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02/09/2024

The outbreak is now the largest listeriosis incident since the 2011 cantaloupe-associated outbreak

Total cases have reached 57

02/09/2024

President Marcos has extended tariff reductions for pork

01/09/2024

Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork processor, on Tuesday announced the separation of its European operations as the Virginia-based firm plans to list in the United States

The company has US IPO plans

01/09/2024

Bernd Meerpohl will take over as CEO of the BIg Dutchman group with effect from 1 October

Bernd Meerpohl will take over as CEO of the BIg Dutchman group with effect from 1 October.

31/08/2024

"Just as it has acted in other nations, Brazil must act in complementarity with local production, expanding the offer of products and generating opportunities for processors and other Panamanian suppliers," said Ricardo Santin, president of ABPA

Per capita chicken meat consumption is high in Panama

31/08/2024

Since being passed by California voters in 2018, Proposition 12, a farm animal welfare law, has faced a series of legal challenges that have led to uncertainty and delays in the implementation of its requirements for the treatment of breeding pigs

California's farm animal welfare act, approved in 2018, fully implemented in January 2024 after delays

30/08/2024

EuroTier takes place November 12-15 in Hanover, Germany

30/08/2024

Texas A&M University shares report to help consumers anticipate protein prices

30/08/2024

FAS expects a 2% increase in pork production

29/08/2024

Scientists say global emissions need to roughly halve by 2030

29/08/2024

Genesus profiles one of the World Mega Producers

28/08/2024

Strategic use of soybean meal to maximize pig carcass weight during the summer dip

27/08/2024

"Canada's red meat processors need stable, reliable supply chains to run their businesses," said Chris White, CEO, Canadian Meat Council. "The action taken by the Minister of Labour will prevent millions of dollars in losses."

The move provided needed certainty to Canadian farmers and processors

27/08/2024

Different foods have different requirement to keep them safe for consumption

Different food have different requirement to keep them safe for consumption

27/08/2024

The union representing over 9,000 Canadian rail workers vowed on Friday to challenge the federal government's effort to mandate binding arbitration that would end an unprecedented rail stoppage at both of the country's main freight rail carriers

The move has sparked uncertainty

26/08/2024

China has opened an anti-subsidy probe into EU cheese, milk and cream imports, adding to its investigation of EU brandy and pork, a day after the bloc published a revised tariff plan for China-made electric vehicles

France, Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark face the most pressure

26/08/2024

Pork Commentary from Jim Long, Genesus CEO

Pork commentary from Jim Long, Genesus CEO

25/08/2024

China's Commerce Ministry met with automakers and industry associations on Friday to discuss raising import tariffs on large-engined gasoline vehicles, sounding a warning as the European Union nears a tariff decision on Chinese electric cars

Tariff talks prompted anti-subsidy pork and dairy probe

25/08/2024

Piglets usually receive a 200 mg iron dextran injection, but is more needed?

24/08/2024

Research shows soy from the US is a premium product that increases operational efficiencies for livestock farms, feed mills and oil crushers

24/08/2024

The Dalian Commodity Exchange in China has officially listed eggs, corn starch and hog options on the bourse

It launched its live hog futures contract in January 2021

23/08/2024

The simultaneous work stoppage is scheduled for Thursday at 12:01 am

23/08/2024

More than 80% of consumers perceive that food prices have increased a little or a lot over the last 12 months, according to the May 2024 Consumer Food Insights Report

Consumers are seeking out sales and discounts, switching to cheaper and generic brands and buying fewer nonessential foods like ice cream

23/08/2024

Seventy-three percent of 1,026 farmers surveyed across the country said government policies were harming the industry, up from 54% a year ago

Australia is one of the world's biggest agricultural exporters

22/08/2024

An Argentine federal judge on Monday ordered a three-month suspension of deforestation in northern Chaco province, a rare step to protect one of the world's woodland ecosystems that is most rapidly being destroyed to make way for farmland

The region's main economic activities are forestry, cattle and soy

22/08/2024

Zoetis has launched its Heritage Feeds Tomorrow campaign, celebrating the rich history of the pork industry Zoetis

Zoetis has launched its Heritage Feeds Tomorrow campaign, celebrating the rich history of the pork industry

22/08/2024

A looming stoppage of freight railway operations across Canada would disrupt North America's agricultural supply chain, snarling shipments of everything from wheat to fertiliser and meat

Stoppage would halt US spring wheat shipments to west coast

21/08/2024

Canada's freight rail network could come to a grinding halt this week, inflicting a huge economic toll after the country's two largest railroad operators on Sunday issued lockout notices to the Teamsters union that represents nearly 10,000 workers

CN, CPKC plan to lockout workers from Thursday midnight

21/08/2024

Paul Yeske, a practicing US veterinarian, explains how the cost of has doubled in 10 years

Paul Yeske, a practicing US veterinarian, explains how the cost of PRRS has doubled in 10 years

20/08/2024

Livestock analyst Jim Wyckoff report on the latest pig news from around the world

Livestock analyst Jim Wyckoff report on pig news from around the world