All Meat articles – Page 230

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BEEF

2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

Opposition to closer specific retailer relationships' Suppliers stay suspicious Supermarkets are still regarded with suspicion even by many of the most progressive beef producers, though in other respects the farmers are comfortable with the...
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BEEF

2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

Possibly stronger and broader demand in wholesale trade than supermarkets think Committed deadweight sellers now selling live While consumers watch Somerfield's television commercials promising deeply discounted steak and cattle finishers...
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BEEF

2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

Despite surplus trend British buyers may not see more favourable prices Brussels warns over market saturation Surpluses will again become a permanent feature of the EU beef market unless official measures are introduced to cut output. This is...
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beef

2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

September imports of 13,300t down from 13,700t of 12 months earlier Imports defy pessimistic forecasts sparked by FMD Imports of beef have not yet surged to anything like the tonnage predicted to result from FMD, leaving traders puzzled though...
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BEEF

2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

Fears that scheme will operate as a disincentive to breeding herd growth Sinclair sounds alert over suckler premium scheme An obscure technicality in the EU cattle subsidy system is turning into a serious threat to the British beef supply chain,...
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Beef

2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

Disruption from intervention Beef emerging from intervention stores is at last beginning to cause concern in the wholesale market. Disruption has been predictable for months, but traders seemed slow to recognise the warning signs as buying-in...
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beef

2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

UK cuts set to be dearer Disrupted supplies and possibly unsustainable differentials between the prices of home-produced and imported meat are causing increasing concern among traders. Cheap beef mince is the most obvious example, mentioned by...
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BEEF

2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

Eamon Mackle's Freezameats shows the way How NI learnt to add value End of the ban on British beef exports throws a spotlight on Northern Ireland, where foreign sales have been permitted since June but little business has been won. But the...
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beef

2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

Rising consumption poor indicator of price prospects due to heavy stocks Bord Bia challenges Brussels' optimism Bord Bia published an implicitly pessimistic analysis this week of the beef market. Its latest Market Monitor reports the EU Beef...
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beef

2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

Eire and UK traders cautious on price prospects EU aid may stem Irish imports Irish beef supply could tighten soon, following a Brussels decision to increase subsidies on sales to third countries and a resumption of live cattle exports to North...
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beef

2000-02-05T00:00:00Z

Argentinian beef selling at 30% discount at Smithfield Wooler spotlight on British beef breeds Key focus of the National Beef Association's Beef 2002 event at Wooler this week was restoring the flagging fortunes of the beef production sector by...
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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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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...