Pork producers are being encouraged to consider taking advantage of the current strong hog market by locking in prices on the futures market for a portion of their production. As the result of fears over the potential impact of Porcine ...
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Uncertainty surrounding total swine herd losses to porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has sent lean hog futures for spring and summer contracts to record-high levels, but it's possible the markets have overreacted, a Purdue Extension ...
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U.S. beef, pork and lamb exports all opened the new year on a positive note, although market conditions suggest 2014 could be a challenging year for U.S. red meat exports, according to statistics released by the USDA and compiled by the ...
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Soybeans were sharply lower on fund and commercial selling. Ending stocks were down on the month at 145 million bushels, but that was still larger than expected. Additionally, it looks like traders are more focused on planting and quarterly ...
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Germany-based Vion Zeven has unveiled plans to shut its pork slaughter and processing plant in Lingen, as the facility has been incurring higher losses in the recent past. In 2013, the slaughtering operations at the plant dropped by 30% ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published eight warning letters last week that were issued to food manufacturers and processors mainly in February. Reyskens Dairy in Custer, OH, and Ed Vander Woude Dairy in San Jacinto, CA, received ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published nine warning letters it issued to food manufacturers and processors at the end of January and the start of February. Orth Farms of Eaton, NY, B & E Dairy of Barstow, CA, and Hillegass ...
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California’s Central Valley Meat Co. has been indefinitely closed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for failing to meet cleanliness standards. “FSIS withdrew our inspectors and suspended operations due to insanitary ...
More than two weeks after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the initial recall of beef products processed by central California’s Rancho Feeding Corporation, several questions remain unanswered regarding both the ongoing ...
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Editor’s note: This article written by Christopher Peak originally appeared in the Point Reyes Light. Food Safety News does not endorse any individual food producer on cleanliness or safety. We also do not consider antibiotics or ...
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The U.S. livestock sector is slowly recovering from high feed prices and drought in the Southern Plains of the United States over the last few years. Improving returns have provided incentives for increased production in the livestock ...
Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. USDA’s outlook forum projects soybean planting at 79.5 million acres, less than what many private firms were expecting, so it looks like beans are trying to buy some acreage. ...
The Cattle Identification Rule(s) (Chapter 5C-31, Florida Administrative Code) has been published with an effective date of February 19, 2014. These rules are intended to improve our ability to respond to serious disease outbreaks and to ...
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I am betting your response to the headline was the same as when I read the news: HUH? The proposed Farm Bill has finally gathered the bicameral and bipartisan support of a conference committee. Food Safety News recently reported that ...
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USDA's February WASDE increased their forecast of slaughter steer prices in 2014 by $2.50/cwt. They now expect the 5 area average for slaughter steers this year will be between $132/cwt and $140/cwt. USDA is predicting 2014 beef production ...
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