Published: Jun 11, 2012

Fisheries output in the country could touch the 10-million-tonne-mark soon, the Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Mr Sharad Pawar, has said. From 6.5 mt six years ago, the output increased to 8.4 mt last year.

Published: Jun 11, 2012

The latest update regarding salmon farms in Okisollo and Hoskyn channels is now available.

Published: Jun 11, 2012

The Victorian Government is seeking public comment on the way it manages marine and freshwater pests, as part of its broader approach to invasive species throughout the state.

Published: Jun 11, 2012

Pfizer Inc. announced plans to file a registration statement in preparation for a potential initial public offering (IPO) for the company’s Animal Health business.

Published: Jun 09, 2012 By: Fred A'Court

Britain’s animal welfare charity, the RSPCA, has called for better enforcement of welfare standards for livestock being transported across Europe, and reiterated its call for a maximum eight-hour journey time.

Published: Jun 09, 2012 By: Arief Fachrudin

The Jakarta Beef Committee recently held a demonstration at Indonesia’s Ministry of Agriculture. The committee insisted the government add a beef import quota of 50,000 tonnes (t) in the second semester of 2012.

Published: Jun 09, 2012 By: Fred A’Court

Producers and processors around the world are becoming more efficient at making high-quality pork products according to the International Meat Secretariat (IMS) – and it is benefiting the environment.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

New Zealand’s food safety body, MAF, has denied that proposed meat inspection reforms are a cost-cutting exercise, but rather designed to bring the country more into line with international standards, while maintaining or improving food safety.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Mini Pant Zachariah

Indian poultry company Suguna Group has set up an Institute for Poultry Management, offering diploma and certificate courses.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Vlasdislav Vorotnikov

Russian veterinary services have warned that avian flu, which is currently spreading through south-east Asia, has been found on a large poultry farm in eastern Russia.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Arabella Mileham

American food giant Sara Lee Corporation, has unveiled an aggressive new strategy of innovation and marketing for its meat business.

Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Sarah Hills

Retail giant Tesco and other supermarkets have stopped sourcing beef from meat exporter JBS following claims that its supply was linked to illegal deforestation in the Amazon.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

What's the weather like out there? The answer to that question -- as well as what it means to the corn and soybean crops in the field right now -- will have a huge influence on the hog market moving through the rest of this year and into 2013.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

The US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued a conditional license for GenVec, Inc.’s foot-and-mouth disease vaccine for use in cattle, the company announced June 7.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

The overwhelming majority of the US sow herd is housed, at some point, in individual housing, or gestation stalls, according to a National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) survey.

Published: Jun 07, 2012 By: MJ Deschamps

European meat producers looking to ship organic products to the USA will be put at a disadvantage under the new EU-US organic equivalence agreement, which came into effect on 1 June, according to one British organic expert.

Published: Jun 07, 2012 By: Flemmich Webb

Hong Kong has agreed to accept UK bone-in beef imports 16 years after all British beef exports were banned due to the BSE crisis.

Published: Jun 07, 2012 By: Fred A'Court

The Penza region of Russia is set to become the biggest producer of turkey meat and beef in the country following a joint venture with Damate Agribusiness.

Published: Jun 07, 2012 By: Ed Bedington

Cautious optimism appears to sum up the general global meat supply scene, with high prices and relatively buoyant export markets, delegates to the World Meat Congress (WMC) were told.

Published: Jun 07, 2012

The annual fishing ban on the East China Sea began Friday 1 June, the East China Sea Fishery Bureau under the Ministry of Agriculture commented.