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Friday, January 29, 2021
Philippines' Department of Agriculture urges hog raisers to get free insurance
The Philippine's Department of Agriculture (DA) is lobbying insurance packages to local backyard and commercial hog raisers due to the potential risks of farms getting hit by disease outbreaks.
Monday, January 18, 2021
Canada's aquaculture industry questions government department's support in open letter
In an open letter to Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) said that the country's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) appears "structurally and culturally unable" to suppor ...
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Smithfield Foods prepares to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to its US workers
The world's biggest pork processor, Smithfield Foods, said it is preparing to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to its workers and is equipped with medical capabilities at its plants in the United States, Reuters reported.
Monday, December 14, 2020
Perdue Farms' grant helps fund new 'repack' room at US food bank
As part of its "Delivering Hope to Our Neighbors" hunger-relief initiative, Perdue Farms has invested in a new 'repack' room at the Food Bank of Delaware in Newark, the United States, to help provide additional protein and other nutritious ...
Thursday, November 12, 2020
US meat company sues state health department to stay open following COVID-19 cases
United States meat company Stampede Meat, which supplies Costco and Walmart, is suing the New Mexico state Department of Health to stay open after the department ordered them to close for 14 days following several COVID-19 cases detected am ...
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Pilgrim's Pride agrees plea deal with US Justice Department over price-fixing charges
Major United States poultry firm Pilgrim's Pride has agreed to a plea deal with the US Justice Department and will pay a US$110.5 million fine over price-fixing charges on chicken products, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Mosa Meat raises Series B funding to prepare for large-scale cultured meat production
osa Meat, the European food technology company which introduced the world's first cultured beef hamburger in 2013, announced late last month the first closing of US$55 million as part of a larger Series B funding round.
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
UK prepares veterinarians for post-Brexit export requirements
A £300,000 (US$389,663) training fund by the United Kingdom's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) aims to boost the number of veterinarians that are qualified to certify products of animal origin for export.
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Arla Foods announces departure of EVP
Arla Foods has announced the departure of Tim Ørting Jørgensen, executive vice president (EVP) of its international segment.
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
US EPA approves disinfectant against ASF
An "Intervention Farm Disinfectant-Cleaner Concentrate" by Canadian-based Virox Animal Health has been approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) for use against African swine fever (ASF) virus, Farm Journal's Po ...
Friday, September 11, 2020
US Labour Department fines Smithfield Foods for failing to protect workers from COVID-19
The United States Labour Department has cited Smithfield Foods for not protecting its workers from COVID-19, becoming the first major meatpacker in the country to be fined since the pandemic began, Reuters reported.
Friday, September 4, 2020
Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA) asked by industry groups to ban all poultry imports
The Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA) decided to ban the entry of chicken imports from Brazil and put a temporary ban on all imported chicken in relation to COVID-19 prevention and control procedures.
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Spain relocates bluefin tuna aquaculture cages to facilitate storm damage repair
Spain's Ministry of Water, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and the Environment will temporarily extend the relocation of aquaculture cages in El Gorguel, the Region of Murcia affected by a maritime storm to facilitate repair, Fish Informa ...
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Philippines trade department calls for end to ban on poultry imports from Brazil
The Philippines' Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is calling on the Department of Agriculture to abrogate a ban on poultry imports from Brazil as the move could induce a supply shortage as well as a spike in prices of processed meat p ...
Monday, August 31, 2020
Philippines agriculture department provides 880 chickens to local backyard farmers
The Caraga unit of the Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA) has supplied 880 heads of upgraded native chickens in Barangay Muritula, San Luis, Agusan del Sur, said DA-13 regional information officer Emmylou T. Presilda in late August ...

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