A clear message that livestock production in Scotland deserves recognition for its valuable sustainability role, has come from Jim McLaren, Chairman of Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), at the Royal Highland Show.
More cattle, sheep and pigs were slaughtered in May in the UK than in the same month of 2013 and meat output was up between five and eight per cent for each species.
Tianli Agritech announced that the company has completed a $3.84 million private placement of its common stock to Mr. Houliang Yu, a citizen of the PRC.
The Russian embassy has insisted that Irish beef products have a "prime place" in the country's agriculture market after a blanket ban on imports of beef offal from Ireland was imposed.
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has filed a lawsuit against Tyson Foods for "unlawful dumping of untreated industrial wastewater" that led to a fish kill in a Southwest Missouri stream.
US-based pork producer Smithfield Foods has closed its Tar Heel, North Carolina pork plant, following an ammonia spill caused by the collapse of a water tank.
The Angolan government considers the development of the aquaculture sector to be one of its programme’s priorities, according to Angola’s fishing minister, Victoria de Barros Neto.
Ceylon Fresh Seafood (Pvt) Ltd has successfully undergone Friend of the Sea renewal audit for yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and obtained Friend of the Sea second certification for swordfish (Xiphias gladius).
Despite the subsidies provided by the government, 60 per cent of shrimp farms in Tamil Nadu are still unregistered, said Fisheries Minister KA Jayapal.
Results of a new study has indicated that in the next five years the Chilean salmon industry will require more than 8,000 new workers in direct and indirect jobs.
Bell & Evans announced plans to invest more than $44 million in a new 158,000 sq. ft. poultry processing and packaging plant, new equipment and employee training.
Vietnam’s CT Group plans to grow up to 10,000 hectares with dragon fruit in the northern territory of Australia, the largest scale so far with the first crop starting this year
