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Thursday, January 7, 2021
Zagro explains the importance of farm hygiene
Farm hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases in farming systems. These practices help to reduce transmission of diseases from farm to farm or within a farm. It also reduces ...
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Foster Farms faces fresh scrutiny following latest COVID-19 death of facility worker
Foster Farms has been placed under fresh scrutiny following a third COVID-19 death of another worker at its California, US food processing facility.
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Brazil publishes rules of good management practices for pig farms
The rules of good management practices in Brazil's commercial breeding pig farms for the well-being of animals, was published last month in the Official Gazette, according to the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply and S ...
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Early Charm Ventures joins US industry coalition supporting access to affordable seafood
Early Charm Ventures has joined Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS), an industry coalition that lobbies to increase US residents' access to healthy, sustainable and affordable domestically-produced seafood, The Fish Site reported last m ...
Monday, January 4, 2021
Vietnam to provide support, compensation to pig farmers impacted by ASF
Vietnam has recently issued a decision to support local pig farmers in regions affected by African swine fever (ASF) and provide financial aid for disease prevention.
Monday, January 4, 2021
Mexico's National Farm Council against GMO corn ban, organic growers laud ban
Mexico's main agricultural lobby the National Farm Council criticised the government's decision to ban genetically modified (GMO) corn, while organic growers supported the ban which they say will protect smaller farmers, Reuters reported.
Monday, January 4, 2021
Denmark to cull 9,000 poultry at farm in Viborg Municipality due to H5N8 bird flu
9,000 poultry are set to be culled in Denmark after H5N8 bird flu was detected on a poultry farm in Lovel village, bordering the Viborg Municipality, Jutland Peninsula, according to the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA), Yeni ...
Monday, January 4, 2021
68,000 chickens to be culled in poultry farm at Gifu prefecture, Japan due to bird flu
The Gifu prefectural government in central Japan said they have confirmed a bird flu outbreak at a poultry farm in Minokamo city, with 68,000 chicken at the farm to be culled, Jiji Press reported.
Monday, January 4, 2021
Aviagen seeks to set up second chicken farm in Perthshire, central Scotland, despite opposition
Aviagen is seeking to establish a second chicken farm in rural Perthshire, central Scotland, even as it faces more than 200 objections to an ongoing proposal.
Monday, January 4, 2021
No known cause for mass death of chickens at farms in Barwala, India
Thousands of chickens at farms in the Indian town of Barwala died from an unknown cause, sparking off panic in the area.
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Thailand's retail chains to buy 1,600 tonnes of shrimp to help farmers
Thailand's retail chains such as Makro, Big C, Tesco Lotus, The Mall, Food Land and Villa Market have agreed to buy a combined amount of 1,600 tonnes of shrimp in January and the operators of 24 local stores in 17 provinces would allow farm ...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
US government aid gives 'boost' to farm profits
As US government aid hit a record high during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, farm profits are on track for one of the best years in 50 years, even adjusted for inflation, Spectrum News 1 reported.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Japanese company in joint venture with IMT Engineering to farm land-based shrimp
Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO), which is based in Osaka, Japan, has established a joint venture with IMT Engineering (IMTE) to farm shrimp on land, and to process and sell them, SeafoodSource reported early this month.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Blue Star Foods Corp signs term sheet to acquire Taste of BC Aquafarms
Blue Star Foods Corp, a sustainable seafood company, has announced on December 28 that it has signed a term sheet to acquire Taste of BC Aquafarms, Inc., a family-owned, land-based recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) salmon farming oper ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Wave of the future? Investment in RAS salmon farming takes off
Not even COVID-19 slowed accelerating investment in commercial RAS salmon –but 2030 output forecasts vary by a factor of more than ten.

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