Net sales and income for Sanderson Farms, Inc. Net grew during the second quarter on higher poultry prices and increased production at the company’s Kinston, NC, facility.
The use of antimicrobial proteins that kill pathogens in chickens is one alternative to using antibiotics to control infectious diseases in poultry, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
Bluefin tuna found may have carried the radioactive material from Japan’s tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear facility across the Pacific Ocean to US shores, according to a new study.
The Indian poultry market is expected to grow at a rate of 8-10% per year as demand for processed chicken grows, according to the latest report from Rabobank.
Young’s Seafood is meeting representatives from Norfolk District Council and its economic development team today (May 28) to reveal its plans for the future of the Cromer site.
Institute for Animal Health (IAH), an animal research laboratory located in Pirbright, UK, has received a funding of £38m, to investigate livestock disease, an initiative which would help protect UK livestock.
Irish Minister for the Marine Simon Coveney is set to announce a €15.5m investment by companies in seafood processing, which is expected to create more than 140 jobs around the coastline.
A third fish farm in British Columbia, Canada, has been put under quarantine by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), after a virus that affects farmed salmon was identified on a farm owned by Mainstream Canada.
Denmark has announced a complete ban on exports of breeding pigs into Russian, Belarus and Kazakhstan after trade relations between Russia and the EU worsened.
Young’s Seafoodhas announced that it will cease production at the Cromer Crab Company site in Cromer, Norfolk with the loss of 109 jobs between June and August this year.
It is more of the same for most farmers selling finished cattle to the factories this week, after further tightening in the supply failed to deliver any overall improvement in the prices on offer.
Terry Branstad announced that $21,000 in federal grants will be used to help former employees of Beef Products, Inc. (BPI) find new jobs after the plant closes on May 25.
An anhydrous ammonia leak at the Tyson Fresh Meats pork plant in Madison, Neb., caused at least 40 workers to be taken to local hospitals, according to news reports.
