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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Asia's tilapia farmers threatened by emergent virus
Tilapia farmers in Asia-Pacific are facing the threat of a disease that has started to manifest in Thailand.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Sanderson Farms, Inc. announces new credit agreement
Sanderson Farms, Inc. announced that its board of directors has approved an agreement, effective April 28, 2017, for a new US$900 million revolving credit facility through a consortium of banks.
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Sanderson Farms announces agreement with House of Raeford Farms
Sanderson Farms, Inc. has announced that the company has signed an agreement to continue processing chickens grown by House of Raeford Farms at the Sanderson Farms poultry processing facility located in St. Pauls, North Carolina, US.
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
BASF to strengthen digital farming offer with acquisition of ZedX Inc.
BASF has signed an agreement to acquire US-based company ZedX, a leader in the development of digital agricultural intelligence.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
New manual on proper use of medicines on farm released
AHDB Beef & Lamb has just released a manual on the proper used of medicines on farm.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Huangfangu Farm drives economic revival in Ukraine's Koryukovka district
Chinese state-owned Huangfanqu Farm's recent joint venture in Ukraine has brought further agricultural development in a remote corner of the country's northern Chernigov region, according to a Xinhua news report.
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
UK farming sector up in arms after controversial news report
A late-March article by The Guardian, alleging systematic ill-treatment of dairy cattle in British farms, had sparked an uproar from UK farming bodies.
Friday, April 7, 2017
Salmon farming enters Chapter #3: Scarcity for the first time since the days of wild catches
• Forty years of abundant salmon and falling prices have given way to an inflationary market • Instead of rising gradually, unanticipated disease control problems in both Chile and Norway has pushed up floor prices by 50% in just one year • ...
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
The Andersons finalises sale of farm center locations in Florida, US
The Andersons, Inc. announced that it has completed the sale of its farm center facilities in Florida to Wedgworth's Inc., of Belle Glade, Florida, US.
Monday, April 3, 2017
Disease-reduction programme for Chile salmon farms initiated
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA), together with Multiexport Foods SA, Mitsui & Co. Ltd. (Mitsui Tokyo) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch® programme, is spearheading an initiative in Chile aimed at contributing to a reductio ...
Monday, April 3, 2017
US farmers' union urges Trump administration to thumb down Dow-DuPont merger
The US National Farmers Union (NFU) has called on the Trump administration to block the merger between Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co., saying it would create the largest biotechnology and seed firm in the US and reduce competition.
Thursday, March 30, 2017
AgriProtein to build 20 fly farms in US and Canada
Waste-to-nutrient upcycler AgriProtein has established itself in North America with the aim of building 20 fly farms in the US and Canada.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
The use of colistin and other critical antimicrobials on pig and chicken farms in southern Vietnam and their association with resistance in commensal Escherichia coli
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health problem, and emerging semi-intensive farming systems in Southeast Asia are major contributors to the AMR burden. We accessed 12 pig and chicken farms at key stages of production in Tien Gian ...
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Identification of microbial and gaseous contaminants in poultry farms and developing methods for contamination prevention at the source
Microbial concentrations in poultry houses increase over time and contribute to the sick building syndrome. Very high and often logarithmic growth rates are reported for aerobic mesophilic bacteria, which account for the majority of known p ...
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Antibacterial drugs in fish farms: application and its effects
Antibacterial chemotherapy has been applied in aquaculture for over 60 years. The discovery of antibacterials changed the treatment of infectious diseases, leading to a dramatic reduction in morbidity and mortality, and contributing to sign ...

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