Published: Aug 06, 2012

Commissioners in Lyon County, Nev., approved a special use permit that will allow a proposed meat processing plant to move forward in Wabuska, according to RGJ.com.

Published: Aug 04, 2012 By: Arabella Mileham

Gyulai Húskombinát is reportedly seeking a rescue package worth around €3.5m (1bn Hungarian forints) from the Hungarian government in order to stabilise its operations after rising energy, labour and raw material costs caused massive losses.

Published: Aug 04, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

Russian processor Cherkizovo Group has reported"robust" growth in poultry and pork sales in the first six months of 2012, although lower prices have hit profits.

Published: Aug 04, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

Canadian processor Maple Leaf Foods has reported improved profits for the second quarter, but warned that weather conditions could cause challenges in the year ahead.

Published: Aug 04, 2012 By: Ed Bedington

US meat exporters are hoping to boost demand for pork in Japan with the launch of a new marketing promotion.

Published: Aug 04, 2012 By: Arabella Mileham

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said it is “reviewing” the meat industry’s petition to the EPA to waive the federal mandate on corn ethanol production during the drought that is sweeping the US.

Published: Aug 03, 2012 By: Vladislav Vorotnikov

The Russian government is to invest in the large-scale production of duck meat for the first time, in order to increase the competitiveness of the poultry industry.

Published: Aug 03, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

The effects of low and high altitudes on selective breeding have been studied by researchers in a paper for the Journal of Animal Science.

Published: Aug 03, 2012

The total amount of edible liquid product from shell eggs broken during June was 232,750,000 lbs, down 1% from May and down 3% from June 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Egg Products report.

Published: Aug 03, 2012

The European Commission has announced deductions from 2012 fishing quotas of those Member States that had exceeded their quotas in 2011.

Published: Aug 03, 2012

A busy schedule met the National Director of the National Fisheries Service, Juan Luis Ansoleaga in his visit to the Lake District last week.

Published: Aug 03, 2012

Minister of Agriculture on Nevis, Robelto Hector, has welcomed a proposed European Union (EU) backed project for the development of aquaculture in St Kitts and Nevis, since fishing was an important sector in the islands development.

Published: Aug 03, 2012

Consistent with the announcement on the 25 May 2012, Clean Seas Tuna continues to generate cash from a continued clearance in our Kingfish inventory, coupled with ivestment of surplus asset infrastructure.

Published: Aug 03, 2012

The North Carolina Fishery Resource Grant Program recently noted six new project awards for 2012. North Carolina Sea Grant administers the FRG Program funded by the North Carolina General Assembly.

Published: Aug 03, 2012

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny, has launched a Government plan to double the value of Ireland’s ocean wealth to 2.4 per cent of GDP by 2030 and to increase the turnover from the ocean economy to exceed €6.4bn by 2020.

Published: Aug 03, 2012

The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Miguel Arias Cañete expressed support for the Spanish fishing sector affected by the renewal of the protocol to implement the fisheries agreement between the EU and Mauritania, and Spain's refusal to rati

Published: Aug 03, 2012

Governor Dr Kamla, while giving the nod for the prosecution of minister of state for fisheries Parshottam Solanki in connection with an alleged Rs 400 crore fisheries contract scam, has also implicated senior minister Dilip Sanghani for approving the cont

Published: Aug 03, 2012

The researchers wanted to investigate whether forfordøyd (hydrolysed) fat in the diet would increase the utilisation of fat and lead to increased growth and development in farmed cod in the first phase of life.

Published: Aug 03, 2012

Primary Industries and Regions SA has been working with its Snapper working group over the past 12 months following the Snapper Options Paper which was released for public comment from 22 November 2011 to 31 January 2012.

Published: Aug 03, 2012

Cefas scientists have fed shellfish in their laboratory with high concentrations of toxic algae to create high-quality certified matrix reference materials for shellfish monitoring tests. This material is now been offered commercially through Cefas Techno