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The main players in the hog industry have agreed on a new pricing formula to define the price of animals sold to slaughterhouses. The Hog Marketing Agreement was made public Tuesday. It marks the culmination of a conciliation process led by former Charest government finance minister Raymond Bachand since August. Bachand presented the agreement earlier […]

A new Centre for Meat Innovation and Technology (CMIT) was officially launched today by Meat and Poultry Ontario to help Canadian processors collaborate, find and adopt new technology and innovation and make it easier for their employees to learn and advance their skills. “This centre will ultimately help both processors and meat and poultry producers,”

he interactive webinar series will cover local meat marketing.

An independent economic analysis of the return on investments by the pork sector into research credits that research for a three and a half percent increase in the sector’s productivity.

In a remote part of southeast Oregon, about the only oasis for a hundred-mile stretch of highway is the Oasis Cafe in Juntura. Travelers come in for hot coffee served in hulking styrofoam cups, and to gather near the wood stove.

Farmers and food researchers plan for more severe storms and higher temperatures.

According to the University of Minnesota Center for Farm Financial Management, the average daily feed cost per cow in 2021 was $7 in the upper Midwest; it was up to about $7.50 in 2022. Continually rising feed prices have tightened margins for dairy farms. In fact, over the last decade, total feed costs of a

As of April 1, the LPI-Fed settlement index will not include any cash prices that are outside +/- 5% of the average weekly mean. Previously, the LPI-Fed settlement index did not include any cash prices that were $4/CWT above or below the average weekly mean. Producers will continue to settle policies as usual. The data

Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures hit new all-time highs in the nearby contracts on Monday, as bidding wars continue to rally cash prices as more producers show interest in expanding their herds, traders said. The rally helped give a boost to the pork market, where CME April lean hogs ended up 0.125 cent at

Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation has announced over $10 million in conservation funding for Manitoba based conservation organizations. Manitoba’s Watershed Districts will receive up to $7.57 million, with an additional $2.79 million to support 19 projects delivered by conservation organizations and supported by endowments made by the Province of Manitoba.  Funding to support these projects comes