http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. The European Union’s ambassador to Canada said special access for agriculture goods is the last obstacle to a trade deal between Brussels and Ottawa, and drew a line in the sand over how much market access the EU could offer Canadian beef producers. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160513/canada____ton_eu_beef_quota.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Federal food inspectors will now allow a much broader geographic definition in food marketers' use of the word "local" while the label claim undergoes regulatory review. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160513/canada___buying_local_food_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The federal government is closing Agriculture Canada offices in Melville, Watrous , North Battleford and Weyburn. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/220513/canada___government_closing_farm_offices.aspx cbc.com Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Trial is set to begin the case of a Canadian food company that says it's owed more than $600,000 from a North Dakota hog farming operation. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/210513/canada___maple_leaf_in_court_again.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Federal food inspectors have allowed a beef slaughter and cutting plant in Ontario's Niagara region to resume operating after a temporary suspension. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/090513/canada___meat_plant_to_open_again_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT What’s in a label? In the case of Canada’s export of cattle and hogs, constrained by the impact of U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL), about $1-billion in potential retaliation. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/230513/canada___trade_war_looming_with_the_usa_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT McDonald's Corp. said on Thursday it is phasing out one-third pound Angus burgers from U.S. menus, an anticipated move that comes shortly after U.S. beef prices hit a 10-year high. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140513/canada___angus_beef_priced_itself_out_of_the_market.aspx reuters Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT A researcher with the Prairie Swine Centre is encouraging pork producers to focus on the advantages offered by group housing as they consider moving away the use of gestation stalls, writes Bruce Cochrane. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140513/canada___greedy_farmers_have_no_interest_in_removing_sow_stalls.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Food Inspection Agency this week suspended the license to produce poultry products for Quebec-based AKME Poultry, Butter & Eggs Distributors Inc. on food safety concerns, the agency said in a news release. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160513/canada___health_autorities_close_poultry_plant_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Montreal-area poultry cutting and processing plant has temporarily lost its federal license pending "corrective actions" on its food safety regime. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140513/canada___poultry_plant_closed_for_health_violations_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Food Inspection Agency this week suspended the license to produce poultry products for Quebec-based AKME Poultry, Butter & Eggs Distributors Inc. on food safety concerns, the agency said in a news release. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140513/canada___poultry_processor_licence_pulled.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Pork Council views the commitment made by the Retail Council of Canada (RCC) on sow housing as an opportunity for productive dialogue between farmers and retailers. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020513/canada___the_canadian_pork_council_cannot_justify_delay_in_ending_sow_stalls_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT A researcher with the Prairie Swine Centre is encouraging pork producers to focus on the advantages offered by group housing as they consider moving away the use of gestation stalls. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160513/canada___the_disgrace_of_sow_stalls_on_pig_farms.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The season's first official forecast of U.S. and world crop supply and demand prospects was released Friday morning by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Typically, there are no changes in sown acreage from USDA's March Prospective Plantings report -- and this year was no different. The real interest is in the harvested area and yield forecasts used. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160513/canada___where_is_the_rabobank_grain_shortage_now.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Preliminary assessment was conducted to determine the risk of introduction of the novel H7N9 strain of avian influenza virus and exposure of animals to this virus in Canada. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130513/canada___getting_concerned_over_bird_flu.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The typical diet of a six month old infant has recently been challenged. Health Canada recommend that this age group should be offered meat, fish, poultry or meat alternatives two or more times a day on a daily basis, writes Peter Duggan from the Strategic Information Services of Bord Bia-Irish Food Board. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130513/canada___meat_is_vital_to_a_babys_diet.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The president and CEO of the Prairie Swine Centre says an economic analysis will shed light on the anticipated costs of complying with a proposed updated Canadian Pig Code of Practice, Bruce Cochrane writes. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130513/canada___new_pig_code_of_practice_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The National Farm Animal Care Council in partnership with industry stakeholders, the veterinary medical community, animal welfare organizations and government, is coordinating the revision of eight codes of practice, including the Pig Code of Practice. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070513/canada___sow_stalls_could_be_gone_in__weeks_so_why_delay__years_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Council of Professional Fish Harvesters (CCPFH) is realeasing another video from its Canadian fisheries series. This video showcases the CCPFH’s work. In keeping with the style of the previous videos it portrays its work through images of Canadian fish harvesters. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160513/canada___the_canadian_council_of_professional_fish_harvesters_ccpfh.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Cattlemen's Association has posted a video series on antimicrobial use and resistance on its website. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150513/canada___canadian_cattlemens_association_post_new_video.aspx meatingplace Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian government has put forward funding to find efficiencies and improve production in processing facilities in Saskatchewan. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170513/canada___funding_for_meat_processors.aspx 5mpublishing Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Canada's hog farmer group hopes a new pledge by eight major grocers to source pork from stall-free operations by the end of 2022 will include more than just moral support for farms to make such changes. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060513/canada___paying_lip_service_to_sow_stall_cruelty_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The chair of the Provincial Animal Care Committee for Manitoba says that, when it comes to the care and handling of farm animals that are raised for food, the general public is looking for assurances that farmers can be trusted to do the right thing, writes Bruce Cochrane. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150513/canada___farmers_way_behind_on_sow_stalls_and_gaged_hens.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Canada’s meat processing industry has applauded the Canadian Government’s decision that Meat Inspection Regulation 110 be repealed. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150513/canada___meat_industry_only_look_at_short_term_solutions.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Cattlemen's Association has posted a video series on antimicrobial use and resistance on its website. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150513/canada___the_canadian_cattlemens_association_rely_on_funding_from_drug_companies.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Maple Leaf Foods executives and Wall Street analysts knew that at least the first half of 2013 would be challenging, but the company’s worse-than-expected profit plunge in the first quarter has at least one investor worried about its future growth prospects. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/090513/canada___maple_leaf_need_changes_to_their_management_team_.aspx meatingplace Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Pork Council views the commitment made by the Retail Council of Canada (RCC) on sow housing as an opportunity for productive dialogue between farmers and retailers. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070513/canada___the_canadian_pork_council_cannot_justify_delay_in_ending_sow_stalls_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT A man who spied on a co-worker as she showered also masturbated on her underwear in a bizarre bid to impregnate her, a court heard last week. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080513/canada___the_frustrated_pig_farmer_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Rosselkhoznadzor, Russia's federal veterinary and phytosanitary service, said April 9 it had informed Dr Louise Carriere, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's director for international market access in Ottawa, of its decision. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290413/canada___kicking_an_own_goal_with_russia_and_growth_stimulator_ractopamine_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Canada’s major grocery chains say they will move toward buying pork products from farms that use more humane practices.This is of course nonsense when sow stalls could be removed in days not years. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/100513/canada___supermarkets_want_to_abuse_pigs_for__more_years.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has announced the appointment of Mike Pickard as a member of the Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC). http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030513/canada___farm_minister_appoints_a_poultry_specialist_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Lower earnings in the protein business outweighed improvements in the bakery business and led to a sharp loss during the first quarter at Maple Leaf Foods, Inc. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080513/canada___drop_in_earnings_at_maple_leaf.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Average values of farmland in Farm Credit Canada's cross-country review climbed 10 per cent during the second half of 2012, led by double-digit increases in Quebec, Manitoba and Ontario. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290413/canada____rise_in_farm_values_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Retail Council of Canada announced that all eight of the largest Canadian supermarket chains — Walmart Canada, Costco Canada, Metro, Loblaw, Safeway Canada, Federated Co-operatives, Sobeys and Co-op Atlantic — will move away from gestation crate confinement of pigs in their supply systems over the next nine years. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070513/canada___greedy_lazy_pig_farmers_shoot_themselves_in_the_foot_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Leave it to the Canadians to take a hot-button issue like gestation stalls for hogs and address it in the politest terms possible. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060513/canada___shame_on_the_canadian_pork_industry_.aspx meatingplace Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Slaughter rates are falling back in the US which may be due to closure of the Levinoff-Colbex packing plant in Canada which processed 2-2500 cows a week, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020513/canada___cattle_kill_back_.aspx 5mpublishing Sun, 05 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Hog producers in Canada are still losing money because of high feed prices, according to industry officials. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010513/canada___pig_farmers_losing_money_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Nova Scotia's government plans a "more robust" push to promote locally-produced foods by doubling its annual funding for the province's buy-local marketing initiative. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290413/canada___push_to_sell_more_local_food_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Favourable weather in southern Alberta, along with stronger fed cattle prices, were the main factors causing the feeder market to trade $2 to $4 per hundredweight (cwt) at most auction barns in Western Canada. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030513/canada___store_cattle_trade_very_firm_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were unstable trading steady to $4 per hundredweight (cwt) lower on average, following major U.S. markets lower. U.S. feeder cattle prices were generally down $5-$7/cwt, with spillover pressure from the broad-based commodity sell-off. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/290413/canada___the_store_cattle_trade_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Calgary Co-op is the latest food company casting a critical eye on the use of gestation stalls in the pork sector -- but the company is working with Alberta Pork before taking action. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030513/canada___lagging_behind_the_world_with_sow_stalls_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) recently hosted a meeting of North American pork industry leaders, finding several areas of common interest and concern. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030513/canada___pork_men_get_together_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association said this week it expects to submit a request to Health Canada to revive the process for approval of beef irradiation in Canada. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020513/canada___beef_irradiation_.aspx meatingplace Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Russia's plans to block meat imports from livestock raised on ractopamine will see its list of approved Canadian suppliers cut to 14 pork packing plants, four beef plants and one plant processing both. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/260413/canada___russian_meat_bans_caused_by_canadian_arrogance_and_drug_abuse_in_livestock_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Manitoba government in Canada has turned down a request for a pig stabilisation programme which would give producers access to loans to help cover critical operating costs until they are back in profit. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/230413/canada___no_more_government_help_for_pork_produces_.aspx Pig World Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT "An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System 2013", a report released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), shows the strong contribution of the agriculture and agri-food sector to Canada’s economy. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080413/canada___farming_a_big_boost_to_the_economy_.aspx 5mpublishing Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT The EU appears to be unwilling to offer preferential access to meat that has been processed in Canada, but has been taken from animals that spent part of their lives in the US. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/230413/canada___knocking_at_the_eu_door_for_a_beef_quota_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Genomics has fundamentally changed the dairy industry, and will eventually transform other livestock industries. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180413/canada___beef_improvement_opportunities_bio_.aspx 5mpublishing Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Western Canadian feeder cattle were $2 higher to $2 lower per hundredweight (cwt) on average last week. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/230413/canada____store_cattle_.aspx meatpoultry.com Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian hog industry is committed to the highest standards of quality, food safety, animal care and environmental sustainability. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160413/canada___drug_infected_pork_not_good_enough_for_russia_and_china_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT