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Saturday, May 23, 2020
US cattle slaughter continuously worsens
On-year declines in cattle slaughter increasingly worsened through April, with weekly cattle slaughter dropping by 17% to 35% for the week ending April 11 to the week ending May 2, respectively, Beef Magazine reported.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Two slaughterhouses in France hit by coronavirus
Two COVID-19 outbreaks in France were reported to have had emanated from two slaughterhouses in France-one in Fleury-les-Aubrais in the central Val de Loire region near the city of Orléans and the other in the northwestern region of Brittan ...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
More US pork exported to China, meat slaughter averages falling
Supplies of United States pork are being exported to China even as the United States is close to a meat supply crisis due to COVID-19, reported Reuters.
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Cargill beef plant slows down slaughter line due to COVID-19
Cargill's High River, Alberta, beef plant is the latest in a growing list of plants to either slow its slaughter line down or shut it down entirely due to COVID-19 risks.
Monday, April 6, 2020
Marfrig and Minerva Uruguay slaughterhouse operations disrupted over COVID-19 union dispute
A Uruguayan labour union has stopped Marfrig Global Foods and Minerva SA operations in Montevideo until April 8, 2020 over salary disputes and COVID-19 related measures to protect workers, reported Reuters citing local newspaper ValorEconôm ...
Monday, March 30, 2020
Canadian beef plant stops slaughter operations after positive COVID-19 case
Alberta-based Harmony beef closed cattle slaughter operations after one of its workers tested positive for COVID-19, reported Reuters.
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
US meat processors give pay hikes to farmers and slaughterhouse workers
Tyson Foods and Cargill said the pay hike compensates farmers and employees working around the clock to meet surging consumer demand for meat due to COVID-19, reported Reuters.
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
USDA will continue to staff slaughterhouses with inspectors during COVID-19 outbreak
US meat industry groups are concerned over possible shutdowns caused by COVID-19 will affect livestock prices and generate food supply fears, reported Reuters.
Friday, February 28, 2020
China Covid-19 update: Slaughterhouses clear broiler queues; feed additives shortages lift prices (Feb 25, 2020):
As the China government encouraged Chinese citizen to return to work and ordered local governments to ease traffic controls, inure-province logistics improved considerably and more factories and companies are opened. However, cross-province ...
Monday, November 18, 2019
US slaughters more swine to profit from high margins
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Tuesday, November 12, 2019
China approves six Argentina slaughterhouses and processing plants for beef imports
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Smithfield slaughterhouse shifts focus to Chinese pork demand, according to report
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Tuesday, November 5, 2019
China to shutter small slaughterhouses to better control ASF
China's agriculture ministry said on November 5 that it will reduce the number of small-scale slaughterhouses to better prevent and control African swine fever (ASF), Reuters reported.
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Drought forces Australia's farmers to slaughter cattle
Lack of water and feed has forced farmers to send close to 100,000 prime-genetic herds to the slaughterhouse as rising costs make farming prohibitive, reported ABC Australia.
Thursday, August 29, 2019
USDA to probe beef market after Tyson Foods slaughterhouse fire
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