Feedstuffs back issues from April 2001:
Industry 'stuns' critics with hen welfare guidelines.(egg industry standards)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... ST. PAUL, MINN. -- The U.S. commercial egg industry "has stunned" its critics and "is on the winning side" because it took initiative to develop high-standard layer welfare guidelines and is prioritizing research to discover alternatives to fast-induced molts and other welfare issues, ...
Experimental molt rations pass tests.(egg industry molting experiment)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001; ... ST. PAUL, MINN. -- Illinois research found hens fed a corn- or wheat-based molt ration, especially the wheat-based ration, performed, in the post-molt stage, equally or superior to hens that were molted by fasting practices typical to the commercial egg industry, according to Dr. Ken ...
'Numbers' going in right direction for egg producers.(Canadian strategy for marketing eggs)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... TUCSON, ARIZ. -- The "numbers" are going in the right direction in Canada as more and more consumers are eating eggs and, in fact, are eating eggs anytime, Mike Westendorp, director for marketing at the Ontario Egg Board, told a marketing seminar at the annual meeting of the International ...
Mineral proteinates may have positive effect on shell quality.(research results)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001; ... Eggshell quality has always been a problem in the layer industry, according to Dr. Sheila E. Scheideler, professor and extension poultry specialist in the department of animal science at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and N. Ceylan, associate professor of poultry nutrition at the ...
Without AGPs, other NE controls need to be considered.(antibiotic growth promoters, necrotic enteritis in poultry)
Apr 02, 2001; ... One of the most outstanding poultry science symposiums is sponsored by the Poultry Research Foundation of the University of Sydney and the Australian Branch of the World's Poultry Science Assn. The most recent meeting was held in February. The Australian Poultry Science Symposium has a ...
Fecal contamination minimized by feed withdrawal.(in poultry)
Apr 02, 2001; ... ABSTRACT Poultry producers strive to minimize economic losses while producing a safe product by reducing fecal contamination. A complete intervention program begins prior to hatch and ends with proper cooking and handling of the product by the consumer. A standard ...
NGFA.(National Grain and Feed Association re-elects Paul L. Krug Jr.)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001 ... NEW ORLEANS, LA. -- The National Grain & Feed Assn. (NGFA) re-elected Paul L. Krug Jr., president of ADM Investor Services Inc., as its chairman during its 105th annual convention here. Reelected as NGFA's first ...
MPF officers.(Midwest Poultry Federation)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001 ... ST. PAUL, MINN. -- Jan Schock of Jennie-O Foods Turkey Store has been elected president of the Midwest Poultry Federation (MPF) for its 2001-02 year. Schock, from Barron, Wis., represents the Wisconsin Hatcheries Assn. on the MPF board of directors. Also elected to offices were ...
MTGA officers.(Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, Minnesota Turkey Research and Promotion Council)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001 ... ST. PAUL, MINN. -- Paul Hanowski, general manager of Gessell Turkey Farms near Swanville, Minn., has been elected president of the Minnesota Turkey Growers Assn. (MTGA) and Minnesota Turkey Research & Promotion Council (MTRPC). Hanowski joined Gessell Turkey Farms in 1990 and ...
Monsanto wins herbicide-resistant case against DuPont.(E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... A judge in St. Louis, Mo., ruled recently that a license held by DuPont to sell soybean and canola seeds with resistance to a herbicide manufactured by Monsanto Co. was terminated by the merger between E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co. and Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. in 1999. ...
In feed prevention method remains best for ileitis control.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001 ... NASHVILLE, TENN. -- A new study found pigs receiving a tylosin premix for prevention and control of ileitis continued to build natural defenses against future infections without sacrificing performance goals, such as average daily gain, and had fewer lightweight pigs. The study, ...
Penn nominated USDA undersecretary.(J.B. Penn, United States Department of Agriculture)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Four nominations for top posts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture were announced recently by the White House. Feedstuffs Washington Bureau J.B. Penn, a nationally prominent agricultural economist who is senior vice president of Sparks Companies ...
Outback reports earnings increase.(Outback Steakhouse Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001 ... TAMPA. FLA. -- Outback Steakhouse Inc. has reported an increase in earnings and sales for its fourth 2000 quarter and full year but did not comment on its performance in its news release. For its quarter ended Dec. 31, 2000, Outback reported net earnings of $31.7 million, or 41 ...
Suiza confident in growth projections.(Suiza Foods Corp. earnings)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001 ... DALLAS, TEXAS -- Suiza Foods Corp. has reported increased earnings and sales for its fourth 2000 quarter and full year, calling 2000 "a tremendous year" for the company and saying that it's "very confident" in its ability to grow earnings per share 10-12% this year "despite predictions" ...
Alpharma cites Roche, other acquisitions in results.(financial results)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001 ... FORT LEE, N.J. -- Alpharma Inc. has reported increased earnings and sales for its fourth 2000 quarter and full year, attributing its performance to acquisitions, especially the Roche Medicate Feed Additives business, and to its "diversity and global strategy." For its quarter ...
Study finds more U.S. households own pets.(United States)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A recent study sponsored by the Pet Food Institute (PFI) confirmed that the number of pet dogs and cats in the U.S. has reached an all-time high. In 2000, a majority of U.S. households, approximately 55%, had at least one pet dog or cat, with many providing ...
Nutro creates large-breed dog food line.(Nutro Products Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001 ... CITY OF INDUSTRY, CAL. -- Responding to concerns expressed by many owners of large-breed dogs, Nutro Products Inc. has announced it has created an entire family of foods formulated to meet the nutritional needs of large breeds. At the same time, Nutro introduced a new product ...
ITC finds wheat gluten imports a continued threat.(International Trade Commission )(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001 ... The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) said March 21 it had unanimously determined that the import relief provided to the wheat gluten industry in 1998 continues to be necessary to prevent or remedy serious injury and that the U.S. wheat gluten industry is making a positive ...
Tyson walks away from deal with IBP.(Tyson Foods Inc. and Smithfield Foods Inc. possible acquisitions of IBP Inc.)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... Tyson Foods Inc. -- suddenly and with little explanation -- canceled its planned acquisition of IBP inc. last week, catching not only IBP unprepared but also much of the financial/investment sector. Company chair and chief executive officer John Tyson, in a statement that was ...
European meats blocked from most of the world's markets.(effort to prevent foot-and-mouth disease)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... Meat exports from the European Union were banned from most of the world's markets last week, after Russia followed Japan's ban on imports of EU pork and beef products to protect against foot and mouth disease (FMD) and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Statistics released ...
Foster Farms calls acquisition 'ideal' for company, consumers.(Foster Farms to acquire Zacky Farms operations)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... The already consolidated U.S. chicken industry consolidated even more last week as Foster Farms, the 10th-largest chicken producer in the U.S. and the largest producer in the western U.S., reported that the company has negotiated definitive terms to acquire the chicken growing operations ...
Western states adopt tougher FMD measures.(foot-and-mouth disease prevention)
Apr 02, 2001; ... WASHINGTON, D.C.--In a rare joint meeting in Washington, D.C., last week, federal and state animal disease control experts worked to coordinate tightened U.S. measures to prevent foot and mouth disease (FMD), the disease devastating livestock in the U.K. and Europe. The March 29 ...
Skepticism on Bush's free trade stance precedes FTAA talks.(George W. Bush, Free Trade Areas of the Americas)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001; ... A series of disputes with the U.S. is starting to make the Canadian government a mite testy about the true U.S. commitment to free trade, just three weeks before U.S. President George Bush travels to Quebec City, Que. for his debut on the world stage. Brazil's government is also ...
Developing countries hold WTO veto.(renegotiation of existing pacts is sought)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... Developing countries' efforts to renegotiate World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements signed at the end of the Uruguay Round are stymied, raising prospects that these countries singularly or collectively could block any move toward a new trade round, which is expected out of the WTO ...
INSIDE WASHINGTON.(Environmental Protection Agency's proposed Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations rule)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Last week, after the first six public listening sessions on its proposed Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) rule, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) added another 75 days for public comments, moving the comment deadline from May 14 to July 30. ...
Currency weakness triggers Australian grain price spikes, marketing options.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001; ... CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA -- Australian wheat growers have the opportunity to lock in some of the best cash prices of the past five years on the back of the tumbling Australian dollar. Last week, sharp rallies in U.S. futures, coupled with the currency plunge, dragged cash values to ...
Australia looks to increase beef exports.(European Union has beef excess)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001; ... CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA -- Australia's hopes of using the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic and foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks to export more beef into the Europe Union have been dashed by the European Commission and a drop in European beef consumption. ...
WTO negotiators set work schedule.(World Trade Organization)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... Negotiators from the 140 countries rewriting agricultural trade rules agreed last Tuesday that they would take another year to narrow differences before trying to conclude a new World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on agriculture. There is no agreed deadline for the long ...
Family farmers protest 'stolen' pork checkoff vote.(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... Family farmers -- and those who claim to represent them -- turned into family protestors and vandals last week. More than 300 family farmer hog producers and others, identified as "community leaders," blew whistles and chanted outside the home of Agriculture Secretary Ann ...
PSF takes FMD precautions.(Premium Standard Farms Inc. prevention of foot-and-mouth disease)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001 ... KANSAS CITY, MO. -- Premium Standard Farms (PSF) announced March 26 that it is taking precautions to prevent the introduction of foot and mouth disease (FMD) into its pork production operations. Effective immediately, the company said, public access to its property and ...
BNSF cites fuel costs in reduced income.(Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. financial results)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001 ... FT. WORTH, TEXAS -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) reported decreased 2000 fourth quarter net operating income, 6% below its 1999 fourth quarter, due primarily to a $75 million increase in fuel costs. For its quarter ended Dec. 31, 2000, BNSF reported a net income of $255 ...
Canadian Pacific reports record income.(financial results for Canadian Pacific Railway Co.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001 ... CALGARY, ALB. -- Canadian Pacific Railway Co. (CPR) reported record operating income for its 2000 year, an 11% increase over 1999, excluding last year's unusual charge, although revenues for its fourth 2000 quarter were down. For its fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2000, CPR ...
Smithfield doubles share buyback program.(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001 ... SMITHFIELD, VA. -- The board of directors of Smithfield Foods Inc. has authorized an increase in the company's share buyback program from 4 ...
Terra reports improved income.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001 ... SIOUX CITY, IOWA -- Terra Industries Inc. reported a positive net income in its fourth 2000 quarter, an improvement it attributed mainly to higher nitrogen product and methanol prices, which were partially offset by higher natural gas costs. For its quarter ended Dec. 31, 2000, ...
Growmark, TFC to study potential merger.(Growmark Inc. and Tennessee Farmers Cooperative consider merger)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... Growmark Inc. and Tennessee Farmers Cooperative (TFC) announced last week that their boards of directors approved a study that will examine the potential combination of the two regional agricultural cooperatives. Growmark chief executive officer Bill Davisson and TFC president ...
SureBeam building Chicago plant.(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... SureBeam Corp. has started to build an electronic pasteurization service center in Chicago, Ill., that will have an annual capacity to irradiate 250 million pounds of meat, poultry and other food products, according to an announcement. Construction should be completed in the ...
FTC nominee more open to mergers.(Timothy Muris)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... President George Bush has nominated George Mason University law professor Timothy Muris to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to the seat currently held by FTC chair Robert Pitofsky, which expires in September. Muris' confirmation will give the majority of the five FTC board ...
STOCK SUMMARY.(agricultural industry)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001 ... <Pre>STOCK SUMMARY ThisLast WeekWeek YearMar. 28 Mar. 21 Ago Nelson Stock Indexe Agribusiness 74.876.1 67.3 Baking82.283.8 71.0 Fertilizer...
U.S. DOLLAR EQUIVALENCIES, MARCH 28.(exchange rates)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001 ... <Pre> U.S. DOLLAR EQUIVALENCIES, MARCH 28 Argentine peso 1.00020 Brazilian real 0.46993 British pound 1.43640 Canadian ...
Dairy.com opens commodities exchange.(employee appointments)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001; ... After a successful launch of its e-market pilot in January, Dairy.com, an internet exchange serving the dairy industry, announced March 27 it had officially launched and opened up the exchange, as well as other tools, to the entire dairy industry. The company said 100 plants ...
By-Products.com opens trading exchange.(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... By-Products.com opened its online trading exchange earlier this month on a limited basis and opened up the exchange to all industry participants March 27. Early participants in the limited rollout, which in its first week saw 7,000 tons of tallow, grease, fat and various animal ...
Merial opens new headquarters.(Merial Ltd.)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001 ... DULUTH, GA. -- Merial has opened its new North American headquarters in Duluth, just north of Atlanta, Ga., in a consolidation of the company's five major offices into one centralized location in northern Georgia, according to an announcement. All staff will be relocated by the end of ...
Dombeck steps down at U.S. Forest Service.(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001 ... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Chief of the U.S. Forest Service Mike Dombeck retired March 31, clearing the way for the Bush Administration to name a new chief. Dombeck, 52, became the 14th chief in 1997, being named to the post from the ...
The time is now to move forward on antibiotics.(Animal Health Institute)
Apr 02, 2001; ... We are in the midst of a sea of change in the debate over the use of antibiotics in livestock production. For years, the drug industry has suggested that the amount of antimicrobials used in agriculture was minor compared to human medical use. However, since January, when we ...
Producers play key role in animal disease prevention.(cattle producers)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... Europe's most famous animal disease is back in the news lately. From the pages of USA Today to network news programs, the press is putting bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as "mad cow disease," on the public radar screen. A recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease ...
tecTERRA fund invests in biotech ventures.(StaufferSeeds Inc., Iowa Agricultural Finance Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001 ... DES MOINES, IOWA -- Iowa Agricultural Finance Corp. (IAFC) has announced an investment of $3 million by the tecTERRA Food Capital Fund in StaufferSeeds Inc. and its ValuePlus line of identity preserved seed corn to produce recombinant proteins. According to Cybus Capital, the ...
Rica cites slowing Costa Rican economy.(Rica Foods Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001 ... MIAMI, FLA. -- Rica Foods Inc., the holding organization for large poultry producers in Costa Rica, has reported decreased earnings for its first fiscal 2001 period, citing the adverse consequences of the slowing Costa Rican economy. For its quarter ended Dec. 31, 2000, Rica ...
Aventis credits synergies in first-year results.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001 ... STRASBOURG, FRANCE -- Aventis has reported improved results for its first full year, crediting the benefits of.synergies of scale in the merger of Hoechst AG and Rhone-Poulenc in 1999 to establish the company. For its year ended Dec. 31, 2000, Aventis reported a loss of ...
Maple Leaf bringing new pork plant to capacity.(Maple Leaf Foods Inc. fourth quarter sales statistics)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001 ... TORONTO, ONT. -- Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has reported decline in earnings for its fourth quarter and full year in 2000 on increased sales, citing operating start-up costs at its new pork plant in Brandon, Man., for the decline in earnings and pork sales from the facility for its sales ...
AFIA, AAPA to merge.(American Alfalfa Processors Association and American Feed Industry Association)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001 ... ARLINGTON, VA. -- The boards of the American Alfalfa Processors Assn. (AAPA) and the American Feed Industry Assn. (AFIA) have finalized a merger between the organizations, with the processors becoming an AFIA council. The merger takes effect May 1. Chartered in ...
BSE may not go away anytime soon.(bovine spongiform encephalopathy )(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... NEW ORLEANS, LA. -- In a review of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) at the National Grain & Feed Assn. annual meeting in New Orleans, March 15, Dr. Lester Crawford, director of the Center for Food & Nutrition Policy at Georgetown University, said he does not believe Britain will be ...
Red Oak reports capitalization needed.(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001 ... RED OAK, IOWA -- Red Oak Hereford Farms Inc. has reported a disruption in its business affairs, explaining that a number of people who have pledged to invest in the company "have not been able to do so." Accordingly, the company is not sufficiently capitalized at this time, and ...
Agriculture and Modern Technology: A defense.(book by Thomas R. DeGregori)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001 ... Agriculture and Modern Technology: A defense, by Thomas R. DeGregori. Iowa State University Press, 2121 S. State St., Ames, Iowa, 50014-8300. 320 pages. $54.95. June 2001 publication date. In this book, DeGregori ...
George Swan.(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Apr 02, 2001 ... ROGERSON, IDAHO -- George Swan, a beef industry leader and past president of the National Cattlemen's Beef Assn. (NCBA), died March 22 after a brief illness. Swan was president of Swan Land & Livestock Co., a family business with cow/calf and registered Quarter horse operations ...
KSU to lead pest control consortium.(Kansas State University )(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001 ... MANHAITAN, KAN. -- Managers at bulk grain storage facilities have used chemical pesticides and fumigants to keep insect populations in check, but, as mandated by the Food Quality Protection Act, some of the major chemicals are being withdrawn from use. Finding alternatives to ...
Bunge acquires elevator in Arkansas.(from Farmers Soybean Corp.)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001 ... WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Bunge Corp. has acquired a grain elevator at Barfield Landing, Ark., from Farmers Soybean Corp. of Blytheville, Ark. The concrete elevator, which has a nominal storage capacity of approximately 400,000 bu., will be used to handle feed grains and soybeans as ...
GCA sharply rejects GRDC merger talk.(Grains Council of Australia, Grains Research and Development Corp.)(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA -- Talk of combining the grain industry's research and political agendas under one banner has met with stark opposition from its grower representative. Grains Council of Australia (GCA) has reacted sharply against suggestions that the grower lobby group could ...
Echberg to merge with Datamix.(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001 ... COWANSVILLE, QUE. -- Echberg Equipment Inc. has announced that it has merged with Datamix North America Ltd., effective Jan. 1. The new combined company retains the name Echberg Equipment Inc. and will continue to operate from the existing office and warehouse in Cowansville. ...
Drop in corn acres greater than expected, may fall below soybeans.(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001; ... The number of acres planted to soybeans could exceed corn this year for only the second time in history if the U.S. Department of Agriculture's planting intention numbers are realized. USDA estimated, from its producer survey, that 76.7 million acres corn, and the same number ...
Cattle, hog prices show caution; chicken numbers down, holding.(meat and dairy industries statistics)(Statistical Data Included)
Apr 02, 2001; ... News note: For better or for worse, mandatory price reporting starts this week. A list of every report with codes linking to them is available from the following internet address: www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/mpr/MPRreport.htm. The beef cattle markets were unchanged last week, and ...
Monsanto, Aventis settle lawsuits.(Brief Article)
Apr 02, 2001; ... Monsanto Co. and Aventis CropScience announced several agreements last week that settle two pending lawsuits and avoid patent roadblocks to the development and commercialization of certain cotton varieties. Alain Godard, president and chief executive officer of Aventis, said the ...
FMD fears cause postponement of Victam show.
Apr 09, 2001 ... The forthcoming Victam Europe 2001 show that was due to be held in Utrecht, the Netherlands, from April 24 to 26 has been postponed. The board of Victam said the decision to postpone the event was made because of the current outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Europe ....
Oyster farms awarded damages in lawsuit.
Apr 09, 2001; ... Two oyster growers have been awarded $48 million in damages by a Louisiana jury against the state of Louisiana in a suit filed following a wetlands project started in 1991. The farmers alleged more than 3,000 acres of their oyster beds in Breton Sound were destroyed by ...
Sanderson Farms expects supply balance this year.
Apr 09, 2001 ... LAUREL, MISS. -- Sanderson Farms Inc. has reported earnings for its first fiscal 2001 period versus a loss the year before, attributing its performance to an improved product mix and increased poultry pounds sold. For its quarter ended Jan. 31, Sanderson Farms reported net ...
CME board steps toward public offering.
Apr 09, 2001; ... Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), which became the first of the U.S. exchanges to demutualize, may now become the first to do a public offering, according to an announcement last week. CME reported that its board of directors "authorized steps to proceed with a possible ...