Published: Aug 09, 2012

The National Statistics Office (NSO) said fish landings in the second quarter this year amounted to 423,777 kilograms, an increase of 5.1 per cent over the same period last year.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

A salmon slaughterhouse owned by Martin E. Birknes Eftf. AS (SF-364) has been temporarily banned from the Russian market.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

Sustainable fishery policies implemented by the Federal Government has contributed to a national fishery production record in 2011 of 1,660,475 tonnes in live weight.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

A Ministry for Primary Industries-funded trial has shown that grass carp in enclosures could be used to eradicate early infestations of aquatic weeds, doing away with the need to release large numbers of fish throughout a lake, and preventing damage to ot

Published: Aug 09, 2012

MSD Animal Health Aquaculture has recruited an experienced health and production professional, Liam Doherty, to support the UK technical and sales team with the company’s SLICE Monitor and PD Monitor programmes.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

The Bureau of Fish and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)- Cordillera recently distributed 31,000 pieces of elvers (baby eels) in five municipalities in the province that have communal bodies of water.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

Operating income and net sales for Seaboard Corp.’s Pork Segment declined in the second quarter ended June 30, 2012.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

Morgan Stanley downgraded Smithfield Foods to underweight based on margin pressure concerns. As a result, the company’s shares declined 3 percent to $17.82 Aug. 7, according to news reports.

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

Marfrig Group, a leading global food producer, has concluded that 95% of its global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from third-party sources.

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

Canada has secured full market access for beef exports to the United Arab Emirates in a deal that could be worth $365,000 annually.

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

New Zealand lamb and beef herds are showing signs of recovery, according to the latest figures from the Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Economic Services.

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

Burger King has reported a whopping 60% growth in net income for the first quarter of 2012, attributing its strong performance to menu expansion and international development.

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Arabella Mileham

The future of troubled French poultry processor Groupe Doux is still in limbo after a French court postponed a final decision on its fate until October.

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

Thai firm Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) has agreed to significant poultry investments in China as part of a drive to improve agricultural productivity in the country.

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

Ukranian officials have attended ministerial meetings in the US and China recently to discuss enhanced trading relationships and agricultural cooperation.

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Arabella Mileham

The beef trade in Namibia decreased by 28.8% in the first six months of 2012, the Meat Board of Namibia has revealed in its six-monthly review, with exports “significantly lower” than the same period in 2011.

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

A video showing an Australian pork producer and his employees mistreating their pigs has been sent to the pork producer organisation Australian Pork Limited (APL).

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Cromer Crab Company’s factory door closed for the last time on Friday last week (August 3).

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Rick Pendrous

Britain’s biggest food manufacturer Premier Foods expects to achieve efficiency savings of £40M earlier than expected as a result of its restructuring plans, it emerged in its half-year results released today.

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Hundreds of food manufacturing workers were evacuated as 20 firefighters battled to extinguish a fire at a meat processing site in Shropshire last week (August 3).