Insights and Stories on Slaughter

Cargill to restart High River beef plant Monday

Apr. 29, 2020 at 7:56 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Cargill said Wednesday it will start to reopen its beef processing plant at High River, Alta. on Monday after the plant was forced to close down because hundreds of workers had become infected with the coronavirus. In a statement, Cargill said it would resume operations after […]

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on fears of tightening supplies

Apr. 27, 2020 at 7:42 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Pig farmers seek aid of $20 per hog against market crash

Apr. 23, 2020 at 12:24 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Feed weekly outlook: Slaughterhouse closures lead to adjustments

Apr. 21, 2020 at 6:23 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Hog futures firm

Apr. 21, 2020 at 5:06 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

CFIA funded to build up inspection corps against COVID-19

Apr. 18, 2020 at 1:46 am CDT

Ottawa — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is spending $20 million to hire, train and equip additional staff members to limit disruptions resulting from COVID-19. With meat packers and food processing plants considering extended hours as they adjust to taking extra measures to combat the pandemic, CFIA was in […]

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

Quebec pork plant to restart at reduced pace

Apr. 12, 2020 at 2:16 am CDT

Olymel plans to gradually bring a hog plant in Quebec’s Mauricie region out of a two-week shutdown starting Tuesday following a number of COVID-19 cases among its employees. The meat packing arm of Quebec-based Sollio Co-operative Group announced Saturday it will resume slaughter and cutting operations at Yamachiche, Que. starting […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures drop as pandemic roils markets

Apr. 6, 2020 at 5:41 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures plunged to their daily trading limit on Monday — with prices for the front-month contract hitting the lowest seen since December 2009 — as beef inventories remain robust with much of the U.S. restaurant industry shuttered due to the pandemic. April live […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Alberta’s provincial meat inspectors to train for federal duty

Apr. 2, 2020 at 7:57 am CDT

Provincial meat inspectors in Alberta could soon be seconded to federally inspected packing plants under a new work-sharing arrangement between the province and Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The federal and Alberta governments announced Wednesday they would partner to “increase food inspector capacity” in the province and thus “ensure the continuous […]

By GFM Staff