Hogs - General
The pace of U.S. beef and pork exports increased sharply in March.
Tyson Foods said Monday that its second-quarter net income more than doubled, benefiting from strong demand for chicken and higher prices for beef and pork.
Short supplies of cattle and hogs are pushing prices upward at the sale barn and the supermarket.
The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new report on worldwide antibiotic resistance (AMR), calling it a major worldwide threat to public health.
Japan, the world’s largest pork importer, may accelerate tariff talks with Canada to increase pressure on the U.S. to ease demands for cuts in agricultural protection, the Asian nation’s biggest hog farmers group said.
Pork and beef inventories both dropped during March, according to the USDA.
Japan, the world’s largest pork buyer, will lower its tariff on pig meat shipments from Australia in a bilateral trade agreement that also reduces import duties on beef.
Record-high prices for U.S. beef burgers and pork chops are helping to make 2014 the most profitable year ever for chicken producers.
A federal appeals court is allowing labels on certain cuts of meat to say where the animals were born, raised and slaughtered.
Twenty-five pharmaceutical companies are voluntarily phasing out the use of antibiotics for growth promotion in animals processed for meat, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.
Cattle and beef prices are at record levels in every industry sector, from cow-calf to retail beef prices. These record prices are obviously supported by a very unusual set of supply and demand circumstances.
A $2 per cwt. decline in cash prices cut into cattle feeding margins last week while beef packing margins took a leap forward.
Cattle futures rose to a record as ranchers struggle to boost the U.S. herd from a 63-year low.
The state of Utah is pushing back against animal-welfare activists who contend a state law to prevent filming of agricultural operations is designed to silence them.
USDA says it’s making permanent rules that allow schools to serve larger portions of lean meat and whole grains in school lunches.
The federal government has cited the Tyson Foods plant in Hutchinson, Kan. for safety violations after a worker’s hand was severed last summer.
Brucellosis is no longer on the list of causes of abortion for cattle and is not the public health scourge that it once was, but it is still a worry for livestock producers.
A Windsor, Colo. meat company is expanding a recall of meat and poultry that was produced in unsanitary conditions.
Animal-welfare activists are saying Utah legislators enacted a law to prevent filming of agricultural operations to silence them.
Hog futures rose the most in five months on signs that U.S. slaughtering plants are buying more animals as pork demand improves.
There are signs of improved demand for U.S. pork as supplies of animals tighten.
The forecast for 2013 red meat and poultry production is reduced from last month on lower beef, pork and turkey production.
The European Union’s common agricultural policy will set the direction from 2014 to 2020 for farmers who produce 20% of the world’s wheat, milk and pork.
The new video Is part of continuing Glass Walls Project to increase transparency in the meat and poultry industry.
Total U.S. red meat and poultry production in 2014 is projected to be above 2013, while milk production is also forecast higher thanks to lower feed costs and relatively strong prices.
The American Society of Animal Science says a recent report blaming antibiotic use in food animals for the presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria overlooks important facts.
Japan opens beef trade; conversely, trade barriers and other obstacles seem to be emerging at a rather alarming rate in 2013.
Labeling would require the origin designations to include information about where each of the production steps occurred.
The first month of 2013 offered a mix of good news and challenges for exports of U.S. beef and pork during January
The cuts could impact the physical delivery and cash settlement mechanisms of certain CME livestock and dairy products.