…and uses similar processing technologies, technology mixes and coproduct streams. Additionally, both have shown dramatic improvements in their respective greenhouse gas (GHG) profiles over the past decade with further improvements…
NM Attorney Launches Probe of U.S. Beef Processors
…Mexico’s farming and ranching families. Representatives of the four largest meatpackers didn’t return calls from Meating Place Dot Com seeking comments. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Rabobank Finds Pork Export Market Projections Favorable
…meat scandal has had little, if any, impact on export volumes and related prices. The rise of pork concepts “Over the last decade, pork production systems have diversified in many…
NFU Calls on FTC to Oppose ChemChina Acquisition of Syngenta
…processing, meatpacking and agricultural production.” Johnson pointed to the Chinese meat processing company Shuanghui (now known as WH Group) purchase of Smithfield Foods in 2013. Just two years later, Smithfield’s…
Tight Fuel Ethanol Supplies in Brazil Boost U.S. Exports
…the country’s sugarcane refiners have shifted away from fuel ethanol and put most of their processing capacity toward sugar. Brazil has a mandate of 27 percent ethanol inclusion into gasoline,…
Trump Administration Commits to Continued Staunch Defense of U.S. Food and Beverage Manufacturers Using Common Food Names
…impact a variety of sectors, from dairy, wine and meat to horticulture and rice. The U.S. dairy organizations, CCFN, and wine and grocery industry groups all filed comments to USTR…
Brazil meat Companies Lost $1.5 Billion after Investigation
Meat companies in Brazil lost the U.S. equivalent of $1.52 billion after the nation’s federal police announced an investigation into a tainted meat scandal. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports an…
Cargill Exiting U.S. Cattle Feeding Business
…a subsidiary of the ethanol producer Green Plains Inc, will supply cattle to Cargill for processing through a multi-year agreement, according to the companies. By buying the feed yards, Green…
Farmers Share of the Food Dollar is Still Low
…like marketing, processing, wholesaling, transportation, and retailing. For example, for every pound of bacon purchased, the consumer spends $5.63 while the farmer earns 75 cents. Consumers will spend $3.99 for…
Red Meat Demand Remaining Strong
…spectrum, chicken stocks remain historically high. A Meating Place Dot Com article says total beef in cold storage dropped 38 million pounds in March, the biggest drop in March since…
Productivity Growth and the Revival of Russian Agriculture
…economy in the early 1990s but has rebounded strongly since the late 1990s. The production increase contributed to Russia reducing its large imports of meat and other livestock products and…
USDA to Study Antibiotics Use in Pork operations
The Department of Agriculture will begin a four-month study in May on how antimicrobials are used in U.S. swine operations. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports the agency’s National Animal Health…
Agri View: Pork Exports to China
…from the Chinese government. In one respect, it is a bonus for the American farmers. It may sound strange to us but the Chinese preference for meat is pork. Did…
USDA Announces $4.8 Million Available to Support Food Safety Outreach Program
…Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) food safety guidelines into a variety of agricultural production and processing systems, including conventional, sustainable and organic systems. New projects will focus on, but are not…