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U.S. beef packer margins soar as cattle prices fall

May. 23, 2018 at 8:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. beef packers including Tyson Foods and Cargill are racking up historically high margins, thanks to slumping cattle prices amid a supply glut and as Americans turn to beef for their backyard summer barbecues. Supermarkets are stocking up on steaks, hot dogs and hamburgers for the […]

Hog prices steadying as barbecue season nears

May. 4, 2018 at 6:31 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Olymel plugs over $52M into poultry processing

Nov. 24, 2017 at 9:40 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

McDonald’s sets new welfare standards for chicken suppliers

Oct. 27, 2017 at 6:31 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Indian court suspends ban on beef cattle trade

May. 30, 2017 at 1:48 pm CDT

By Reuters

Cattle herd still shrinking in StatsCan estimates

Aug. 21, 2015 at 5:47 pm CDT

The size of Canada’s cattle herd is still in decline and almost a quarter smaller than its peak in 2005, Statistics Canada reports. The federal statistics agency on Thursday released estimates showing the herd at 13 million cattle on farms on July 1 this year, down 2.1 per cent from […]

By Staff

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