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Cattle on feed neutral? Today’s cattle on feed report was unusually close to the estimates prior to the report. Nothing in the reports calls for a sharply higher or sharply lower opening. Prior to the report, the average guess compiled by the Dow Jones Newswires for the total on Fed July 1 was 102% compared […]
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For decades, meat processors have weighed many of the same factors when deciding where to build or expand facilities: livestock supplies, labor availability, transportation access, energy costs and regulatory requirements. Water, while essential to daily operations, has often been treated as a dependable utility rather than a limiting resource. That assumption is beginning to...
The USDA announced it will begin a phased reopening of southern livestock ports next month, starting with the Douglas, Ariz., port of entry on Aug. 24, following what the agency said was progress by Mexico in controlling the spread of New World screwworm. USDA said the reopening is contingent on Mexico continuing to meet milestones […]
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An arbitration board upheld the dismissal of a maintenance worker at JBS Food Canada’s beef processing plant in Brooks, Alberta, finding the employee knowingly violated a critical fire safety procedure that led to a workplace fire. The incident occurred Nov. 27, 2022, when the employee was assigned fire watch duties after welding work. Company policy […]
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The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), representing 1.2 million workers across North America, has come out in favor of the Agricultural Worker Justice Act, proposed legislation that would link federal food procurement to workers’ pay and work safety conditions. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchases food for domestic food assistance pr...