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Gene edited pig gets green light in America

By Robert Arnason May 12, 2025
Pork made from gene-edited pigs could soon be on supermarket shelves in Canada.

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Smithfield Foods says tariffs make China unviable market for its US pork

By Reuters, Savyata Mishra, Tom Polansek April 29, 2025
China, the world's biggest pork consumer, is no longer a viable market for top U.S. pork processor Smithfield Foods due to retaliatory tariffs by Beijing, company executives said on Tuesday.


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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock

U.S. livestock: Cattle lower amid broad selling pressure

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 21, 2025
Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were lower on Monday, retreating from early gains as the livestock markets found themselves caught up in the broad weakness triggered by threats from United States President Donald Trump to remove Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.

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China Q1 pork output rises 1.2 per cent year-over-year, oversupply pressures persist

By Reuters April 16, 2025
China's pork output rose 1.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 from a year earlier to 16.02 million metric tons, helped by a rise in breeding sows last year, pre-holiday slaughter and heavier hog weights.


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Next government must help Canadian pork sector through Chinese tariffs says meat council

Council says government should avoid scenarios that make sectors like agriculture collateral damage

By Jonah Grignon April 15, 2025
Federal parties must recognize the losses Canada’s pork sector will face from Chinese tariffs, says Chris White, president and CEO of the Canadian Meat Council (CMC).

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Canadian Meat Council calls for federal support for pork processors, producers

Some packers are projecting losses of over $100 million this year in face of Chinese tariffs, council says

By Geralyn Wichers April 14, 2025
The Canadian Meat Council says pork processors and farmers need targeted support from the federal government to maintain the viability of packers and to not lose jobs.


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Tariff uncertainty reminiscent of COVID era says Iowa pork producer

U.S. hog group lobbied the Canadian government for exemption from counter-tariffs

By Geralyn Wichers April 11, 2025
An Iowa pork producer says the ebb and flow of tariffs has introduced major uncertainty into his sector. “The goal posts keep getting moved,” said Aaron Juergens.

Canadian farm groups speak out on tariffs
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China expands access for Spanish pork as trade tensions with US mount

By Reuters April 11, 2025
China has signed two agricultural trade protocols with Spain covering pork and cherries as the world's second largest economy acts to bolster ties with the European Union amid an escalating trade war between Beijing and the U.S.


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U.S. livestock: Losses for cattle, upswing in hog prices

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 10, 2025
Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange  were lower on Thursday, while those for lean hogs were higher. The June live cattle contract retreated 3.175 cents at 195.200 cents per pound. May feeder cattle futures dropped 2.900 cents at 275.300 cents per pound. The USDA reported wholesale boxed beef prices were lower […] Read more

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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How are U.S. tariffs affecting American agricultural trade so far?

“Irreplaceable” market China has already decreased reliance on American soy, corn

By Geralyn Wichers, Reuters April 9, 2025
New deals could be struck with over tariffs “perhaps even by the end of the week,” U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told Fox News on Tuesday as the country’s self-made trade war threatened markets for American farm goods.


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