompetitive in those markets; however he saw the potential in exports of value added chicken products, especially to the Middle East.

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Beijing proposes Paraguay trade and cultural links China has proposed to Paraguay a gradual process of rapprochement with special emphasis in trade and cultural fields at a first stage, revealed Paraguay’s Foreign Affairs minister Hector Lacognata.

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Republic Act 9997 (or the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos Act of2009) was approved last Feb 18, 2010 by the House of Congress, House of Senate and the Office of the President. This law pertains to the creation of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) which then abolishes the name of Office on Muslim Affairs (OMA) and will take over its functions.

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The minister of agriculture of Republic of Moldova Valeriu Cosarciuc announced plans to help Romanian investors put their money into local investment projects, particularly in processing plants (for milk and meat processing).

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Russian meat production is expected to increase 6% to reach 10.5 mln t, said the country's Ministry of Agriculture. The Russian government has increased its funding on domestic meat producers, particularly on poultry meat producers, aiming to meet domestic demand while realizing meat exportation, reports Xinhua.

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Sales for Canadian beef exporters is the end result of the Canada Beef Export Federation’s (C.B.E.F.) participation at Russia’s ProdExpo, a leading food-industry exhibition held earlier last month in Moscow.

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Cargill plans to begin construction of a poultry processing plant in the Tula region of Russia this summer.

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Russia produced 98,900 metric tons of pork in January and February, 26% more than in the year-earlier period, the state statistics service said Wednesday.

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The EU unhappy with the continued actions of the Russian veterinary authorities which for various reasons continue to restrict pork and beef imports from the Eu and other countries. One example of this is a recent Russian ban on the supply of the Finnish pork meat produced by “ATRIA" Company, as well as a ban on the export of pigs from two Polish companies.

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The Russian government is planning to develop the domestic rabbit meat industry through the investments on the establishment of rabbit meat farms across the country, while limiting imports from abroad, according to Russian media reports. The total stock of rabbits in the country currently is more than two million head, which is significantly less compared to the EU numbers, as well as numbers of the Soviet period, when the total stock amounted to 16.3 million head, with annual production of meat more than 200,000 tonness.

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Russia’s chief sanitary official said on Wednesday that the rumored agreement between Russia and the US regarding chicken imports could be finalised this week. Gennady Onnischenko said the agreement could be completed by week’s end but cautioned that this did not mean that shipments would resume in the near future. The story agreed with what we have been hearing in that US exporters will limit the amount of chlorine in the water being used to process chickens. The Russians also stated that the amount of fluid that separates when chicken is thawed must not exceed 4 per cent of the total weight of the product.

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We have heard much about organic or natural food but without realizing the difference between the two. The media has played a vital role in popularizing and advocating the use of organic food but most people still know little about what it is or consists of. Saudi Gazette spoke to Ruqiya Al-Usmani, a consultant in nutrition and head of the Nutrition and Dietetics department at Baksh Hospital in Jeddah, about the difference between organic and natural produce.

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Scotland has this year exported a record tonnage of seed potatoes but the industry does not intend to rest on its success, as this week it has hosted an inward mission of potential buyers from Turkey. Some 64,000 tonnes of potatoes from the 2009 crop have left Scotland this winter. This is a rise of 4,000 tonnes on the previous year, which was itself a record export tonnage, according to Mark Prentice, head of seed and export of the Potato CouncilADVERTISEMENT. Egypt, which has long been considered a major market for Scottish seed, this year took almost half of the total tonnage exported from Scotland in a mixture of both controlled and free market varieties.

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The allegedly cash-strapped Department of Rural Development and Land Reform will spend R66 million on social and economic developments in Dysselsdorp in the Klein Karoo. Minister Gugile Nkwinti made the announcement during a visit to the impoverished rural community, and promised residents that the sum would be paid before the end of March 2010. R36 million of this was financial compensation for successful land claimants, and the other R30 million was for overall development of the area.

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Mentors can help new farmers to understand the farming business, and supply them with technical information. But building a successful farming operation requires both mentor and protégé to acknowledge the other’s knowledge, skills and abilities. The process can hit problems if the parties have a poor understanding of mentorship. For example, some new farmers think mentors are duty-bound to help them with any problem – even when their vehicles get stuck in the mud. Others have a culture of dependency, expecting the government to provide their every need. Meanwhile, some mentors are paternalistic, and even interfere in their protégés’ personal lives.

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In order for Africa to be liberated from hunger and unemployment among its youths, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) yesterday advised the continent to embrace modern method of farming. Director-General of UNIDO Dr. Kandeh Yumkella said this at the High Level Conference on Development of Agribusiness and Agro-industries in Africa which ended in Abuja yesterday. According to him, we are doing Agribusiness the same way our ancestors were doing it 2000 years ago, this 21st century for us to meet up with the current situation there is need for us to embrace modern method of farming as to address unemployment problem in the Africa continent.

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As part of the implementation of the 2009-2014 Presidential Program which focused in its 20th item on "agricultural sector adjusting to climate changes and meeting current challenges", Tunisia has set up a number of strategies so as to develop the sector.

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FOODEX Start date: 21/March/2010 End date: 24/March/2010 Web site: http://www.foodex.co.uk/page/home.html Stand No: W006 Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Up to three-quarters of poultry sold as halal in the UK is falsely labelled, an industry group has warned. The majority of halal-labelled poultry and a small amount of beef and lamb were slaughtered by machine rather than an individual, Naved Syed, of the English Beef and Lamb Executive Halal Steering Group, told The Grocer magazine.

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An inquiry into the treatment of agency and migrant staff at meat and poultry processing firms has found “widespread evidence” of abuse and exploitation. The abuse was both verbal and physical, the Equality and Human Rights Commission reported. It also found a lack of proper health and safety protection and said workers often did not know all their rights. Retailers and labour providers said they would be studying the findings to see where improvements could be made. Stories of abuse However, the chairman of the Association of Labour Providers, Mark Boleat, was also quoted by the Guardian as questioning the inquiry’s methodology and whether the surveyed workers were a representative sample.

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SUSIE Murray, a solicitor with the rural services team at Westcountry-based Stephens Scown, has become one of just a handful of lawyers in the country to be awarded a Fellowship of the Agricultural Law Association.

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Norfolk food giant Bernard Matthews Farms has been praised as an example to the rest of the food industry as to how to treat migrant workers with respect.

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IN normal circumstances, for a proposal to be attacked by the militant vegetarian organisation, Viva, would be enough to guarantee it my enthusiastic support. But with Nocton Dairies' plan to establish an 8,000-cow super dairy on a green-field site in Lincolnshire, I really feel we ought to think through some of the implications before rushing to judgment.

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Fresh and exciting menu ideas for Easter family get-togethers is the theme of the new Simply beef and lamb booklet from EBLEX.

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FOSS provides and supports dedicated, rapid and accurate analytical solutions, which analyse and control the quality and production of agricultural, food, pharmaceutical and checmical products, to the enhancement of our customers' business. If you wish to meet FOSS come along to Stand R038 in Hall 5.

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I F all the opportunities are taken, Westcountry agriculture can become more efficient and profitable during the next 10 years, to the benefit of all involved. That was the upbeat forecast delivered by the team from Anderson, the national farm business consultants, to an audience of farming professionals and companies working in agriculture on a visit to the South West on Friday.

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A third of workers in the meat processing sector in England are migrants. Some told the inquiry they worked every day of the week in shifts that lasted 16-18 hours. Photograph: Mikhail Mordasov/AFP/Getty Images The examples are many and varied, but appalling all the same.

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A high street fast food chain says it is meeting with a council of Mosques to reassure the organisation of its halal status. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) says it is certified by the Halal Food Authority (HFA). The food authority’s logo is displayed on the doors of the stores. According to the company website the chain has gone halal in the following Northwest stores: Accrington, Blackburn, Colne, Burnley, Dewsbury, Manchester Fort Store, Rochdale Kingsway, Preston Deepdale and Elk Mill, Manchester (Drive Thru).

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The Bulletin has previously reported that beef demand typically peaks around the turn of the year and then gradually declines throughout spring before the seasonal low during the summertime. This year appears to be following a similar trend with beef demand hitting a 12-month peak in Dec ‘09 and Jan ‘10. However, it is also clear from the data, that demand was much stronger this January than in the same month for any of the previous three years. This is welcome news given the concern about weak demand during the recession (i.e. in 2009).

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“Halal” normally means “Islamically permissible”; it’s an adjective that can apply to anything on which the Islamic law (Shari`ah) has some prescription. Nowadays, and especially when used in English, it refers to Islamic dietary rules, particularly the requirement that animals be slaughtered, in the name of Allah, for their meat to be lawfully consumed. In recent years, and especially with the appearance of mad-cow disease, some Muslim jurists added emphasis on the way the animals are fed.

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Now offering the complete portfolio of Marel products including the AEW Delford range, Marel UK will be demonstrating several exciting new systems at this year’s Foodex Exhibition.

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Brenda managed to speak to a wide range of exhibitors about Meat Trade News Daily and also took the opportunity of meeting up with one of Meat Trade News Daily's clients - Mr Tony Ambrose of Marel.

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The world no longer had a wheat shortage, and there should be a reasonable crop this year, with more going to bio-ethanol.

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Keith Owen was fined and sentenced for orchestrating a scam where tens of millions of nonorganic eggs were marketed as organic or free-range, according to the BBC.

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Keith Owen, of Worcestershire-based Heart of England Eggs, had pleaded guilty to three counts of false accounting and was yesterday jailed for three years and ordered to pay a total of £3.25 million (£3 million confiscation order and £0.25 million prosecution costs). The prosecution was brought by Defra which alleged that millions of eggs laid by caged birds were passed off as free-range or organic. NFU poultry board chairman Charles Bourns said, “I welcome the outcome of this trial. The confiscation order and custodial sentence handed down by the courts sends out a strong message that this kind of activity will not be tolerated. The vast majority of people working within the egg industry are hard-working and honest. Thankfully cases like this are few and far between.

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A Trawden woman has spoken of her disgust at an international fast food outlet choosing to serve only halal meat at its Colne premises. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, joins a growing number of objectors on Facebook, where more than 1,500 have supported the group “No Halal at Colne KFC”.

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Rectory Foods, leading global supplier of quality poultry and food ingredients to the food industry, has entered into a strategic partnership with Acura Foods Ltd. The development means Rectory Foods’ portfolio now extends to include over 50 new fresh and frozen pork and beef products.

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Evidence of widespread physical and verbal abuse of migrant workers in the meat and poultry industry that supplies Britain’s supermarkets has been uncovered by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. A two-year investigation revealed frequent breaches of licensing and safety standards in meat processing factories, as well as at the employment agencies providing the labour. Migrant workers make up most of the agency workforce, according to a report by the commission, because few British workers want to do the physically demanding, low-paid work. It also found that agency employees were routinely more poorly paid than directly employed staff.

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SOUTH Devon cattle breeders were offered a rare opportunity to buy from the closed organic Flete Herd of pedigree South Devons when it dispersed last week.

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IATC will be holding a Meet the Buyer event on Monday 22 March on our stand W036, Hall 5, where UK exhibitors and visitors can book partnering meetings with the delegates or UK Trade and Investment Officers.

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Waitrose own-label range of products that were introduced last year and new store openings helped the grocer win over more customers in 2009. Waitrose, part of the John Lewis Partnership, has released its full year results, ended 30 January 2010, during which time the group invested £25m in price competitiveness through the essential Waitrose range of more than 1,400 everyday products.

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The Parker family owned business of Weddel Swift is now offering meat to its butcher and catering clients on line

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Every year around 200,000 young people leave the fresh country air to pursue their dream of riches in the bright city lights. They blame the lack of infrastructure in the countryside – not enough affordable homes, no broadband connection, poor transport networks, closing schools, pubs and village shops – and the lack of decent jobs. They are forced out, and they leave a crumbling rural community behind.

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The European Commission (EC) has ruled that the controls carried out by Uruguayan sanitary authorities guarantee the “adequate standards” demanded by Community norms for imported seafood products. Inspectors from the European Veterinary Office visited the country last November to assess sanitary conditions of Uruguayan processing plants and seafood products exported to the European bloc.

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Attacks on the use of antibiotics in food animals have become a common occurrence. Although no scientific link has been made between antibiotic use in animals and antibiotic resistance in humans, many believe the practice should be suspended.

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Aviagen has announced the launch of Aviagen.com, the company’s new website with an innovative and high-powered technical resource that gives visitors access to a robust technical library that is easy-to-use and navigate. With a powerful knowledge-based search engine, hundreds of technical documents, management guides, performance objectives and nutrition specifications for the company’s broiler breeder brands – Ross, Arbor Acres, and L.I.R. – are instantly within reach, says the company.

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There are a lot of bad words out there, so bad that they can only be used in polite society by calling them the (Place first letter here) word as in the “R” word. Let me type out that one here just this one time: “Recall.” It’s a word that makes everybody in the beef industry cringe. If you’re a processor, the very thought of the “R” word used in the same breath as your business name is your worst nightmare. It might mean you have caused illnesses and maybe even death. It does mean immediate and often staggering financial losses, and a blow to your good name and your business that might not be survivable.

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A federal judge has certified a class-action lawsuit against Cargill Meat Solutions over whether workers at the company's Schuyler plant should be paid for preparation and cleanup work.

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the appointment of 12 members to the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. All appointees will serve 3-year terms beginning immediately.

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USDA has lowered its estimate of 2010 U.S. pork production in the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate report released Wednesday.

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The Departments of Justice and Agriculture held their first joint pub­lic workshop last Friday in Ankeny, Iowa, to discuss competition and regulatory issues in agriculture. The workshops are intended to “promote dialogue among interested parties and foster learning with respect to the appropriate legal and economic analyses of these issues.”

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Humane food labeling with terms such as naturally raised, free range, cage-free, and organic is the fastest growing sector of the U.S food industry thanks, in part, to movies like Food Inc and best-selling books like Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer and The Omnivore's Dilemma by frequent Oprah guest Michael Pollan.

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Many workers reported being pushed, kicked or having things thrown at them by line managers, said investigators from the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Some of the worst abuses were committed against pregnant women who were also forced to continue to undertake work that posed risks to their health, including heavy lifting and extended periods of standing.

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Officials say the recall of numerous foods possibly contaminated with salmonella bacteria is expanding in both the United States and Canada.

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At the end of 2003, discovery of a case of mad-cow disease in the United States sent shock waves through the livestock and meat industry. Some 50 importers banned U.S. products, and sales still have not recovered in some markets. Overseas sales fell 80 percent in 2004.

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Gourmet Salads, Inc., a Brooklyn, N.Y., establishment, is recalling an undetermined amount of various chicken products because the products were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

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A Nebraska group urged OSHA officials on Thursday to regulate the line speed at meatpacking plants to protect worker safety. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration held the public meeting in Washington to hear about pressing issues.

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Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork producer, said U.S. hog farmers halted reductions in their breeding herds too soon and that more cuts are needed to keep supply and demand in balance.

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In 2009, there were 40.9 follow-up samples taken for each federal ground beef verification sample, evidence that existing E. coli O157:H7 tracing measures are effective, according to AMI Vice President for Food Safety and Inspection Services Scott Goltry, who delivered remarks this week during a public meeting to discuss the Food Safety and Inspection Services (FSIS) product tracing efforts. Goltry noted that last year, FSIS significantly increased the sampling frequency in high volume federal ground beef facilities. Yet this focus on volume-based risk, as well as improvements in testing method detection resulted in a 66% reduction of prevalence from 0.45% in 2008 to 0.3% in 2009.

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