Primary industry statistics for the March 2012 quarter show what a boom of a production year it was for most. Total seafood export revenue was up by 9.4% in the March quarter, due to increasing prices and a volume increase of 3.4 per cent.
Patrick J. Schwab and Jeffrey R. Baker have been named to new positions at Hormel Foods Corp. following the upcoming retirements of Douglas R. Reetz and Dennis B. Goettsch.
Poultry certified wholesome during June (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 3.67 billion lbs., down 5 percent from the amount certified in June 2011, according to data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the US Department of Agriculture
An additional 76 counties in six states have been declared primary natural disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by drought conditions, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
A US Department of Agriculture e-newsletter encouraged employees to participate in Meatless Mondays at USDA cafeterias — much to the dismay of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA).
California-based Bridgford Food Processing Corp. was cited for four safety violations at the company’s Chicago meat processing plant after a worker suffered amputations of two fingers while operating a vacuum packaging machine.
The DIRA Amendment Bill, which proposed a new regime in relation to Fonterra’s milk price setting, capital restructure and share valuation, was passed by 64 votes to 57.
Dairy processors in the Islamic world are preparing themselves for the annual Ramadan-driven sales explosion, as Muslims stock-up daily on fresh foods including dairy.
Continuing deterioration of the U.S. corn and soybean crops was evident in the latest Crop Progress data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the week ended July 22. Spring wheat crop conditions declined modestly as well.
Total commercial red meat production in the United States in June 2012 was 4,024 million lbs, down 4% from a month earlier and down 5% from June 2011, the U.S.D.A. said in its latest Livestock Slaughter report.
Butter, turkey, fruit, vegetable and red meat stocks on June 30, 2012, were higher than year-earlier levels, but chicken and cheese stocks were lower, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Cold Storage report.
The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) 4A in collaboration with the provincial agriculture office has conducted a series of Agri-Pinoy Technical Briefing and Technoklinik in Laguna the latest of which were in the fourth class municipalities of Victoria
In the rivers south of the Stad region, the proportion of escaped farmed salmon was recorded as being lower in 2011 than in previous years. To the north of Stad, the number was higher in 2011 than 2010.
On 8 July, 2012, 46 boxes of freshwater eel fry (elvers) were confiscated by the Quarantine Personnel of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region 4A (BFAR 4A), writes Anna Merlinna T. Fontanilla, BFAR 4A.
An outbreak of white spot disease has been reported to the OIE by Dr Dabeding Dullah, Department of Agriculture and Agrifood, Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.
The European Commission is shortly intending to adopt a legislative proposal aiming to gradually introduce a two year ban on bottom trawling in the deep waters of the North East Atlantic. This plan is causing concern among the fisheries sector.
