Published: Jul 27, 2012

SCOTLAND, UK - Fifteen Scottish seafood companies will meet the fresh fish buying team from Morrisons today, to hear about the company’s future strategy for fresh seafood, and to see how industry can work with the retailer to improve distribution of Scott

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Vladislav Vorotnikov

Ukrainian pig and poultry farmers have called on the government to take action over “excessive imports” of cheap meat.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

Economists in Ireland have said the cost of feeding livestock is going to increase, which will have an impact on farm incomes.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Ankush Chibber

Free trade discussions between India and New Zealand have hit an obstacle with the former refusing any concrete move to open its dairy sector to the Kiwis.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Henk de Bruin

"It is peach time in Japan and with peaches one thinks of Okayama, a prefecture in the west of the country, known as "The Land of Sunshine." Little rain and many hours of sunshine make a very favourable climate for the cultivation of peaches and 56.1% of

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Business manager of Potatoes New Zealand, Ron Gall, says the risk of Australian potato crops getting Zebra Chip disease in the event of the current import ban being lifted, is so low it is "absolutely minimal."

Published: Jul 26, 2012

Swiss food company Nestlé plans is set to open a $200m plant in Karawang, West Java, Indonesia, in the first quarter of 2013.

Published: Jul 26, 2012

Estonia’s pork production sector is facing a crisis as a result of high costs and competition from European imports.

Published: Jul 26, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

The high Australian dollar and problems in major world economies are hampering Australian exports of beef, according to Meat and Livestock Australia’s (MLA’s) 2012 mid-year cattle projection update.

Published: Jul 26, 2012 By: Rick Pendrous

Pressure is mounting on the government to do more to fight the UK’s corner in getting a reversal of the European Commission’s (EC’s) decision to impose a moratorium on desinewed meat (DSM).

Published: Jul 26, 2012 By: John Wood

Farmers For Action (FFA) have vowed to continue blockading milk processing depots despite an agreement that has been struck between the National Farmers Union (NFU) and the milk processors’ trade body Dairy UK.

Published: Jul 26, 2012

Paramount Citrus, leading grower of fresh citrus in North America, has acquired Healds Valley Farms (HVF), a Texas-based citrus company, for an undisclosed amount.

Published: Jul 26, 2012

Decas Cranberry Products has introduced two reduced-sugar dried cranberry lines - Paradise Meadow LeanCrans and Funny Face Dried Cranberries, in the US.

Published: Jul 26, 2012

Indian dairy co-operative Dudhsagar Dairy plans to invest Rs3.5bn ($62.69m) to set up a facility in Haryana state by the end of 2012, as part of its plan to boost its milk supply to the national capital Delhi.

Published: Jul 26, 2012

A line of branded fish products from Kerala, Fish Maid, is promising to harvest benefits for the Kerala State Coastal Area Development Corporation (KSCADC) and the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC), while simultaneously netting better incomes

Published: Jul 26, 2012

The provincial agriculture office expressed its intention to expand aquaculture production in the province in coordination with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

Published: Jul 26, 2012

Electronic tracking allowing South West fishermen into parts of a marine protected area will now continue after a trial monitoring their activity.

Published: Jul 26, 2012

Taiwan’s legislature passed a bill that would allow some US beef imports that contain small amounts of ractopamine, a feed ingredient used to promote leanness in pork and beef, according to news reports. The bill does not include pork.

Published: Jul 26, 2012

Peggy Albertson was named public relations manager for the National Turkey Federation, NTF President Joel Brandenberger announced recently.

Published: Jul 26, 2012

The Meat Industry Suppliers Foundation, the philanthropic organization of the Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) announced five recipients of the foundation’s scholarship program.