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Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Dutch chicken farm 'awarded' by animal rights group for deceptive food marketing
A chicken farm under the ownership of Kloeke Kip -- a chicken producer from Grubbevorst, the Netherlands, that claims to breed stress-free birds -- had been 'awarded' for deceptive food marketing during an annual contest organised by animal ...
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Intensive chicken farming blamed for polluted rivers in Powys, Wales
Environmental and countryside groups want a moratorium on planning approval for new intensive poultry units in Powys, Wales, as the environmental state of local rivers suffer.
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Largest salmon producer in New Zealand relooks results after farms fail environmental standards
New Zealand's biggest salmon farmer is relooking results after half its farms failed to meet environmental standards.
Monday, October 12, 2020
Philippines' farm-gate broiler prices rise following reduced production
The average farm-gate prices of broilers in the Philippines have increased beyond a ₱85-per-kilogramme (US$1.75) level after local raisers cut output, the United Broiler Raisers Association (Ubra) said.
Monday, October 12, 2020
Canadian salmon farmers to invest in support of British Columbia aquaculture post-COVID-19
Salmon farmers in British Columbia, Canada, plan to invest $113 million in aquaculture projects and create close to 450 new jobs as they seek to support the province in its post-COVID-19 recovery.
Saturday, October 10, 2020
New Zealand's beef, sheep farms close to being carbon neutral, says new study
New Zealand's sheep and beef farms are nearly carbon neutral, a new research from the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has found.
Monday, October 5, 2020
New Zealand's Fonterra to sell its dairy farms in China for US$368 million
New Zealand-based Fonterra said it agreed to selling its farms in China for NZD 555 million (~US$367.97 million; NZD 1 = US$0.66) to focus on the New Zealand market and lower its debt, Reuters reported.
Monday, October 5, 2020
German farming association calls for longer operating hours for meatpackers
Germany's Association of German Farm Cooperatives said meatpackers and slaughterhouses in the country need to operate for longer hours to compensate for decreased processing capacity following high standards for COVID-19 prevention, Reuters ...
Monday, October 5, 2020
ForFarmers: Subsidy for cyber security cooperative in Dutch agricultural sector
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate has selected a cyber security cooperative in the agricultural sector -- of which ForFarmers is the founder -- for the Cyber resilience 2020 subsidy, ForFarmers announced last month.
Monday, October 5, 2020
Pig farmers in Suffolk, UK, put on alert following new swine dysentery case
A fresh outbreak of swine dysentery at a pig farm in Suffolk, the United Kingdom, has led to a call to local farmers to comply with increased levels of biosecurity.
Monday, October 5, 2020
Shiok Meats investor unsettled by founder's dubious claims about shrimp farms
A misleading claim made early this year by the founder of Singapore-based Shiok Meats -- which develops lab-cultured shrimp cells as a substitute for natural shrimp meat -- has provoked a strong response from Aqua-Spark, the lead investor i ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Enesi Pharma reports positive results of needle-free PRRS vaccine
UK-based Enesi Pharma has reported positive top-line results from a new study evaluating the immune responses generated by its ImplaVax®-enabled unit solid-dose formulation of a live attenuated porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome ...
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Brazilian soy farmers group splits from Brazil Agribusiness Association over Amazon deforestation issue
Aprosoja, Brazil's biggest soy farmers lobby group has left the Brazil Agribusiness Association (Abag) because of the latter's support for an initiative requesting the Brazilian government to stop increased Amazon rainforest deforestation, ...
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Classical swine fever reemerges among Japan's farmed pigs
Japan has reported its first case of classical swine fever among farmed pigs in about half a year.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
No risk to wild stocks despite presence of Atlantic salmon farms off British Columbia, Canada
Atlantic salmon farms in the Discovery Islands off British Columbia, Canada, are of no significant threat to the health of wild stocks migrating through the area, a study has found.

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