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Friday, November 6, 2020
Salmon along Canada's British Columbia coast more likely to encounter pathogens near salmon farms
A new study has found wild salmon along the British Columbia, Canadian coastline to have an almost triple possibility to encounter harmful pathogens near active salmon farms.
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.
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
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
Perdue Farms chairman elected to Meat Industry Hall of Fame class of 2020
Jim Perdue, chairman of Perdue Farms, has been named to the Meat Industry Hall of Fame, honoring industry excellence in business leadership and community service.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Perdue Farms honored for COVID-19 response in Consumer World Awards
Perdue Farms has recently been named a gold winner in the "Company Response of the Year During COVID-19" category in the tenth annual Consumer World Awards, which recognise consumer products, companies and people globally in vario ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Scottish Sea Farms' head of freshwater farming to leave company
Scottish Sea Farms' head of freshwater farming, Pål Tangvik, will leave the company and return to his home country of Norway, having successfully fulfilled his mission of delivering the company's first full generation of recirculating ...
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.
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
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 ...
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.
Monday, September 28, 2020
Germany mulls subsidised storage of unsold pork or financial support for farms
Julia Kloeckner, Germany's Agriculture Minister said the government is considering aid in the form of subsidised storage of unsold pork or financial support for farms after the discovery of African swine fever (ASF) among wild boar in the c ...
Monday, September 28, 2020
South Korean pig farms now allowed to restock following ASF outbreaks
South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture has permitted pig farms to resume operations following outbreaks of African swine fever in the country.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Dutch study finds Salmonella at broiler farms can be passed to humans via meat consumption
In a recent study, two agencies in the Netherlands have looked at the prevalence of selected pathogens in chickens for meat production.

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