The Iowa Pork Producers Association has teamed up with the Iowa Pork Industry Center and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach swine specialists to host regional conferences February 24-28. All sessions are hosted from 1 p.m. to ...
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For the last year, there's been some guarded optimism that the U.S. hog herd could be on its way to expansion. But, the sustained growth forecast in 2013 never really reached fruition by the year's end that industry-watchers saw coming. ...
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As the National Pork Board sets its course for 2015 through 2020, the organization's strategic planning task force was recently presented an analysis of top trends in the economic and food production environment that are most likely to ...
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The Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) will hold the 2014 Iowa Pork Congress on Jan. 22 and 23 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. The nation's largest winter swine tradeshow and conference will be held in Hy-Vee Hall with show ...
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Red Meat Production Down 4 Percent From Last Year Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.12 billion pounds in November, down 4 percent from the 4.31 billion pounds produced in November 2012. Beef production, at ...
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The Maschhoffs, a US-based pork producer, has entered into an agreement to acquire chicken provider GNP Company for an undisclosed amount. The deal will have no immediate impact on GNP company's chicken business or The Maschhoffs' pork ...
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A majority shareholder is pressuring Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD) to explore a breakup rather than go ahead with a planned USD 4.7 billion takeover by Chinese meat company. Activist investor Starboard Value LP said in a letter to the ...
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Last fall I flew halfway across the country to go grocery shopping with Everly Macario. We set out from her second-story apartment in Hyde Park near the University of Chicago and walked to the supermarket to buy a couple of?rib?steaks?that ...
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Russia meat producer Cherkizovo has booked an increase in full-year sales volumes in two of its divisions. In the 12 months to the end of December, sales volumes in its poultry unit climbed 23% to around 319,210 tonnes of slaughter ...
Russian meat processor Cherkizovo has reported a jump in first-half earnings as profits from each of its three businesses increased. Net income was up 56% to RUB2.95bn (US$94.4m) for the period to the end of June. Operating income ...
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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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Cranswick has applied for a second licence to supply British pork to the US market. Pork ribs have a higher price point in the US Last year the company secured United States Department of Agriculture(USDA)accreditation for its pork ...
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American agribusiness company Cargill is constructing a$250m integrated broiler poultry project in Chuzhou city,Anhui province,China,in an effort to strengthen its presence in the country. The integrated broiler facility,which is being ...
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 ...