China made a trade breakthrough after it exported cooked poultry meat to the US for the first time. This was seen to signify that the country has reached an international standard of poultry processing and quality supervision, according to China's People's Daily.

Despite the pressure of avian influenza (AI), global poultry is performing well with profitability in most regions in the world, according to this year's second-quarter report on global poultry put out by agricultural lender Rabobank.

Chicken has remained the favourite meat of Canadians, who each consumed an average of 32.5 kilogramme of it last year, the highest level of chicken consumption in Canada ever.

South Korea is set to import eggs from Thailand to ease a shortage following its worst-ever bird-flu outbreak.

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of assets of Happy Hen Egg Farms, Inc., relating to their commercial production, processing, distribution and sale of shell eggs business.

The USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) said it is again increasing its presence at the upcoming Gulfood show in Dubai with a two-level, 572-square-meter pavilion.

Japan has agreed to cut tariffs significantly on EU pig meat imports.

Around 20 Chinese and US enterprises signed Thursday, July 13, agricultural transaction contracts worth $5.012 billion, under which Chinese enterprises will import 12.53 million tonnes of soybean and 371 tonnes of pork and beef from the US companies.

US pork and beef exports performed strongly in May, with pork shipments increasing 11% to 222,015 tonnes, the fourth-largest monthly volume on record, according to statistics released by the US Department of Agriculture and compiled by the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Pork export value was $583.2 million, up 16%.

Over the last two quarters, pork and beef are being chosen more often by UK people eating out, with pork constituting 16.2% of meal occasions and beef 14.2%, according to AHDB Pork, citing findings of the market research company NPD Group.

A series of "market disruptions" that occurred in major bovine-exporting countries through the second quarter has the potential to cause material shifts in global trade, according to the Rabobank's second beef quarterly report this year.

The US has suspended all fresh and frozen beef imports from Brazil, dealing another blow to the South American country’s beef industry, which has reeled from the widely publicised tainted-meat scandal.

Higher farmgate prices and more favourable weather conditions are providing much-needed relief for the world's dairy farmers after a three-year decline in milk values, according to Rabobank's second-quarter dairy report for this year.

Agricultural lender Rabobank has painted bleak scenarios in the event the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is dissolved.

The three signatory countries to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Tuesday, June 20, reaffirmed their commitment to "keeping our markets open…so that trade can continue to grow".

Vietnam exported US$1.56 billion worth of shrimp during the first half of this year, up 15.7% year-on-year, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP) said, according to the state-owned Vietnam News Agency.

Ireland's seafood sector grew 7.4% in 2016, contributing €1.1 billion (US$1.25 billion) in gross domestic product (GDP) to the country's economy, according to Bord Iascaigh Mhara's (BIM) annual "Business of Seafood" report. BIM is Ireland's Seafood Development Agency.

Norway's seafood export volume in May (163,000 tonnes) remained at the same level as a year before. Export value at NOK7.6 billion (US$901.58 million) , however, increased 13%, or by NOK 888 million, the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) said.

JBT Corporation has acquired Avure Technologies, Inc. for US$57 million, before post-close adjustments.

From cooking and frying, freezing and chilling to portioning and sorting, weighing and grading, JBT has been with customers right down the line for more than 50 years.

The Meyn Rapid Breast Deboner M 4.0 is the plug-and-play version of Meyn's widely installed automatic Rapid Plus breast deboner.