Insights and Stories on Packing

McCormick brings French’s ketchup processing in-house

Mar. 29, 2021 at 8:36 pm CDT

The firm behind the French’s ketchup brand is bringing its bottling of the product to its own plant in southwestern Ontario. McCormick Canada, the Canadian arm of Baltimore-area condiment and spice maker McCormick and Co., on Monday announced it had completed a “multi-million dollar expansion” at its London, Ont. plant […]

Pork packer considering Moose Jaw’s ex-beef plant

Jun. 2, 2020 at 7:32 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: June cattle limit up on surging beef prices, meat shortages

May. 7, 2020 at 7:13 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Cargill to restart High River beef plant Monday

Apr. 29, 2020 at 7:56 pm CDT

By Reuters

CFIA funded to build up inspection corps against COVID-19

Apr. 18, 2020 at 1:46 am CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Beef cattle producers seek new set-aside plan

Apr. 15, 2020 at 10:12 pm CDT

Canada’s beef cattle producer groups and federal Conservatives want to see the revival of a BSE-era program to hold cattle back against the risk of further lost options for slaughter. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association on Monday hearkened back to its March 24 list of recommendations to the federal government for […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: June hogs, cattle plunge limit down

Apr. 13, 2020 at 8:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. livestock futures tumbled on Monday on worries about declining U.S. meat processing capacity after Smithfield Foods announced Sunday it would indefinitely shut one of its pork plants due to novel coronavirus infections among workers. The closure at Sioux Falls, S.D., affecting four to five per […]