A project funded by the Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) is helping to encourage Mexican meat processors to diversify their ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat meal offerings to include more U.S. poultry as a main ingredient. ISA – the ...
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The forecasts for total red meat and poultry production for both 2013 and 2014 are lowered from December. For 2013, beef production is raised, but pork, broiler, and turkey production are reduced. The forecast for 2014 is reduced as lower ...
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United States egg production totaled 7.97 billion during November 2013, up 2 percent from last year. Production included 6.95 billion table eggs, and 1.03 billion hatching eggs, of which 952 million were broiler-type and 74 million were ...
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HKScan, a Finnish manufacturer of meat foods and products, has opened its expanded Tabasalu facility, which will handle slaughter, cutting, deboning and processing of poultry meat operations for the Baltic region. Starting from 2014, the ...
The University of Georgia has been in the forefront of evaluating alternative lighting systems. In their study, comparisons were made among conventional incandescent bulbs, compact fluorescent lamps, cold cathode and LED bulbs in poultry ...
Two illegal workers have been jailed for documentation offences and two deported after the UK Border Agency (UKBA) arrested five immigration offenders in a raid at a Somerset egg production facility. The UK Border Agency arrested five ...
Cal-Maine Foods has booked a 39% drop in second-quarter earnings, as revenue growth failed to offset higher costs. The company said earnings dipped to US$14.3m in the quarter to 1 December, down from $23.3m in the comparable period of ...
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US egg firm Cal-Maine Foods' first-quarter net profits has more than tripled as sales climbed on higher average market prices for shell eggs. In the three months ended 1 September, earnings surged to US$9.4m from $3.1m last year, the firm ...
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The US government has again cut its forecast for corn yields as the impact of the worst drought in the country for 50 years becomes clearer. Washington said the US corn yield is set to be the lowest since 1995-96, sending futures to a ...
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US egg firm Cal-Maine Foods has struck a deal to buy the commercial egg business of poultry firm Pilgrim's Pride. Cal-Maine said today (18 July) the acquisition would include two production complexes that can house 1.4m laying hens. In ...
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US egg firm Cal-Maine Foods has signed a deal to acquire the egg production assets of Maxim Production Co. The assets included in the deal comprise a feed mill and two production complexes with capacity for around 3.5m laying hens with ...
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Cal-Maine Foods has completed the acquisition of commercial egg production and related assets of Maxim Production for an undisclosed amount. The assets purchased by Cal-Maine Foods include a feed mill and two production complexes with ...
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UK-based Endoline has installed a new 221 Case Erector at Oakland’s Farm Eggs, which fed boxes into the Moba CP 12 case packer though a conveyor system. The case erector features a dual opposing vacuum case opening ensuring each ...
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WHEAT:The 2012/13 U.S.wheat balance sheet is unchanged this month;however,small by-class adjustments are made to projected exports and stocks.Projected exports for Hard Red Winter wheat are lowered 25 million bushels with Hard Red Spring ...