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    beef

    2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Scots remain very worried by downtrend Pressure on beef processors in Scotland appears to be easing somewhat as the differential between cattle markets there and south of the border continues to narrow. R3 and R4 steers are now selling at only...

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    beef

    2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Cyclical downturn begins as EC reports June census Cattle numbers start to decline Beef production in the EU is beginning a cyclical downturn. Cattle numbers have started falling in some of the most important breeding regions, and meat output this...

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    beef

    2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Maintaining that premium Uncertainty in the beef market can be attributed mainly to subsidy reform orginally greeted by most retailers and some processors as a welcome move towards more realistic prices. Instead, as the first elements of the EU's...

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    BEEF

    2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Startling supply contrast between UK and the continent UK beef output falls but consumption up Multiples and their major suppliers are coming under increasing political pressure to source meat from home producers, but it becomes harder to...

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    PORK PUSH ON TV

    2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

    A £1m TV campaign promoting pork began on Tuesday, launched by the MLC to "remind people what a wonderful meal pork can provide" and to boost demand for chops and steaks as midweek family meals. These cuts have recently failed to match the...

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    beef

    2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Policy reversal part of emergency aid package Brown keeps calf cull scheme Mike Ingham Floods of cheap manufacturing beef as waste product' from the dairy industry appear less likely following a U-turn by Agriculture Minister Nick Brown over the...

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    beef

    2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Riverside Evesham looks to boost supplier confidence Ready meals buoy up trade Surprising stability is developing in parts of the forequarter beef trade, among the best evidence so far being the keenness of executives at M&S ready meal supplier...

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    beef

    2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

    In-calf beef heifer numbers sharply lower Tighter supply fears mount More evidence to support the pessimists who claim a tighter beef cattle market looms has emerged in the results of MAFF's December UK livestock census. In-calf beef heifer...

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    beef

    2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Supermarket buyers trying to avoid further inflation Cattle finishers attack pricing Complaints by beef cattle finishers against supermarkets sound increasingly like the protests from pig producers. Multiples are accused of trying to impose...

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    beef

    2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Cowbeef squashes prices; bull beef values weakened; intervention casts shadow Continental outlook set to favour British buyers Press reports of EU agriculture commissioner Franz Fischler and his advisors in Brussels predicting the beef market will...

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    beef

    2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

    End of calf cull scheme may boost fatstock output by only 200,000 Market will stay tight says NBA Scarcity and high prices are likely to persist in the beef cattle markets well into next year, with the extra manufacturing meat supply from...

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    BEEF

    2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Alliance recites 3Ls It might seem like an unholy alliance at first glance, but a marketing group with traditional Aberdeen-Angus beef links has just got into bed with the British Limousin Cattle Society. Not so, says Jim Ironside of the...

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    BEW: fast frozen success

    2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Believed to be the biggest distribution centre of its kind in the UK, Hams Hall is cutting costs and offering flexibility to retailers large and small Birds Eye Wall's says its Hams Hall national distribution centre near Birmingham has brought a...

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    beef

    2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Quin impresses as British beef returns Mike Ingham, Brussels British beef nominally returned to the international market on Wednesday when MLC hosted a lunch for MEPs, other European dignitaries and an unexpectedly large media crowd at the plush...

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    Good idea, unfortunate timing

    2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Sir; re Opinion, The Grocer, Jan 8. I read with interest your editorial comment recently regarding the gradual decline in the purchase of bacon in the UK and how this decline was affecting British, Dutch and Danish producers. I also noted your...

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    Februaryitis' bug looms as gammon trade falls

    2000-01-22T00:00:00Z

    The bacon trade looks set for a severe epidemic of its traditional midwinter bug, "Februaryitis". Regional reports on Thursday revealed a very slow trade, with the gammon business particularly flat in the wake of the festive season. One packer...

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    Retail meat prices week ending January 22 2000

    2000-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Average price p/kg Change on week Price range BEEF Topside 668 ­1 573 - 763 Rump 867 ­22 683 - 1051 Premium ...

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    It's a big step forward in battle to rebuild exports

    2000-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Dutch consumers will be among the first to tuck into British beef on the Continent after a deal was signed with foodservice company Ven International this week. The £3m a year deal, signed at the Amsterdam catering fair, was brokered by Food from...

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    Full steam ahead

    2000-01-15T00:00:00Z

    n Sainsbury thinks flash pasteurisation could revolutionise food safety. Others think it may be a case of overkill, says Julian Hunt For US shoppers, flash pasteurisation is nothing new. Almost two-thirds of the fresh beef they buy in supermarkets...

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    French picking and choosing' which laws to obey

    2000-01-08T00:00:00Z

    The French ban on British beef is a dreadful example to set for those countries aspiring to join the EU, says agriculture minister Nick Brown. Blasting Paris, Brown said: "Any country that tries to pick and choose which laws to obey will forfeit...