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Monday, August 19, 2024
Brazil raises 2023/24 corn export forecast despite overall production decline
Brazil's national crop agency, Conab, increased its forecast for corn exports in the 2023/24 season to 36 million metric tonnes, up by 2.5 million tonnes from the previous estimate released in July 2024, Reuters reported.
Monday, August 19, 2024
Villages in Okakarara, Namibia, hit by eight lumpy skin disease cases
Eight cases of lumpy skin disease (LSD) have been reported at villages in the Okakarara region of Namibia.
Monday, August 19, 2024
Bird flu restrictions in Victoria, Australia, to end
Restrictions covering parts of Victoria, Australia, where bird flu spread, will be scrapped, months after the last case was detected.
Monday, August 19, 2024
Around 2,000 ASF vaccines set to be launched in Philippines on August 20
Around 2,000 donated African swine fever (ASF) vaccines were set to arrive in the Philippines on August 16 and will be rolled out on August 20, according to Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel.
Monday, August 19, 2024
Philippines' agriculture department calls for compliance to bio-security measures as ASF hit villages in La Union
The Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA) is urging for strict compliance to bio-security measures after 17 of the 36 villages in the municipality of Balaoan in La Union province have confirmed cases of the African swine fever (ASF).
Friday, August 16, 2024
First ASF outbreak Hits Da Nang, Vietnam
At least five swine have died, and samples from the meat have tested positive for African swine fever (ASF) at farms in the Hoa Ninh and Hoa Phong communes of Da Nang's Hoa Vang district, Vietnam, Vietnam News reported.
Friday, August 16, 2024
Madagascar launches five-year action plan to boost fish production
Madagascar has unveiled a five-year national action plan aimed at increasing fish production to meet the rising seafood demand of its growing population, SeafoodSource reported.
Friday, August 16, 2024
Corn farmers in Pigcawayan, Philippines, to boost productivity with new machinery
Corn farmers in Pigcawayan, North Cotabato, Philippines, are set to enhance their productivity with the provision of a PHP 250,000 (US$4,300) corn sheller machine from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Philippine News Agency reported ...
Friday, August 16, 2024
Philippine Senate passes bill to strengthen livestock, poultry, and dairy industry
The Philippine Senate has passed a bill that establishes a national roadmap aimed at enhancing the local livestock, poultry, and dairy (LPD) industry, The Philippine Star reported.
Friday, August 16, 2024
Punjab, Pakistan livestock minister met delegation from Pakistan Poultry Association
A delegation of the Pakistan Poultry Association led by its chairman, Muhammad Nusrat, on August 8 met Punjab, Pakistan Livestock Minister Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani.
Friday, August 16, 2024
BRF to pay 2% premium for soybeans produced through regenerative agriculture
Brazilian pork and chicken processor BRF will pay a 2% premium from market prices for soybeans produced through regenerative agricultural practices, the consortium leading the project said on August 6.
Friday, August 16, 2024
Egypt's agriculture minister in meeting with milk industry players to discuss strategies for driving production
Egypt's Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Alaa Farouk, recently met with the board of directors of the Egyptian Milk Producers Association (EMPA) to discuss future strategies for enhancing production, developing livestock farms, ...
Friday, August 16, 2024
Merck Animal Health launches SenseHub Dairy Youngstock to provide farmers with actionable insights
Merck Animal Health on August 9 announced the availability of SenseHub™ Dairy Youngstock for preweaned calves in individual hutches and group housing, the industry's first monitoring technology for dairy calves from birth through the ...
Thursday, August 15, 2024
US university study looks at social-psychological aspects behind swine farmers' decisions to impose biosecurity
A study published in "Nature: Scientific Reports" by researchers from the Social-Ecological Gaming and Simulation Lab at the University of Vermont examines the socio-psychological aspects of farmers' decisions about whether or not ...
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Morocco's agriculture minister oversaw meetings focused on supporting red meat, dairy industries
Morocco's Minister of Agriculture, Mohammed Sadiki, led two pivotal meetings on August 6 in Rabat, centered around the red meat and dairy industries.

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