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Agricultural Stories For 1/18/22
Companies
US Grocery Shortages Deepen as Pandemic Dries up Supplies
Starbucks, Chipotle Cutting Hours Due to Product, Staffing Shortages
On the Matter of Inflation, Elizabeth Warren Blames…Kroger
Costco Sold More Rotisserie Chickens in 2021 as Grocery Prices Hit Record Highs
Cargill’s Agricultural Trading Head is Retiring after Firm’s Profits Soar
Is Potato Shortage Affecting French Fries from Japan to Kenya?
Costco is Opening 28 New Stores This Year
Hearing Held as Part of Class Action Lawsuit Against Cargill Meat Packing Plant
Publix Backpedals on Weekly Testing for Unvaccinated Employees
Texas-Based H-E-B is Now Ranked 2nd Best Grocer in National Survey; Amazon Came in First
Famously Good: Wahlburgers Opens in Muscatine Hy-Vee
How Instacart is Helping Grocers Grab Share of Stomach
What Hy-Vee’s Security Force Likely Can, and Cannot Do
Matriarch of Meijer Family Dies at 102
Watchlist
Meat Smugglers are Out to Breach US Borders Endangering Pork Industry
US Sanctions on Rab Not Punishment, But Rather a Warning
Why The Food Supply Chain is Strained. Again.
Farm Groups React to Impending Mandatory Vaccine Mandates for Truck Drivers
Major Trade Partners Still Have Confidence in Thai Pork
Cargill’s Wichita Leader Doesn’t Expect Meat Shortages amid Worker Illness
How China’s Demographics Could Impact US Agriculture
Agricultural Sector Continues to be Economy’s Pillar
9 Major Themes for Agriculture in the Year Ahead
China and Beyond: What Lies Ahead for American Ag Exports?
Irish Steak on Japanese Menu for the First Time
8 Trends in Vegan Meat, Egg and Dairy to Watch for in 2022
Beef
Packers Take Advantage of Cattle Backup
Cattle, Hog Futures Mixed to End the Week
Markets Pick Up Where They Left Off in Early New Season Online Trading
Nearly 90% of Big US Meat Plants had Covid Cases in Pandemic’s First Year
Proposed Wayne County Meat Packing Plant will go to Lewis County Instead
Beef Prices Seen Higher as Covid Hits Meat Industry Again
Meat Industry Asks for Compassion for Workers Struggling Amid Covid Chaos
Tough Year for Cattle Producers, says Industry Expert
Plant Capacity Still Limited by Labor Availability
Breakthrough Technologies Reduce Carbon Footprint of US Beef Production
On the Up and Up: Cattle Producers Can Look Forward to Strong Market
Careful Management of Feed, Pasture for Cow Longevity
Producer Protocol Back Beef Wholesomeness
Missouri Family Shares Love of Raising Cattle
Pork
Hog Futures Rebound, Slaughter Remains Slow
Hong Kong Reports Outbreak of African Swine Fever
ASF Researchers Believes Disease Will Eventually Reach the US
Melaka to Cull 16,000 Pigs, says Veterinary Services Department
Meat Smugglers are Out to Breach US Borders Endangering Pork Industry
We’re Underestimating the Cost of Sow Mortality
Council Demands Government Pay for Pigs Killed Over ASF Fears
China Pork Output Leaps 29%, Recoups Most of Production Lost to Swine Fever
USDA Officials Seize More than 1900 Pounds of Prohibited Pork from China in NYC
Pulled Pork Popularity Brings New Opportunities in Japan
An Agricultural Immigrant at Banff Pork Seminar
Stop Calling Nolan Dewall a ‘Pig Farmer’
Pork Producers Advised to Focus on Risk Management
Feral Pigs in Colorado Test Positive for Pseudorabies
Fairy Tale Ending for 3 Little Pigs Stuck in a Pen that Always Flooded
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