http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. The number of cattle on feed in Australia dropped 5 per cent in the first three months of this year. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa____fewer_cattle_on_feed_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Beef Products Inc., the maker of a meat product dubbed “pink slime” by food activists, said it is cutting another 86 jobs. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa____jobs_lost_over_gobshite_jaimie_oliver_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The California State Teachers' Retirement System has filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) over allegations of bribery in the retailer's Mexico operations. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa____of_the_worlds_lawyers_fully_employed_in_us_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT US pork exports finished the first quarter 8 percent higher in volume (598,058 metric tons) and 20 percent higher in value ($1.66 billion) than last year’s record pace, according to statistics released by the USDA and compiled by the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa____lift_in_pork_sales_.aspx usmef.org Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT European politics seem likely to take Wall Street lower this morning. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___cattle_futures_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT CME live cattle and hog futures garnered mixed calls on Monday as investors monitor nervous equities after weekend elections in Europe that stirred concerns about the region's debt crisis. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___cattle_futures__0.aspx drovers.com Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Over the last year, Sioux County has seen a big jump in demand for hog confinements. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___changes_to_pig_housing_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Compared to the first quarter of 2011, January-March export quantity of US poultry meat reached 984,947 metric tons, up 14 per cent, while the value of those shipments climbed to $1.302 billion, up 27 per cent, both of which are all-time records. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___chicken_and_turkey_exports_.aspx usda.com Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Most people involved in the beef industry are aware of the New York Times essay contest on the ethics of eating meat. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___ethics_and_eating_meat_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The median value of Minnesota farmland fell 4.9% to $3,443 an acre in 2011, according to an analysis of agricultural sales transactions reported to the state's Department of Revenue conducted by University of Minnesota ag economist Steven Taff. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___farmland_values_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT A new investigation has found that unapproved antibiotics are being used in ethanol production and ending up in animal feed. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___fda_close_their_eyes_to_antibiotic_abuse_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Last week the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service proposed to strip sodium benzoate, sodium propionate and benzoic acid from the list of substances regulations prohibit to be used in meat or poultry products, according to the May 11 issue of the National Chicken Council’s Washington Report. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___food_safety_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT CME Group said on Thursday it will expand grain trading hours one week later than expected, a move that gives rival IntercontinentalExchange Inc a head start in implementing nearly around-the-clock trading. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___grain_trading_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Kraft Foods (NYSE:KFT) first-quarter earnings rose 1.8% with sales up in each of its region, including a strong showing in Europe despite challenging conditions. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___kraft_food_earnings_up_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT US broiler production for 2012 is forecast to increase 2.5 percent to 37.099 billion lbs., according to the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report issued May 10 by the US Department of Agriculture’s World Agricultural Outlook Board. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___lift_in_poultry_production_.aspx meatpoultry.com Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT McDonald’s is focusing on bringing more limited-time offers to its menu, in light of research that showed variety is a top priority for customers, company spokeswoman Ashlee Yingling confirmed. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___mcdonalds_vary_the_menu_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT West Liberty Foods is oft-cited for its technologically advanced means of production, but CEO Ed Garrett wanted to apply that technological expertise elsewhere, as well — to sustainability, for example. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___meat_technologhy_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Reports last week that a California dairy cow tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)–popularly known as “mad cow disease”—has raised concerns by some about our food supply and trade relations. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___media_fearmongering_again_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Bruce Dunlop was an engineer before he became a farmer on a picturesque island off the coast of Washington in 2002. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___mobile_slaughterhouses_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Warren Buffett gave the investors at Berkshire Hathaway's BRKB +0.46% annual meeting on Saturday the identical message he has conveyed for decades: http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___murdochs_dogs_attack_warren_buffet.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Bloomin’ Brands, parent company of Outback Steakhouse, has named David Deno as its next chief financial officer according to a report in the Tampa Bay Times. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___new_bean_counter_at_bloomin_brands_.aspx meatpoultry.com Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The US-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement will take effect May 15, which will provide the US an immediate duty-free 27,040 metric ton tariff rate quota (TRQ) that will increase 4 percent annually, according to the National Chicken Council’s Washington Report. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___no_big_benifits_from_colombian_trade_deal_.aspx meatpoultry.com Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Higher 2012 pork production levels and lower consumer per capita income are delivering a double dose of bad news for hog prices as the May lean-hog contract slipped below the $80 mark, closing Friday at $79.625. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___pork_industry_is_either_feast_or_famine_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Iowa State University calculations estimate the average breakeven live price for barrows and gilts in the first quarter of 2012 at $64.46/cwt, down $1.66 from the fourth quarter of 2011, but up $3.76 compared to January-March 2011. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___pork_outlook_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Gold Signature Foods processing plant in Monroe, N.C., has closed, putting 116 people out of work, according to a notice filed with the state’s Department of Commerce. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___poultry_plant_to_close_.aspx meatingplace Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Eckrich has released a new deli meat line made with real bacon, the company announced May 7. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___promoting_bacon_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Driven by solid same-store sales and traffic results and an increasingly bullish outlook among restaurant operators, the National Restaurant Association's Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) matched its post-recession high in March. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___restaurant_meat_buying_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Johnsonville Sausage has licensed Monogram Food Solutions to produce and market Johnsonville Deli Bites, Bacon Jerky and other meat snacks. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___sausages_and_meat_snacks_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT SHAWNEE MISSION, Kan., May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___seaboard_corporation_report_of_earnings.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Cash fed cattle traded steady to $2 higher last week while boxed beef prices held mostly steady, Cattle feeding margins saw improvement as a result of the higher cash, but feedyards continue to lose money on cattle as supplies are increasing. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___store_cattle_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT On the wall of Allan Benton’s Smoky Mountain Country Hams shop in Madisonville, Tennessee, is a photograph of a tumbledown Appalachian wood shack. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___talking_bacon_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT What will come next? Will the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issue a Pork Mandate as part of ObamaCare? http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___talking_pork_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Temple Grandin enters New York Times' essay contest. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___temple_grandin_gets_it_right_again_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT An Arenzville man died at a Springfield hospital following treatment of injuries he suffered unloading hogs last week at the Cargill plant in Beardstown. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___terrible_accident_at_pork_plant_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The old saying that lightning never strikes twice in the same place has been disproven by the beef market which has been reeling from lightning strikes, first by lean, finely-textured beef, and more recently by the discovery of a cow with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___the_cattle_trade_.aspx drovers.com Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT We suppose you could call last week a reasonably good week in the cattle and beef markets but when the most positive news amounted to “Well, that didn't hurt as much as we feared it would!”, it’s still not much to brag about. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___the_store_cattle_market_.aspx drovers.com Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Fitch Ratings says it expects the operating performance and credit indicators of Brazilian meat packing giant JBS (JBSAY, JBSS3.BR) to "improve significantly" in 2012 as its US chicken business, Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), likely recovers. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___things_look_good_at_jbs_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Tyson Foods Inc posted higher-than-expected second-quarter profit, as price increases helped offset weak beef sales, and expressed optimism about the full year. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___tyson_beat_forecasts_.aspx drovers.com Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Strength in the pork and chicken businesses spurred a 4 percent increase in income for Tyson Foods, Inc. during the second quarter. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___tyson_see_lift_in_profits_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Tyson Foods president and CEO Donnie Smith rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210512/usa___tysons_donnie_smith_rings_the_nyse_bell.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Walmart is introducing a premium selection and wide assortment of USDA Choice steak, including t-bone, NY strip, filet, ribeye and top sirloin, at its stores nationwide. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040512/usa___walmart_launches_new_line_of_choice_steak.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT All Terrorists are Muslims…Except the 99% that Aren’t http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190512/usa___all_terrorists_are_muslimsexcept_the__that_arent_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Consumers Union, the advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, has called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take new measures to detect and prevent mad cow disease in U.S. beef and dairy cows, in light of USDA's announcement last week of a new case in a California dairy cow. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160512/usa___bse_and_pandering_to_voters_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The heaviest and most numerous U.S. pig population on record and rebounding Chinese output are creating a surplus that is poised to halt a four-year rally in prices. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150512/usa___everyone_getting_into_pigs.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The median value of Minnesota farmland fell 4.9% to $3,443 an acre in 2011, according to an analysis of agricultural sales transactions reported to the state's Department of Revenue conducted by University of Minnesota ag economist Steven Taff. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170512/usa___farm_prices_come_back_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT A bankruptcy judge shot down an attempt by an MF Global Holdings Ltd. MFGLQ 0.00% commodities customer to block the firm's executives, including former Chief Executive Jon S. Corzine, from accessing millions of dollars in insurance proceeds. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160512/usa___more_hanky_panky_at_mf_global_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT It turns out that when the New York Times asks whether it’s ethical to eat meat, thousands answer. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170512/usa___ny_times_are_not_meat_experts_.aspx meatingplace Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Hormel Foods Corporation HRL -1.33% announced today it has moved up two spots to No. 124 on the Maplecroft Climate Innovation Indexes (CII) Benchmark, which is part of the Maplecroft Climate Innovation Indexes (CII). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080512/usa___people_pleasing_from_spam_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT The beef industry was stung by two negative events in the past two months that have left market traders uncertain about their longer term impacts. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150512/usa___the_beef_trade_from_behind_a_desk_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told The Hill this week the biggest obstacle to passing a farm bill is the House budget that cuts nutrition programs and turns the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program over to the states in block grants. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160512/usa___the_shame_of_americas_poor_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT