Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) announced that it will transition from a “systems-based” approach to recognising foreign meat and poultry establishments to an “establishment or plant-based” registration system, according to a recent US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report. Under the new import protocol, US...
Production has stagnated due to limited land The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service post in Manila forecasts the Philippines 2025 beef and carabeef production at 184,000 MT CWE, up less than 1% compared to 2024, according to a recent US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report. In recent years...
The Canadian Meat Council (CMC) and the Canadian Pork Council (CPC) applauds the federal government for employing section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to mitigate the damage to industry this disruption to service would have caused, according to a press release from the councils. The move provided needed certainty to...
October lean hog futures end up Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live and feeder cattle futures ticked higher on Thursday on a spree of bargain buying as industry players believed cattle futures were oversold, Reuters reported, citing analysts. Live and feeder cattle futures had set multiple life-of-contract lows during the previous session...
October lean hog futures finish up Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) cattle futures were mostly stable on Friday on pre-weekend positioning following a technical-driven selloff this week, Reuters reported, citing traders. A weak cash cattle trade and uncertainty over the state of the US economy has added pressure on cattle...
Stoppage would halt US spring wheat shipments to west coast A looming stoppage of freight railway operations across Canada would disrupt North America’s agricultural supply chain, snarling shipments of everything from wheat to fertiliser and meat, reported Reuters. Unless last-minute labour agreements are reached, both Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific...
Lean hogs tick down following cattle’s slideChicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live and feeder cattle futures took a steep dive on technical selling on Tuesday, analysts said, while lean hogs ticked down following cattle’s slide, reported Reuters. CME most-active October live cattle closed down 3.425 cents at 175.600 cents per pound....
Australia is one of the world’s biggest agricultural exporters A rising number of Australian farmers are disgruntled with the government’s climate and agricultural policies, a survey showed on Wednesday, as measures to protect the environment draw farmers’ ire in Europe and some other places, reported Reuters. Australia is one of the world’s...
October hog futures end down Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live cattle futures bounced back on Monday after a slow previous week, while feeder cattle futures dipped on corn’s Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)climb, reported Reuters. CME most-active October live cattle closed up 0.725 cents at 179.025 cents per pound. Most-active...
France planning campaigns for bluetongue and epizootic haemorrhagic disease as well France will launch a second vaccination campaign against avian influenza among farm ducks in October after a successful inaugural programme last year, Reuters reported, citing Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau on Tuesday. The disease, commonly called bird flu, was detected on a...