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Friday, November 6, 2020
New specialty soybean contracts available to US mid-Atlantic farmers
US mid-Atlantic farmers can lock in new premiums by selecting high oleic soybeans for the 2021 growing season, the United Soybean Board said on November 5.
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Brazil's BRF renews poultry farming quality certification
Brazil-based major global meatpacker BRF and its Lucas do Rio Verde farmers have managed to renew their WQS poultry farming quality certification, confirming the company does not use growth-promoter antibiotics for poultry farming, the Braz ...
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
UK reports H5N8 bird flu at Cheshire chicken farm
Britain has detected H5N8 bird flu at a Frodsham, Cheshire, England chicken farm, with all 13,000 birds at the farm to be culled, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Soy farmers in Brazil plant 1 million hectares daily to catch up on sowing delays
Consultancy AgRural said Brazilian soy farmers planted about 1 million hectares of soybean daily last week to catch up on sowing delays for the new grain season, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
GAA defends Cooke Aquaculture's bid to farm steelhead trout
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) defends Cooke Aquaculture in its bid to switch from farming Atlantic salmon to steelhead trout in Puget Sound, Washington, the United States, GAA said in late-October.
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
US organisation's funding to support study into porcine parvovirus infections in swine farms
A project funded by the US-based Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) will develop understanding of the prevalence and phylogenetic relationships of porcine parvovirus infections in swine farms.
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
New HR director appointed to ForFarmers' executive committee
ForFarmers has appointed Eveline Paternotte as human resource director to its executive committee, effective January 1, 2021.
Monday, November 2, 2020
Serious sea lice problem strikes Scotland's salmon farms
Salmon at Scottish farms in Argyll and Bute, Skye and the Outer Hebrides were found in terrible conditions, campaigners from the Salmon and Trout Conservation (S&TCS) Scotland said, as footage revealed lice-infected wild salmon.
Friday, October 30, 2020
US state grant programmes for contracted chicken farmers
Governors of the US state of Maryland and Delaware announced new grant programmes for contracted chicken farmers to help them cope with losses caused by COVID-19.
Friday, October 30, 2020
Viet-Uc collaboration drives innovations for indoor shrimp farming
Viet-Uc Seafood Corporation, the largest producer of shrimp postlarvae (PL) in Vietnam, expanded its operation to include intensive indoor farming of pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei).
Friday, October 30, 2020
New mobile application a nit with shrimp farmers in Vietnam
A mobile application that allows farmers to track the growth of their farmed shrimp from stocking until harvest is getting high positive response from farmers in Vietnam.
Friday, October 30, 2020
ForFarmers releases third quarter 2020 trading update
ForFarmers has today released its highlights for its third quarter performance in 2020.
Friday, October 30, 2020
USDA announces new farmer appointments to United Soybean Board
US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has appointed eight new soybean farmers to the United Soybean Board (USB) and reappointed 11 directors for an additional term.
Friday, October 30, 2020
Wayne Farms CEO installed for second term as chairman of National Chicken Council
Clint Rivers, president and CEO of Wayne Farms LLC (Oakwood, Georgia, the United States), was recently installed for a second term (2020-2021) as chairman of the National Chicken Council (NCC) during the organisation's fall board of directo ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
NPPC: US hog sector in danger of losing more farmers due to lack of COVID-19 relief
The absence of concrete COVID-19 relief for hog farmers in the United States will lead to losses of more farmers and the consolidation of the farm sector, said Howard A.V. Roth, president of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC).

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