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Cargill to reopen Guelph beef plant after coronavirus outbreak

By Aakriti Bhalla, Rod Nickel, GFM Network News December 23, 2020

Reuters – Cargill Inc plans to begin reopening its Guelph, Ont., beef processing plant next week on Dec. 29, days after it closed the facility due to an outbreak of COVID-19 infections among workers, the company said. Last week, Cargill voluntarily agreed to the temporarily closure as 82 workers tested positive for the virus and […] Read more

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Bayer cancels plans to sell U.S. crop product in 2020 over safety concerns

By Tom Polansek July 30, 2019

Chicago | Reuters – Bayer AG has scrapped plans for wide sales next year of a chemical that is intended to protect U.S. crops from yield-robbing worms, citing ongoing safety concerns. The decision is the latest setback for Germany-based Bayer following its acquisition of Monsanto for $63 billion in 2018. Bayer is separately battling thousands of lawsuits claiming Monsanto’s glyphosate-based […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Futures rally on choppy grains, hopes for Chinese buying spree

By P.j. Huffstutter July 23, 2019

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live hog futures rallied on Tuesday, as competition among packers for spot delivery grew and animal weights slipped after the recent U.S. heat wave, traders said. Live cattle futures also inched up, supported in part by choppy trading in U.S. grain futures and growing questions of whether […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

China culls 200,000 pigs due to African swine fever – official

By Dominique Patton October 19, 2018

China | Reuters – China, the world’s top pork producer, has culled 200,000 pigs so far following outbreaks of highly contagious African swine fever in the country, a Chinese animal health official said on Friday. While that represents only a tiny portion of the nearly 700 million pigs slaughtered in China each year for sale as pork, restrictions […] Read more

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[VIDEO] Chicken poo power as an alternative to coal?

By Reuters January 3, 2018

Israeli researchers have developed a way to mimic coal formation by heating wet chicken waste, potentially providing an alternative energy source to that fossil fuel and find a use for growing amounts of waste from poultry. – Amy Pollock reports for Reuters.

Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

VIDEO: Researchers aim to turn bird feathers into food

By Reuters October 25, 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters – Biotechnologists have identified and refined a micro-organism that can convert bird feathers and other forms of organic waste into food products and cosmetics, as Jim Drury reports.

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U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle gain from falling feed prices

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U.S. grains: Soybeans dive to biggest weekly loss in 6-1/2 years

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle gain from falling feed prices

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Cargill to reopen Guelph beef plant after coronavirus outbreak

Bayer cancels plans to sell U.S. crop product in 2020 over safety concerns

U.S. livestock: Futures rally on choppy grains, hopes for Chinese buying spree

China culls 200,000 pigs due to African swine fever – official

[VIDEO] Chicken poo power as an alternative to coal?

VIDEO: Researchers aim to turn bird feathers into food

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