Management expert Daniel Diermeier will be delivering the keynote address at Seafood Expo North America in Boston this year, focusing on the need to build and maintain a company's reputation in the industry.
Smithfield Foods Inc suspended hog slaughter at its Tar Heel, North Carolina, plant on Friday because of the spread of the deadly Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) which has tightened hog supplies, industry sources said.
Tyson Foods, Inc. executives told the investors at the 18th Annual Goldman Sachs Agribusiness Conference that Tyson Foods is a different company than it was a few years ago, and the difference has led to sales and earnings growth.
Sales of organic meat, poultry and fish increased by 2.2% in 2013, as the Soil Association announced the first growth in the total organic market for four years.
Scottish farmed salmon sales to the United States are set to hit GBP 200 million (USD 334.2 million, EUR 239.5 million) in 2014, a record for Scottish aquaculture
ASEAN shrimp producers have decided to develop a set of common standards for their products that will be suitable with ASEAN nations' conditions and harmonized with other popular international requirements.
China’s leading tilapia producing region will meet with global retailers in Boston next week hoping to secure higher prices or long-term supply contracts to reward more environmentally-responsible tilapia cultivation.
Using words like “stabilize” and “resurrect,” U.S. catfish producers are optimistic about their industry after facing several years of challenges from high feed prices, reduced acreage and competition from imports.
Top-level Irish Farmer Association (IFA) and Ulster Farmers Union meetings took place this week on the current problems on beef prices and specifications both North and South.
Russia will increase poultry exports by about 30% this year as the falling rouble will benefit Russian exporters and make all Russian products including poultry cheaper at the foreign markets, expert estimations suggest.
The major beef producing region in Argentina (the Pampa area) has received heavy rain over the past two months, causing serious disruptions to livestock transport and therefore supply, reports MLA.
Meat processing company VION Foods has hit out at the authorities in Schleswig Holstein for closing down its slaughterhouse in Bad Bramstedt over concerns about animal welfare and breaches of hygiene regulations.
Norway’s sales of salmon in China fell 32 percent in volume to 8,597 metric tons (MT) (fresh and frozen) while value stayed flat thanks to a strong increase in Chinese prices in 2013.
Norwegian fishmeal company Ewos reported higher sales prices, but that couldn't make up for a drop in sales volumes in Norway based on water temperatures, according to a recent financial statement.
SeaShare works with, and for, NFI’s members, combining donations of seafood and processing with financial contributions, to improve the nutritional offerings at food banks nationwide.
