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Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Russia may lower tax on poultry imports from Brazil
The RIA news agency said Russia may lower tax on poultry imports from Brazil if surging local prices do not stabilise, citing an industry source, Reuters reported.
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
US Cattle Market Transparency Act of 2021 gets bipartisan support
US Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on March 2 introduced the bipartisan Cattle Market Transparency Act of 2021, Drovers reported.
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
BioMar takes majority ownership of Viet-Uc aquafeed business
By acquiring a majority ownership of the Viet-Uc feed business, BioMar announced in a press statement that it is ready to pursue a position within high-end shrimp feed in Vietnam through acquiring a majority ownership of Viet-Uc's feed busi ...
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
New suspected bird flu case under investigation in South Korea, total caseload at 102
South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it is currently investigating a new suspected highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu case at an egg farm in Pocheon, 46 km north of Seoul, with the confirmed total caseload remaini ...
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Australia regains bird flu freedom status
Australia has regained freedom status from the highly pathogenic bird flu in accordance with World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) guidelines, following successful eradication of outbreaks in Victoria and ongoing surveillance showing n ...
Monday, March 1, 2021
Soymeal futures in China decline because of swine disease concerns
Soymeal futures in China declined 5%, the sharpest drop in eight years on February 26, as investors took profit and new African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks in the country resulted in concerns over demand, Reuters reported.
Monday, March 1, 2021
Skretting, Chilean salmon company enter agreement concerning sustainability targets
Skretting Chile and Chilean salmon farming company Salmones Camanchaca have entered into an agreement that sets sustainability targets in relation to carbon emissions, sourcing of raw materials, renewable energy use and life-cycle assessmen ...
Monday, March 1, 2021
USSEC: Global Aquaculture Challenge to offer innovators opportunity to share ideas
The US Soybean Export Council (USSEC), The Yield Lab Institute and The Yield Lab Asia Pacific are offering eight innovators the opportunity to participate in a global, non-dilutive accelerator programme, USSEC announced last month.
Monday, March 1, 2021
USSEC-backed catfish farm in China gets BAP certification
Early this year, Liyang Chen Qiang Special Aquaculture Products Farm, which is based in Jiangsu Province, China, became the first yellow catfish farm in the world to earn aquaculture certification from the US Soy Sustainability Assurance Pr ...
Monday, March 1, 2021
USSEC's Commodity Classic virtual event to happen on March 2-5
The US Soybean Export Council (USSEC) will meet farmers through this year's online Commodity Classic.
Monday, March 1, 2021
USMEF welcomes appointment of US Secretary of Agriculture
The US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) has welcomed the US Senate's appointment of Tom Vilsack to serve as the United States' Secretary of Agriculture.
Monday, March 1, 2021
Study finds meat production to be potential source of bacterium causing urinary tract infections
The meat production chain is likely a major source of Staphylococcus saprophyticus that causes human urinary tract infections, according to epidemiologic and genomic evidence found by researchers at a Portuguese institute.
Monday, March 1, 2021
Cargill announces initiative to tackle inequalities African Americans face in US agriculture
Cargill is looking to partner across the US agriculture industry to help dismantle inequalities African Americans have suffered.
Monday, March 1, 2021
Vaccines made available to Cargill front-line employees in US protein facilities
With a focus on safety and maintaining a food supply for grocery stores, restaurants and US consumers, employees at Cargill's US protein facilities will begin having the opportunity to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, Cargill announced.
Monday, March 1, 2021
Truckload of Smithfield products heads to North Carolina, US, following tornado, winter storm
Smithfield Foods, Inc. is dispatching a truck carrying nearly 40,000 pounds of protein to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, the United States, to aid disaster-relief efforts in the wake of a devastating EF-3 tornado that ...

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