Insights and Stories on Processors

Britain facing mass cull of pigs due to butcher shortage

Sep. 30, 2021 at 9:54 am CDT

London | Reuters — Britain’s farming industry has warned that hundreds of thousands of pigs may have to be culled within weeks unless the government issues visas to allow more butchers into the country. An acute shortage of butchers and slaughterers in the meat processing industry has been exacerbated by […]

Industry-led code of conduct for food retailers on horizon

Jul. 19, 2021 at 3:33 am CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit.

U.S. requests CUSMA dispute panel on Canadian dairy quotas

May. 25, 2021 at 7:33 pm CDT

By David Lawder

U.S. livestock: Live cattle end week lower

Feb. 19, 2021 at 7:10 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

CFA seeks continued ag support in next federal budget

Feb. 12, 2021 at 4:23 am CST

By D.C. Fraser

India offers to suspend farm reforms

Jan. 20, 2021 at 7:51 pm CST

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s government on Wednesday offered to suspend implementation of three new farm laws that have triggered the biggest farmers’ protests in years, which farm union leaders said they would now consider calling off. The cornerstone of the reform, introduced in September, allows private buyers to […]

By Mayank Bhardwaj

U.S. grains: Bullish crush data sparks rally in soybeans

Dec. 15, 2020 at 7:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rallied on Tuesday, supported by a report showing processors were busier than expected during November, adding further pressure to a tight supply base, traders said. The strength in soybeans pulled corn higher, which closed in positive territory after trading lower for much of […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. throws down CUSMA challenge on Canada’s dairy import limits

Dec. 9, 2020 at 4:50 pm CST

Five months and counting since the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement came into force, the U.S. government has launched a CUSMA challenge of how Canada applies tariff exemptions on dairy imports. U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer said Wednesday he has served Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng with written notice that the U.S. […]

By Dave Bedard

October crush numbers up, canola record set

Nov. 24, 2020 at 6:26 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canadian oilseed processors crushed a record amount of canola during October 2020, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada. Increases were reported throughout the canola and soybean crushes when comparing this October with October 2019. October 2020 saw 931,060 tonnes of canola crushed, which bested the previous […]

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. meatpackers try air cleaning tech after COVID-19 outbreaks

Jul. 18, 2020 at 3:51 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Two of the world’s largest meatpackers said on Friday they have installed ultraviolet air cleaning equipment in some U.S. plants, as pressure mounts on food companies to protect workers amid growing concerns about airborne transmission of the coronavirus. JBS USA, owned by Brazil’s JBS SA and […]

By Tom Polansek

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