Australian food manufacturer Goodman Fielder said on Wednesday it will sell its New Zealand meat and pizza businesses, raising net proceeds of NZ$15 million to NZ$17 million ($12 million-$14 million) which would be used to reduce net debt.
Bahrain-based Investcorp said on Tuesday it had acquired a significant minority stake in a Turkish producer of fresh cut and packaged processed red meat.
A mussel processing plant in Newfoundland, Canada has earned the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA)'s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, marking the first mussel processor to do so, according to the GAA.
Cargill has sold its Provimi business’s Zootech® brand and French veterinary sales division to Bimeda®, a leading manufacturer and distributor of veterinary pharmaceuticals and animal health products.
The Maine Department of Maine Resources (DMR) on Monday announced scientific verification that green crabs are threatening Maine’s third most lucrative fishery.
A growing number of beef producers are seeking organic certification, with Australian Certified Organic recording a 25 percent increase in applications over the past two years.
Ocean conservation group Oceana is citing a new report that shows samples of monkfish and scorpion fish taken from the Mediterranean Sea revealed high concentrations of mercury.
Commercial hatcheries set 200 million eggs in incubators for the week ending Dec. 28, 2013, and increase of 3 percent from the eggs set during the comparable week a year ago
The poultry industry in Connecticut got a boost after state legislators passed a bill that enables poultry producers to bring their products to viable markets. A mobile-processing unit is in the works for additional support to processors.
A GBP 260,000 (USD 429,284, EUR 313,960) lobster hatchery is to be built in Co Down in a bid to boost the crustacean population and help sustain the local fishing industry.
Fishery is a key business sector of Mekong Delta; however, regional aquaculture and wild catch activities in the region have not reached its potentials.
Norwegian salmon producer and processor Marine Harvest has called an Extraordinary General Meeting of the company to help prepare its way to a future full listing in the US.
Nigeria’s agribusiness leaders, organisations and authorities have the unique opportunity in January 2014 to take part free of charge in a one-day international summit on the further development of the country’s poultry, aquaculture and feed production.
