Aquaculture producers in Southeast Asia are proving reluctant to find alternative feeds even as the price of fishmeal continues to soar, according to a veteran watcher of the sector.
In its report for the first quarter of 2013, MHP reports chicken production up 15 per cent compared to the same period last year and it predicts a strong harvest this year, weather and plant health permitting.
The executive manager of Winter Cereals Canada expects a strong demand this year in the United States for winter wheat grown in western Canada, writes Bruce Cochrane.
Japan and Australia are approaching a deal as early as next month to lower the tariff on imports of frozen beef from Australia, according to a report by the Japan Times.
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has been working with seaweed farming communities in the Pacific to identify new export markets for their products.
According to the Fruit and Vegetable Association (Vinafruit), Vietnam fruit and vegetable exporters touched $305 million in revenues in 2007 and this figure is spiraling every year.
According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers, seafood exports have shown signs of recovery after a long period of slow down.
Norwegian seafood farmer Cermaq has voted to abandon its bid to buy a controlling interest in Copeinca, paving the way for China Fishery Group to acquire the Peruvian fishmeal and fish oil producer.
The Department of Agriculture in partnership with corn industry groups recently sent an initial shipment of 24 metric tons (MT) of corn feed silage for cattle to Busan, South Korea.
Since the official beginning of the 2013/14 sugarcane season in the Central-Southern region in Brazil in April, Cepea figures indicate that crystal sugar sales in the spot market offer the highest return compared to exports.
Zhongpin Inc., one of China’s leading pork processing companies, is preparing to spend millions of dollars expanding its facilities over the next year.
New Zealand’s meat exports are being blocked at the border into China with authorities apparently rejecting them because of a name change on an export certificate.
Producers used a recent multi-day window of warm, dry weather to make major progress — 43 percentage points in one week — in the planting of the 2013 corn crop.
Condition ratings of the U.S. winter wheat crop slipped in the latest evaluation period, while spring wheat planting made good progress but remained behind average.
Milk production in the 23 major dairy states was fractionally higher in April 2013 compared to the same month a year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its May 20 Milk Production report.