Ready-to-cook poultry weight during July 2013 totaled 3.85 billion lbs., up 5 percent from July 2012, according to the US Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Cargill announced plans to add an automated order distribution system at its Dodge City, Kan. beef-processing plant. The project will cost $48 million.
Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq plans to expand its salmon business to take advantage of strong European demand and record high prices after selling its fish food business and fending off a hostile bid, it said on Tuesday.
New regulations will slow the growth of Chile’s farmed salmon production, but the industry’s future remains bright, according to a new report published by Rabobank International.
Merck & Co's decision to suspend sales of its Zilmax cattle feed additive has caused such a surge in demand for rival Eli Lilly & Co's Optaflexx that Lilly is telling some new customers it cannot immediately supply them, customers told Reuters.
Cargill Inc, the United State's third-largest meat producer, said more testing needs to be done on Zilmax and the last cattle fed with the feed additive will be out of its production supply by the end of September.
Exports of Norwegian fresh salmon fell 25 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2013, proof that the country continues to struggle getting product into China.
A Pilgrim's Pride chicken processing plant in Batesville is expected to close its doors in 60 days as the company discusses a potential sale to Rogers, Ark.-based Ozark Mountain Poultry.
As Local Ocean came to an end Tuesday with the foreclosure of its property on Route 9 in Greenport, new property owner Michael Spielman is keeping the hundreds of thousands of fish at the site for the time being.
The Maritime and Fishery Ministry has set the country`s shrimp production target at 608,000 tons this year, a sharp increase from 415,703 tons in 2012.
For the second quarter of 2013, Leroy Seafood Group reported its second-highest revenue in its history, a total of NOK 2.5 billion, up from NOK 2.3 billion in the same period last year.
Animal nutrition and fish feed firm Nutreco is expanding its operations in Ukraine through a new joint venture with a partner organization there, the company said in a release.
