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 Rabobank Global Cattle Price Index has risen by 6 percent since June, driven by lower-than-expected beef supply in the main exporting countries and strong Asian demand, according to a new report from the Rabobank Food & Agribusiness ...
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The annual Farmers and Ranchers Cow/Calf College "Partners in Progress – Beef Seminar" will be held at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center and Great Plains Veterinary Education Center near Clay Center Jan. 28. The college will ...
JBS USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brazilian meat processor JBS, has opened a ground beef production facility at the JBS beef processing plant in Tolleson, Arizona. The new facility, which began production last week, features a modern ...
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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 agribusiness firm Cargill has signed a US$14.1m deal to buy a ground beef plant north of downtown Fort Worth from AFA Foods. Cargill will purchase all working capital assets of AFA Foods, which filed for chapter 11 protection in April. ...
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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 ...
American agribusiness company Cargill is set to acquire ground beef processing plant in Texas,US,from AFA Foods for$14.1m,in a deal that will strengthen its existing beef business. The deal,which includes the purchase of all working ...
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The combine harvester, or simply combine, is a machine that harvests grain crops. The name derives from the fact that it combines three separate operations, reaping, threshing, and winnowing, into a single process. Among the crops harvested ...
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