Published: Jul 28, 2012

The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, initialled on 26 July a two year Fisheries Partnership Protocol between the EU and Mauritania.

Published: Jul 28, 2012

Canada has secured market access to Kazakhstan for Canadian boneless beef, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced July 27.

Published: Jul 28, 2012

Representatives from Foster Farms and Fresno State Univ. broke ground on the new Foster Farms Poultry Education and Research Facility at The Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology at Fresno State.

Published: Jul 28, 2012

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. returned to profitability during the second quarter. For the quarter ended June 24, the company had income of $69,358,000, equal to 27 cents per share on the common stock, which compared with a loss of $128,141,000 during the same qu

Published: Jul 28, 2012

A Cargill Meat Solutions meat plant in Plainview, Texas suspended operations and was evacuated after receiving a bomb threat July 25, according to news reports.

Published: Jul 28, 2012

McLane, a Texas-based supply chain services provider and a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has entered into an agreement to acquire Meadowbrook Meat Company (MBM) for an undisclosed amount.

Published: Jul 28, 2012

Riviana Foods has introduced Minute Steamers, a new addition to its range of rice products. The new product contains rice that is fully cooked in a self-ventilated bag.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

AUSTRALIA - A fishermen's co-operative on the New South Wales mid-north coast has gone into liquidation with debts of almost A$330,000.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

UK - The NC3Rs has announced 21 new grants totalling £5.1 million for research to replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in science - referred to as 'the 3Rs'. This is the largest single allocation of funding ever made for 3Rs research in the UK.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

SCOTLAND, UK - Fifteen Scottish seafood companies will meet the fresh fish buying team from Morrisons today, to hear about the company’s future strategy for fresh seafood, and to see how industry can work with the retailer to improve distribution of Scott

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Vladislav Vorotnikov

Ukrainian pig and poultry farmers have called on the government to take action over “excessive imports” of cheap meat.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

Economists in Ireland have said the cost of feeding livestock is going to increase, which will have an impact on farm incomes.

Published: Jul 26, 2012

Estonia’s pork production sector is facing a crisis as a result of high costs and competition from European imports.

Published: Jul 26, 2012 By: Nicholas Robinson

The high Australian dollar and problems in major world economies are hampering Australian exports of beef, according to Meat and Livestock Australia’s (MLA’s) 2012 mid-year cattle projection update.

Published: Jul 26, 2012 By: Rick Pendrous

Pressure is mounting on the government to do more to fight the UK’s corner in getting a reversal of the European Commission’s (EC’s) decision to impose a moratorium on desinewed meat (DSM).

Published: Jul 26, 2012

A line of branded fish products from Kerala, Fish Maid, is promising to harvest benefits for the Kerala State Coastal Area Development Corporation (KSCADC) and the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC), while simultaneously netting better incomes

Published: Jul 26, 2012

The provincial agriculture office expressed its intention to expand aquaculture production in the province in coordination with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

Published: Jul 26, 2012

Electronic tracking allowing South West fishermen into parts of a marine protected area will now continue after a trial monitoring their activity.

Published: Jul 26, 2012

Taiwan’s legislature passed a bill that would allow some US beef imports that contain small amounts of ractopamine, a feed ingredient used to promote leanness in pork and beef, according to news reports. The bill does not include pork.

Published: Jul 26, 2012

Peggy Albertson was named public relations manager for the National Turkey Federation, NTF President Joel Brandenberger announced recently.