http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. Now back in session after the Olympics, the federal government has announced plans to put the thorny issue of Prairie barley marketing on its agenda. In its Throne speech Wednesday, delivered by Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean, the Conservative government said it plans to "ensure the freedom of choice for which Western barley farmers overwhelmingly voted." The speech didn't specify whether the government plans to introduce new legislation to that effect or exempt Prairie barley growers from the Canadian Wheat Board's single marketing desk by some other means. Deregulating the Prairie barley market through legislation is currently an unlikely route, given the Conservatives' minority-government status and a lack of support for barley deregulation among the opposition parties. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/120310/canada___marketing_barley_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Tees-area hog producer Herman Simons has left his post as chairman of Alberta Pork. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/120310/canada___pig_man_steps_down_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Quebec meat packer Olymel's plans for $15 million in expansions at its pork slaughter plant in the province's Beauce region are now on hold, according to Le journal de Quebec. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/120310/canada___pork_plant_plans_go_on_hold_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Last August the federal government unveiled a three part plan to assist Canada's pork industry in recovering from a prolonged period of depressed prices brought on by high input costs, an over supply of hogs, the strong Canadian dollar, US Country of Origin Labelling and the global recession. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/120310/canada___pork_trade_after_the_sow_cull__0.aspx cbc.com Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Badger has learned a new case of BSE was discovered two weeks ago, but the public was not informed as part of the government’s new communication strategy. The decision not to announce new cases of BSE was made in August of 2009 and the public was informed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) online. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/100310/canada___case_of_bse_mad_cow_disease_in__year_old_cow.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The target of a Canadian hostile takeover bid for U.S. fertilizer market share has again decided to stalk rather than wait and be stalked. Chicago-based CF Industries, which for over a year has fought off hostile bids from Calgary-based fertilizer and ag retail giant Agrium, on Tuesday tabled a new cash-and-stock bid for nitrogen fertilizer firm Terra Industries. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/110310/canada___fertilizer_takeover_raises_questions_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Hidden from Public for Almost 2 Weeks: Canada’s 18th BSE-Infected Cow Feb. 25 Confirmation of BSE-Positive Cow Kept Secret http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/100310/canada___hidden_from_public_for_almost__weeks_canadas_th_bse_infected_cow.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Farm Credit Canada is encouraging producers considering participating in the federal Hog Industry Loan Loss Reserve Program to be aware of the application deadlines and not wait to the last minute to apply. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/110310/canada___loans_for_pig_farmers_.aspx cbc.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT A new awareness campaign for Ontario wheat is to see Grain Farmers of Ontario partner with one of the province's best-known wheat processors. The Canadian arm of U.K. cereal manufacturer Weetabix has already launched a number of related promotions, including an in-store, radio and billboard campaign that ran in the Greater Toronto Area from November to January. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/110310/canada___the_wheat_industry_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Canadian flaxseed production in the upcoming 2010-11 crop year is expected to be down significantly from the level achieved in 2009-10, based on data from Informa Economics http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040310/canada___drop_in_flax_planting_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Canada's meat processing industry praised the announcement in the 2010 Federal Budget of initiatives that will ensure a more competitive cattle sector. Canadian Meat Council President Steve Morin was very pleased with the announcement. “In July of 2007 Canada's enhanced ruminant feed ban regulations came into effect and they put our beef processing sector at an incredible competitive disadvantage with our US competitors.” http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160310/canada___press_release_from_cmc_canada.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada estimates 25 percent of Canadian pork production is now being funded by loans offered through the federal Hog Industry Loan Loss Reserve Program. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/090310/canada___government_help_the_pork_industry_.aspx cbc.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Nova Scotia farmers will likely have to ship their hogs outside the province after Larsen Packers Ltd. halts its fresh pork processing operations next month http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080310/canada___problems_in_the_pig_industry_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Canadian farmers will produce 9 percent less wheat this year as big global supplies and lower prices cause the world’s top exporter of spring wheat and durum to look to other crops, the Canadian Wheat Board said http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080310/canada___wheat_supply_down_.aspx allaboutfeed.com Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Canadian research has found an 800-metre buffer zone between genetically modified crops and non-GM crops is essential http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010310/canada___canadian_scientists_say_gm_crops_need_buffer_zones.aspx abc.com Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Canadian fertilizer and ag retail giant Agrium's year-long hostile takeover bid for U.S. rival CF Industries will go on for at least another month http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010310/canada___fertilizer_giant_and_takeover_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT After struggling with high costs, the H1N1 virus and low prices, can the hog industry recover? That's the question NDSU Extension livestock marketing specialist Tim Petry set out to answer during the opening session of the North Dakota Pork Council's annual convention in Fargo http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070310/canada___the_pork_trade_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT I have been eating by way of a CSA for more than 10 years, and so occasionally I jump when someone asks me what a CSA is http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060310/canada___the_other_fast_food_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The federal government is extending the application deadline for the Hog Industry Loan Loss Reserve Program http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050310/canada___money_for_pig_farmers_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Maple Leaf Foods would like to see hog producers in Saskatchewan and Manitoba move to a slightly heavier animal http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040310/canada___heavier_bacon_pigs_needed_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Total sales of fruits and vegetables by Canadian farmers amounted to $1.5 billion in 2009, up 3.6 per cent or $50.5 million over 2008, according to Statistics Canada http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040310/canada___lift_in_sales_of_farm_produce_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Toronto-based Maple Leaf Foods on Wednesday announced profits for both the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, thanks largely to what President and CEO Michael McCain called "significantly better performance in our protein business" http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040310/canada___mapole_show_good_figures_.aspx meatingplace Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Despite continuing "burdensome" world wheat supplies, wheat prices continue to see support from the corn and oilseed complexes, as shown in the Canadian Wheat Board's latest pool return outlook (PRO) http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040310/canada___the_wheat_market_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Today, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota introduced legislation to expand U.S. agriculture exports to Cuba http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040310/cuba___us_farmers_want_to_do_business_.aspx drovers.com Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Large global wheat stocks and stagnant demand for barley are dragging on the Canadian Wheat Board's first pool return outlook (PRO) for the 2010-11 crop year http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030310/canada___grain_stocks_and_prices_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Canadian farmers may not benefit from rising U.S. hog and cattle prices later this year as a strong Canadian dollar limits the industry's profitability, analysts said on Tuesday http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030310/canada___the_implications_of_higher_meat_prices_.aspx reuters Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Wal-Mart Canada, currently operating at 317 stores and serving more than 1 million customers a day across its country, announced they will open 35 to 40 supercenters this year http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030310/canada___wal_mart_open__new_stores_.aspx foodbizdaily.com Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Why do so many chickens die when they are being trucked to the processing plant in the winter? http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020310/canada___heated_transport_for_chickens_.aspx cbc.com Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Canada’s quarterly Hog Statistics Report, released last week, confirmed expectations that the swine herd continues to shrink, but the breeding herd reduction was smaller than I had expected given the Canadian herd buyouts of 2009 http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020310/canada___sow_numbers_confuse_statistics_.aspx nfuonline.com Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Cargill's beef slaughter plants in Alberta and Ontario are among 10 company facilities in North America that have installed video equipment to monitor animal welfare practices http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010210/canada___cargill_beef_plants_install_video_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Canada and U.S. President Barack Obama's administration recently completed their first negotiated deal on cross-border trade and it is a much-needed success in a relationship that has been very positive in words but short on deeds http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010310/canada___cattle_pigs_and_the_border_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT Now, more than ever, people are looking for tasty ways to trim their waistlines, and their budgets. Staying within both a caloric and financial budget is as easy as updating your menu with a new centerpiece -- pork. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010310/canada___tasty_pork_recipes_for_healh_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The oats market in Western Canada remains relatively stagnant, with little sign that prices will show any significant improvement any time soon. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/240210/canada___the_grain_market_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The spokesman for Conestoga Meat Packers and Progressive Pork Producers Co-operative Inc., isn’t ruling out an appeal of this week’s Tribunal decision on pork marketing http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/280210/canada___we_could_be_back_to_where_we_were_in_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Nitrogen fertilizer plants in Saskatchewan and Ontario can expect a new set of managers and owners, respectively, within the next year http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/240210/canada___yarra_international.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Canada’s cattle herd continued its downhill slide, posting a 1% fall to 13 million head as at 1 January, 2010 http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250210/canada___cattle__herd_races_downhill.aspx MLA.com Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Barring any serious and widespread production challenges, a necessary condition for reducing pork output is a smaller breeding herd. Necessary - but not sufficient, especially in these days of remarkable productivity increases http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/230210/canada___fewer_sows_being_slaughtered.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Canola bids in Western Canada remain lower than most producers would like to see, but are profitable just the same and should present some opportunities for pricing new-crop supplies http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260210/canada___canola_trade_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Toronto-area meat processor Sofina Foods has signed a $75 million cash-and-bonds deal to take over Edmonton-based poultry packer Lilydale Inc. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260210/canada___multi_million_meat_takeover__.aspx foodbizdaily.com Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT The order ending Ontario Pork's days as a mandatory single-desk hog marketing agency has been overturned -- that is, if the province's hog producers want it to be http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260210/canada___new_pork_marketing_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT China has agreed to resume imports of Canadian pork, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced Thursday following recent negotiations recognizing standards of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), according to a new release by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260210/canada___pork_exports_to_china_start_again_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT The blanket exemption from Ontario Pork’s marketing powers created by the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal decision this week leaves producers “open to manipulation” by packers says Elbert van Donkersgoed, agent for the farmer who began the appeal process more than a year ago http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260210/canada___processor_power_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Nitrogen fertilizer plants in Saskatchewan and Ontario can expect a new set of managers and owners, respectively, within the next year. Norwegian chemical firm Yara International announced plans Monday to buy Sioux City, Iowa-based fertilizer firm Terra Industries in an all-cash merger worth US$4.1 billion. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180210/canada_yarra_international_buy_sioux_city_firm_terra_industries_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT PARTIAL LISTING Deboners: - Baader Johnson model 642WS front half deboner - Systemate modelFA033515 (12) station deboner Conveyor Fryer: - Koppers model BR4500/600 24" wide conveyor fryer Conveyor Oven: - Koppens model HTL8000/1000 conveyor oven Freezers: - (2) Frigoscandia model FR102 spiral blast freezers - Sussex blast/holding freezer - Cardox/Ultra model 155003 cryogenic freezer Forming Machine: - Koppens model VM600HS forming machine Packaging & Labeling: - Eagle Pack model Infinity vertical form fill seal machine, c/w Parker model CTC PLC control, Golden Eagle microscan, EPI labeller, (14) station volumetric feeder c/w (5) sets of chutes & staging - Packing system consisting of: 24" x 20' feed conveyor & Cintex model Sentra metal detector -(2) Espera model ESC903 labelling systems http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/240210/canada___complete_meat_plant_equipment_auction_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT According to The Vancouver Sun, Canwest News Service has learned Environment Canada has determined that Yorkshire pigs developed at the University of Guelph are not toxic to the environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/250210/canada___gm_pork_.aspx 5mpublishing Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT During the American Meat Institute’s Annual Meat Conference to be held in Orlando, Fla., from March 7-9, Canada’s Beef Information Centre (B.I.C.) plans to officially introduce a program created with the Colorado Boxed Beef Company (C.B.B.C.). Launching this spring, the program is called High River Canadian Angus and the meat comes from Cargill’s High River Alberta plant http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/240210/canada___aberdeen_angus_cattle.aspx meatpoultry.com Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Cattle inventories on Canadian farms were at their lowest levels in 15 years, as of Jan. 1, according to the latest survey from Statistics Canada released Tuesday http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/240210/canada___cattle_herd_down.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT An audible sigh of relief emanated from Canada's business community when Minister of International Trade Peter Van Loan announced this month that Canada and the United States had reached an agreement that would allow Canadian companies to participate in U.S. infrastructure projects financed under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the "Buy American" plan http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/240210/canada___compromise_on_us_cool_laws.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Canadian pork producers further trimmed breeding herds during the last three months of 2009, analysts say, extending a nearly-five-year trend amid ballooning losses from raising pigs http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/240210/canada___looking_at_the_pork_industry.aspx drovers.com Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Canada's hog inventories as of Jan. 1 totalled 11.630 million head, down from 12.180 million at the same time a year ago http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/240210/canada___pig_herd_down.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT