Tilapia prices have edged upward year-on-year in key cultivation zones in China, the apparent result of lower cultivation by fish farmers who were burnt by lower prices in recent years.
Australian live cattle exports are half the value they were 22 months ago and live sheep exports are about a quarter of the value they were 17 months ago.
Commercial hatcheries set 198 million eggs in incubators during the week ending April 27, 2013, a slight decline from the eggs set the corresponding week in 2012
After months of investigation by a research team led by Donald Lighter at the University of Arizona, the elusive pathogen causing early mortality syndrome (EMS) at shrimp farms in Southeast Asia has been identified.
Shares of Canadian food processor Maple Leaf Foods Inc (MFI.TO) dove 8 percent on Thursday after it reported a surprising quarterly loss on lower meat sales.
May Corn finished down 3/4 at 683 1/4, 9 3/4 off the high and 8 up from the low. July Corn closed down 9 3/4 at 650. This was 2 1/4 up from the low and 19 off the high.
Retail price of poultry and eggs fell further last week, with chicken dropping one per cent compared the previous week, and saw a cumulative drop 2.5 per cent for five weeks.
With around nine to 10 million tonnes of foreign wheat purchased annually, Egypt is the largest wheat importer in the world with a bill of almost $3 billion a year.
New Meatco Provisions, LLC sold some of its assets to Harvest Meat Company, Inc. after encountering financial troubles that ultimately forced the company the close.
The Beef Jerky Outlet is set to open a second retail store in Missouri. The jerky-centric franchise specializes in all kinds of beef jerky and other specialty snack foods.
U.S. flour production in the first quarter of 2013 as reported by the North American Millers’ Association (NAMA) and interpolated by Milling & Baking News was down 0.5% from the same quarter a year ago.
Australian fruit cannery SPC Ardmona has called on the Australian government to put in place emergency tariffs on cheap imported fruit and tomatoes in an attempt to save the local industry.