Pork and poultry production will see moderate increases in 2013, according to forecasts from the US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.
From food and drink, to skills and technolgies, British businesses trying to break in to China are getting Government backing as Food and Farming Minister, Jim Paice, heads out to the country on a mission to open up trade, including frozen lobster.
As sea temperatures rise, stocks of some fish species canwill decline while others maywill grow, reveals new research from the University of Gothenburg looking at gastrointestinal function in fish.
"Accelerate, Innovate, Cultivate" is the new strategy at Tyson Foods, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, a giant of the American poultry industry, according to Donnie Smith, the company's president and chief executive officer.
A quick turn to drier conditions and a crop has the Plains winter wheat crop moving downhill quickly, and the trend could have a ripple effect that hits other crops and market prices later this spring and summer.
With higher overnight markets but weaker-than-expected export sales and outside market pressure, the expected higher start to the CME Group corn, soybean and wheat markets could be challenged Thursday.
As global food demand is poised for unprecedented growth, Australian agriculture can and will play a significant role in meeting demands, according to an Australian expert in international agriculture and economics.
Taxes on unhealthy ‘food and drinks’ would need to be at least 20 per cent to have a significant effect on diet-related conditions such as obesity and heart disease, according to a new report by UK academic experts
US-based food company Tyson Foods plans to grow its business through international businesses in China, Brazil, India, and Mexico, and also grow its value-added product sales domestically.
Australia plans to invest over A$3.5m ($3.47m) to set up a meat research center, in Hamilton, Victoria, as a part of its effort to increase meat exports.
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has asked people in Pennsylvania, US, to immediately discard and not to consume any fresh or frozen shellfish from Korea due to the risk of contamination.
The Food Standards Agency’s shellfish monitoring programme has successfully completed a move away from tests using mice for the detection of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) and lipophilic toxins in commercially harvested shellfish.
Danish breeding company DanBred, is trying to reduce the risk of boar taint in pork through genomic selection, ahead of the 2018 implementation of the EU’s declaration on alternatives to surgical castration of pigs.
Russian meat processing giant Cherkizovo has taken an “investment vacation” from pig projects, citing the sector’s uncertainty on the eve of Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO).
