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Markets and Economics Latest News
Friday, September 03, 2010
Zhongpin Completes Pork Plant Expansion in Anyang CHINA - Zhongpin Inc., China's leading meat and food processing company, yesterday announced that it has completed the five-month...
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Store Prices Hold Up Despite Poor Deadweight Trade NORTHERN IRELAND, UK - Since the start of June, Northern Irish (NI) beef finishers have been dismayed by the declining deadweight...
Brazil's Pork Exports Rise in Value Again BRAZIL - Pork exports in July and for the half-year are down in volume compared to the same period last year but value is...
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Lower US Cattle Supplies Could Boost Prices US - A positive outlook for the US beef industry is being forecast by Cattle Fax on the back of tightening domestic supplies...
International Egg and Poultry Review: Italy ITALY - This is a weekly report by the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), looking at international developments...
Stability in Canadian Swine Inventory CANADA - The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board reports, following an across the board decline in hog numbers since this...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
China Opens Doors to More Danish Crown Imports DENMARK - A new agreement between Denmark and China opens up for exports of processed foods such as sausages and tinned products...
Beef Production Down US - The US Commerce Department has lowered their estimate of the US gross domestic product. They now estimate the US economy...
Russia Relaxes Rules On Irish Beef IRELAND - Russian authorities have raised the age-limit above which slaughtered animals must be tested for BSE from 30 months...
Market Preview: Cutout Values Break More Records US - In this week's US Market Preview, published in National Hog Farmer's Weekly Preview, Steve Meyer, Ph.D. of...
Russia Approves Four More US Plants for Exports RUSSIA - Russia has lifted the ban on poultry imports from four more US plants.
EU Pig Prices: Inconsistent Trend for Quotations EU - The European slaughter pig market proves to be characterised by the trend being inconsistent this week.
More Cooked Turkey Deli Meat Enters Market US - The National Turkey Federation's latest survey shows stability in product distribution.
Friday, August 27, 2010
HK Scan Sees Drop in Sales FINLAND - Finnish meat processor HK Scan saw net sales drop to € 985.9 million in the second quarter of the year down from...
Korean Beef Imports Remain High KOREA - Korean beef imports maintained their momentum during July, jumping 21 per cent year-on-year, to 21,575 tonnes swt,...
Thursday, August 26, 2010
CME: What Determines Value of Market Animals? US - What determines the value of a market animal? We all know that the answer to that question could fill volumes, depending on...
RTC Weight Down Three Per Cent from Last Year US - The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports a three per cent drop in poultry ready-to-cook (RTC)...
Export Markets Double For UK Beef Producers UK - The number of export markets available to beef producers has more than doubled in the last week thanks to a dedicated...
Yurun Food Sees Sales and Profits Soar CHINA - China Yurun Food Group Limited, a vertically-integrated meat-product processor and supplier in China, recorded a...
EC Approves Weyl Beef Products Acquisition by VION NETHERLANDS - The European Commission has approved the acquisition by VION of some of the assets of beef producer Weyl Beef...

