Another cooked chicken product is subject to recall, the latest in a number of chicken-related recall warnings issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The most recent was a recall warning for Rosemount brand cooked diced chicken, which was issued Aug. 18. Reuven International Ltd. brand of Natural Proportion Cooked Chicken Meat and Sysco brand […] Read more
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Canola futures up; awaits harvest results
WINNIPEG, (MarketsFarm) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Futures canola contracts were higher on Tuesday, as bids lacked direction in choppy trading. One trader commented that lack has been common in the Chicago soy complex, European rapeseed and Malaysian palm oil as well. Another trader theorized Prairie farmers haven’t been selling their canola because the Canadian government […] Read more
Baby food, chicken face recall
Baby food potentially containing insect matter and cooked, diced chicken potentially contaminated with listeria are subject to recall, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reports. Heinz brand turkey stew baby food for babies eight months and older, in the 213 millilitre size, has been recalled following a consumer complaint of insects in the product. The food […] Read more
Plant-based meat alternatives crowd U.S. grocery stores
(Reuters) – Plant-based meat alternatives have seen booming interest from consumers, prompting a growing number of companies to enter the space in hopes of carving out a spot for their products in the competitive supermarket aisle. Consumers increasingly want to reduce their meat consumption amid growing concerns over health risks, animal welfare and environmental hazards. […] Read more
Trudeau says he will not back down in dispute with China
OTTAWA, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said he would not escalate a deepening trade and diplomatic dispute with China but added his government had no intention of backing down as it defended its interests. Trudeau, speaking to an audience in Montreal just days after Beijing warned Ottawa not to […] Read more
As trade war drags on, new Bunge CEO looks to avoid ‘stroke-of-the-pen’ risk
CHICAGO, (Reuters) – A year removed from a losing bet that the U.S.-China trade war would be promptly resolved, global grains trader Bunge Ltd is facing an even more uncertain business environment, with a new chief executive who is determined not to get burned again. Gregory Heckman, who joined Bunge’s board late last year and […] Read more
Farmer’s threat prompts USDA to pull staff from crop tour
HENRY COUNTY, Ill./CHICAGO, Aug 21 (Reuters) – The U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday it had pulled all staff from an annual crop tour after an employee was threatened, and three sources said the threat came over the phone from an angry farmer. Farmers have complained this month that a government crop report did not […] Read more
North-Central Indiana could face smaller corn yields
DE WITT COUNTY, Ill., (Reuters) – Corn farmers in north-central Indiana could be facing smaller corn yield potential this year, after extreme weather and heavy rains delayed plantings across wide swaths of the U.S. Midwest, scouts on an annual tour said Tuesday. Many of the soy fields surveyed in Indiana on the second day of […] Read more
Ag Canada increases wheat production forecast
Winnipeg – Canadian wheat production in 2019/20 is forecast to come in at 500,000 tonnes above an earlier forecast, according to updated supply/demand tables from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Aug. 21. Wheat ending stocks were also raised, while adjustments to the canola tables led a slight reduction to the still record-large carryout forecast. Total […] Read more
Canola futures up on mixed signals
WINNIPEG, (MarketsFarm) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Futures canola contracts were higher on Tuesday, as bids lacked direction in choppy trading. One trader commented that lack has been common in the Chicago soy complex, European rapeseed and Malaysian palm oil as well. Another trader theorized Prairie farmers haven’t been selling their canola because the Canadian government […] Read more
