Published: Jul 12, 2012

Thousands of people have been left food insecure after extensive flooding, landslides and flash floods in eastern Bangladesh at the end of June.

Published: Jul 12, 2012

Minute amounts of copper from brake linings and mining operations can affect salmon to where they are easily eaten by predators, says a Washington State University researcher.

Published: Jul 12, 2012

There have been changes to minimum gear requirements in the SESSF that will be implemented through a new Direction.

Published: Jul 12, 2012

Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Michelle O’Neill has visited Arranmore Island, off the west coast of County Donegal, on a fact-finding mission and to discuss the importance of fishing for remote Island Communities with local fishermen.

Published: Jul 12, 2012

Jungle perch could soon be making a comeback in Queensland waters with the Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) receiving A$483,000 in funding from the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation to accelerate fingerling production.

Published: Jul 12, 2012

Independent DNA testing on randomly selected MSC-labelled products shows that the MSC traceability certification requirements continue to deliver a very high degree of consumer assurance.

Published: Jul 11, 2012 By: Arabella Mileham

Poland is embarking on a major new campaign to promote beef to the domestic market in an attempt to boost the quality end of the market and reverse the spiralling decline in consumption.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

New Zealand-based international bank, ANZ Banking Group (ANZ Group), has said it will help fund investment for the development of beef cattle in the eastern part of Indonesia.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

Danish Crown is to build a new slaughter processing plant in Holsted, Denmark that it is claimed will be the largest investment so far in the European beef slaughter sector.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

German demand for UK lamb is expected to grow following a recent trade mission to showcase sheep-meat production, organised by sector body Eblex.

Published: Jul 11, 2012 By: Ed Bedington

The Australian pork industry is set to benefit from a AU$2.7m boost into R&D funding across a range of projects to help boost the sector.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

China Yurun Food Group Ltd has said that its founder Zhu Yicai has resigned as chairman with immediate effect. He will now become an honorary chairman and a senior advisor.

Published: Jul 11, 2012 By: Ankush Chibber

Chinese authorities are clamping down on smuggling of New Zealand beef and other meats into the country – although the mainstream New Zealand beef industry says it has little to worry about.

Published: Jul 11, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

Cereal and milk fortified with multiple micronutrients beyond simply iron can reduce iron-deficiency anaemia in children, according to Nestlé commissioned research.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

Land O’Lakes, Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire New York-based Kozy Shack Enterprises, Inc., a producer of chilled dairy desserts.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

Corn and soybean crop condition ratings continued to tumble in key states as indicated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest Crop Progress report issued on July 9.

Published: Jul 11, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Dairy exporter Fonterra has claimed that its proposed acquisition of New Zealand Dairies’ (NZDL) Studholme processing plant will boost competition for raw milk on the country’s South Island, rather than reduce it.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

Officials with West Liberty Foods, L.L.C. announced its Mount Pleasant, Iowa meat-processing plant has earned the designation of operating a “landfill-free” facility by eliminating more than 2 million lbs. of waste that previously was deposited in a local

Published: Jul 11, 2012

US Poultry & Egg Association joined 16 other agricultural organizations in submitting a letter to Congress in response to the recent Consumers Union report on the use of antibiotics in poultry and livestock production.

Published: Jul 11, 2012

NAMA is partnering with 11 other meat industry organizations, FSIS and the Beef Industry Food Safety Council (BIFSCo) to host the NAMA Conference on Prevention of Shiga-Toxin Producing E. coli (STEC) for Beef Further Processors Oct. 2-3 in Chicago.