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North American Preview Archives by Date We may be witnessing something about as rare as the birth of that long- and wobbly-legged spotted baby 20 years ago – that being the equally rare and dramatic reductions in chicken output. ... As promised last week, this week’s topic is mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) and its impact on the U.S. and Canadian pork sectors.... While today doesn’t actually represent either the best or worst times for Canadian pork producers, it certainly presents two very opposite, but simultaneous, occurrences... Canada’s quarterly Hog Statistics report confirmed what many expected this week when it pegged the country’s breeding herd at 1.416 million head, 8.6% lower than one year ago... Uncertainty is a bad thing for a business climate. The uncertainty of capital markets is largely responsible for the spasms (as my friend John Ginzel calls them) that are going through the equity markets these days.... To say mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) is “off and running” would be an overstatement. “Off and stumbling” would be more appropriate but the key word is off.... USDA’s October Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, released Friday morning, reported higher corn yield and production estimates, and slightly lower... The uncertainty in credit markets continues to play havoc with financial and commodity markets as the House of Representatives takes up a $700 billion stimulus package that seeks to put a floor under mortgage-backed securities and kick start capital flows.... USDA's quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report, released last Friday, indicates ample supplies of market hogs in the short term, moderating supplies late this fall, and then some reductions in the second quarter of 2009 and beyond... I do not even pretend to understand everything about what is going on with U.S. financial institutions and the proposed bailout or rescue...
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Article Archive
Poultry Testing Uncharted Territory
COOL Fallout Hits Canadian Producers Hardest
U.S.-Canadian Exchange Rate More Balanced
Canadian Sow Cuts Are Sizable
Market "Spasms" Spawn Uncertainty
Labeling Law Creates Confusion
USDA Forecasts Grain Stocks Up, Prices Down
Economic Uncertainty Spills Over All
Positive - But Not Resoundingly So
A Fine Financial Mess
