Insights and Stories on Meat Packing

Olymel to close Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu poultry, pork plant

Apr. 30, 2024 at 11:22 am CDT

Olymel's poultry and pork processing facility at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, will be shuttered this summer, the company announced earlier this month.

Food and beverage sales to fall in 2024; processor margins to improve

Apr. 12, 2024 at 11:32 am CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Beef cattle sector weighs in for federal food processing study

Feb. 28, 2021 at 12:28 am CST

By D.C. Fraser

U.S. livestock: Hogs mostly lower as packing-plant woes persist

Apr. 29, 2020 at 7:39 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Canada sees no beef shortage, but prices may rise due to coronavirus

Apr. 21, 2020 at 2:55 pm CDT

By Kelsey Johnson Rod Nickel

Olymel, Sollio to take up F. Menard pork, feed businesses

Jul. 10, 2019 at 9:14 am CDT

The meat packing and ag input retail arms of Quebec’s La Coop federee are about to take a much longer reach in their home province. The agrifood co-operative announced Tuesday its Olymel and Sollio Agriculture businesses have an agreement in place to buy the hog breeding, pork slaughter and packing, […]

By GFM Staff

Foreign worker break for seafood sector a ‘one-time’ deal

Mar. 17, 2016 at 5:07 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Canada’s move to loosen restrictions on hiring foreign workers for East Coast seafood plants was a one-time decision, and the government is not convinced other sectors need similar measures, the country’s employment minister said Thursday. The Liberal government eased restrictions under its foreign worker program recently […]

By Rod Nickel

Brazil’s JBS concludes acquisition of Cargill pork unit

Oct. 30, 2015 at 3:13 pm CDT

Sao Paulo / Reuters – Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA said on Friday it had concluded its $1.45 billion acquisition of Cargill Inc’s U.S. pork assets without any restrictions from regulators, a deal that makes it one of the largest meat companies in the United States. UPDATE: Cargill Illinois hog processing plant […]

By Reuters

Brazil’s JBS considering slew of acquisitions

Oct. 27, 2015 at 7:50 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– JBS SA, the world’s largest meat packer, is ready to take on a slew of acquisitions next year, chairman Joesley Batista said Tuesday. The Brazilian company controls assets in the U.S., Canada, Australia and other countries. Batista, speaking on the sidelines of a telecommunications industry […]