Beef Industry News and Views
UTSUNOMIYA, Tochigi Pref. — Agura Bokujo, a cattle farm business with operations nationwide, has filed for bankruptcy protection, blaming the crisis at the leaking Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which it says prompted a rise in canceled contracts after radioactive elements were detected in beef, a company executive said Wednesday. The Tokyo District Court [...]
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While it may seem churlish to try to draw comparisons between intensive poultry and the production of suckled calves, the meticulous attention to every facet of management and performance that underpins David Speller’s broiler unit near Chesterfield must prove that there are lessons to be learned by the beef sector. Working with a system over which [...]
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Brazilian meat giant JBS S.A. has announced that BNDES (Brazilian Development Bank) converted a large amount of JBS debt into equity, boosting the bank’s shareholdings in the company to 30.4% from 17% previously. “This capitalization does not in any way alter the controlling structure nor the administration of the company” Investor Relations Officer Jeremiah O’Callaghan [...]
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The federal government is no longer inspecting provincial meat-processing plants in B.C., Saskatchewan and Manitoba, leaving the provincial government with the duty of conducting inspections on their behalf. Scott Brown, with the Saskatchewan Agriculture Ministry, says they provincial government is making contact with the slaughter and processing plants in Saskatchewan. Eventually they’ll all be consulted [...]
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TOKYO (Kyodo) — The Japanese government on Monday ordered the suspension of all shipments of beef cattle from Iwate Prefecture after a number of cattle raised there were found to be contaminated with radioactive cesium. Iwate is the third prefecture, after Fukushima and Miyagi also in northeastern Japan, to be ordered by the central government [...]
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Cargill Beef announced on Friday that it would soon be recycling some of the material that comes out of the plant to harness it for energy. The $36 million project is expected to generate approximately 50 per cent of the energy the facility currently uses. Scott Entz, General Manager for the High River plant, said [...]
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Eblex has brought out a new brochure highlighting beef cuts prepared using seam butchery techniques, which has the potential to increase butchers’ and farmshops’ profit margins by up to 8%. The cuts, which are taken from the thick flank, topside, rump, feather and chuck roll, have proved popular in the foodservice and retail sector and [...]
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BEEF producers who sell their meat directly to consumers can boost their profit margins by up to eight per cent by following the step-by-step instructions in a new guide, says EBLEX. The Simply Delicious New Cuts publication profiles a range of beef cuts which are already doing well in the food service sector and increasing [...]
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THE two problems facing beef producers in the coming decades have the same answer – greater efficiency. That the message from Duncan Pullar, research and development manager at the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB). He examined the likely impact of the global requirement to reduce the carbon footprint of the cattle business yet meet [...]
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A Miami meat company is recalling more than 6,000 pounds of frozen Honduran beef that may have been contaminated by animal drugs, according to information provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced on Wednesday that Northwestern Meat, Inc. was recalling cases of “C&D” brand boneless beef that [...]
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