Insights and Stories on JBS

JBS to help fund home purchases for Brooks staff

Mar. 3, 2022 at 6:55 pm CST

One of the biggest beef packers operating in Canada is pledging $1.7 million for a one-year pilot program to help employees buy or upgrade homes. JBS Foods Canada, which operates Brazilian meat packer JBS’s plant at Brooks, Alta., on Tuesday announced the launch of what it calls the “Homebuyer Dream […]

JBS reaches ‘icebreaker’ settlement of beef price-fixing claims

Feb. 2, 2022 at 9:49 pm CST

By jonathan-stempel

Biden unveils plan to boost competition in U.S. meat industry

Jan. 3, 2022 at 7:18 pm CST

By Leah Douglas

Spy agency sees ransomware attacks soaring

Dec. 6, 2021 at 4:28 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures up on slaughter speed plan

Nov. 10, 2021 at 6:20 pm CST

By Reuters

Brazil’s JBS bought 301,000 cattle from ‘irregular’ farms in Amazon, audit finds

Oct. 7, 2021 at 4:12 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Nearly a third of the cattle bought by JBS SA in the Brazilian Amazon state of Para came from ranches with “irregularities” such as illegal deforestation, prosecutors found in a 2020 audit of the world’s largest meatpacker released on Thursday. In a presentation, federal prosecutors […]

By Ana Mano

U.S. livestock: Nearby hogs up in rebound off six-month low

Sep. 15, 2021 at 7:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended higher in nearby contract months on Wednesday, as the market rebounded from a drop to its lowest prices in more than six months. Most-active December hogs recovered after dropping 12.5 per cent since the start of the month on […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit six-month lows

Sep. 14, 2021 at 5:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures dropped to their lowest prices in more than six months on Tuesday, while cattle futures recovered a day after hitting June lows on concerns about a fire at a major Nebraska beef plant. The hog market extended recent losses under […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle drop as fire closes JBS plant

Sep. 13, 2021 at 6:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell to their lowest prices since June on Monday on concerns that U.S. ranchers could temporarily lose a place to deliver their livestock for slaughter after a fire damaged a JBS USA beef plant. JBS, owned by Brazilian firm JBS SA, […]

By Tom Polansek

JBS plans to reopen Nebraska beef plant damaged in fire

Sep. 13, 2021 at 6:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — JBS USA on Monday halted production at a Nebraska beef plant that slaughters about five per cent of U.S. cattle due to a fire, but said the company expects to resume operations on Tuesday. The temporary closure highlighted concerns among lawmakers and ranchers that the U.S. […]

By Tom Polansek