Rabobank International predicts it will become increasingly challenging for the Canadian Pork industry to maintain its export markets but there are still opportunities. A combination of factors, including the increasing value of the Canadian dollar and rising feed grain costs, have made it increasingly difficult for Canadian pork exporters to compete on the international market. Rabobank International executive director food and agribusiness research Fiona Boal predicts a slight reduction...

Roughly 250 of the state's 53,000 farms have enough cattle, swine, sheep, horses, turkeys or chickens to be classified as concentrated animal feeding operations. CAFOs, which detractors often call factory farms, have been accused of polluting waterways and creating foul odors, dust, gaseous emissions and other air pollution. But others would be happier if the state let the farms take the lead on controlling pollution. Environmentalists want tougher state oversight for Michigan's largest...

The 19th annual event will be held June 7-9 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds and will feature more than 1,000 swine industry exhibits, numerous educational seminars, several informational centers, a farm toy show and sale, breed shows and sales, lunch at the Big Grill on Thursday and Friday, World Pork Open Golf Tournament and World Pork Open Sporting Clay Tournament. The 19th annual event will be held June 7-9 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds and will feature more than 1,000 swine industry...

KANSAS CITY (Dow Jones)--This week's declines in beef and pork cutout values could be linked to high gasoline prices at the pump, in addition to increased pork production and seasonal weakness in beef, market analysts said Friday. Nelson said pork export demand was fading as beef slowly makes its way into some export markets lost in 2003 when the U. But beyond high gas prices taking a bite out of consumer pocketbooks, increased production, especially of pork, over the last few weeks has...

Mindanao swine industry A NEW player in the processing of fresh, frozen pork meat in South Cotabato is hoping to flex its procurement muscles to as far as Northern Mindanao, a top company executive said. Star Election 2007 Coverage View here the list of local winners Matutum Meat, which started its operation in Polomolok town about a month ago, is a fully Filipino-owned company with investments of around P200 million for its modern slaughterhouse and meat processing facilities. Star...

Smithfield Foods is living high on the hog, with improving meat sales leading the company to report soaring profit in its fourth quarter, but it needs to raise prices to keep up with escalating costs, especially for feed. Since President Bush highlighted the importance of ethanol and other alternative fuels in his January 2006 State of the Union address, the price for corn and other grains has skyrocketed, pushing up the cost of feed used by the poultry and meat industries. Smithfield...

To the editor: Through the 1970s, 80s, 90s the economic, banking, and government experts told American farmers that agriculture's financial future lay in raising crops for export. Canada has been very successful in exporting large quantities of just about everything they raise - we know about their cattle - however, the more Canadian farmers have exported, the lower their prices. conference was organized by a number of American and European agricultural and trade organizations, including...

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Maple Leaf Foods plans to shut down yet another of its pork processing plants as part of its restructure plan to exit the pig production and pork export business. Last year Maple Leaf, Canada s largest food processor, began to restructure its operations to move away from the unprofitable pig production and pork export business and focus on higher-end meat processing. The company also completed the previously announced closure of its primary pork processing operations in Saskatoon, which...