Archive for February 5th, 2010
Livestock Outlook
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The livestock business is a challenging industry. Global demand for cattle and pork has been on the decrease for several years now – not only is red meat becoming a less popular dietary choice, but disease outbreak like Swine Flu and Mad Cow disease have had a very negative PR impact [...]
Grain Market Outlook
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Wondering what the future holds for grain producers? Here are some of the factors that will be influencing the markets this year:
Supply and Demand:
Market values are so inter-connected that each product ends up being influenced by other products on the market. [...]
Consumer Group Gives Canada’s Food Safety Regulations a D-
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Consumer groups and activists are calling for Canada to tighten up its food safety regulations and deal with underlying issues to its food safety infrastructure that is making its response to safety issues cumbersome and inefficient.
Food safety has been a hot-button issue since 2008’s Listeria outbreak killed 22 Canadians – most [...]
