Welsh Country Foods (WCF) is closing its lamb processing business in the Island of Anglesey, UK, with immediate effect, a move which will result in 310 job losses.
Switzerland-based dairy processor Emmi has agreed to acquire Käserei Studer, a cheese producer based in Amriswil, eastern Switzerland, for an undisclosed amount.
The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA) has developed a high quality variety — Litopenaeus Vannamei Broodstock — that is free of specific pathogens for the first time in India.
Latteno Food Corp., an investment portfolio company which acquires food product medical marijuana edibles and other related products, on Thursday announced it will enter the fresh seafood market.
Retail prices on halibut soared for the first week of Alaskan halibut season — which started 23 March — and overall remained strong because of supply challenges.
The second half of 2013 offers better prospects for the global pork market on factors such as strong export demand for pork, higher prices and declining production, according to the "Rabobank Pork Quarterly".
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said April 11 that private exporters have sold 360,000 tonnes of U.S. soft red winter wheat to China for delivery in the 2013-14 marketing year, which begins June 1.
Europe is becoming a major growth market for Chilean seafood companies, and the Chilean Export Promotion Bureau will be giving them a push at the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels April 23-25.
Corn overtook rice as the largest food product in China for the first time last year, according to a Chinese Academy for Social Sciences report released on Wednesday.
North Korea has had a surge in agricultural production due to a new pay-based incentive system for farmers last year, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper reported on Thursday, citing farm managers.
The devaluation of the Japanese yen negatively impacted Japan’s beef imports in February, totalling only 30,724 tonnes swt – down 23% year-on-year and the lowest monthly volume since January 2010.
The United States Department of Agriculture has hit out at the Indian government for allowing the export of an additional 5m tonnes of wheat last month, calling it unviable unless the mandated floor price is brought down.
German exports of agri-food products continued to rise in 2012. "A 7% growth rate in value against the previous year is a positive result", said Dr. Gerd Müller, Parliamentary State Secretary and Export Commissioner at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture.
Australian-caught Patagonian toothfish has now been labelled as ‘best choice’ by Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch programme, making it a sustainable choice for consumers.
