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Thursday, August 22, 2024
Norwegian salmon farmers face profit decline amid lower demand and health challenges
Norwegian salmon farmers have reported a decline in second-quarter profits, driven by reduced consumer demand amid rising living costs and health-related issues affecting production yields, Bloomberg reported.
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Plans to expand chicken farm in south-eastern France met with dissensions
Residents, farmers, and officials in south-eastern France are divided over plans to expand a chicken farm from 30,000 to 143,000 birds, after the project was approved by the prefecture.
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Oregon, US agencies revise permit for large chicken farm amid legal challenges
The Department of Agriculture of Oregon, US (ODA) and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) have revised a key permit for a proposed large-scale chicken farm near Scio city, following legal challenges and community opposition ...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Australia's chicken eggs may ease with warmer weather and flock rebuilding
Outbreaks of avian influenza in Australia, specifically in Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, earlier this year - and the subsequent culling of about 1.8 million chickens - has led to major disruptions in egg su ...
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Likely rise in number of cows kept indoors in UK as 'megafarms' increase, animal welfare activists warned
More cows in the United Kingdom could be kept indoors for the whole of their productive lives, animal welfare campaigners warned, after the BBC found a rise in 'megafarms'.
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Japfa Comfeed starts building chicken farm in Dak Lak, Vietnam
Japfa Comfeed Vietnam has commenced the construction of a chicken farm in Vietnam's Dak Lak province that will produce quality livestock and supply refined agricultural products to the country's central region.
Monday, August 19, 2024
Farmer's reluctance to test animals suggests US bird flu outbreak in cows may be bigger than official numbers
The US bird-flu outbreak in dairy cattle is much larger than official figures suggest due to farmers' reluctance to test their animals and risk the economic consequences of a positive result, according to Reuters' interviews with dairy expe ...
Friday, August 16, 2024
Corn farmers in Pigcawayan, Philippines, to boost productivity with new machinery
Corn farmers in Pigcawayan, North Cotabato, Philippines, are set to enhance their productivity with the provision of a PHP 250,000 (US$4,300) corn sheller machine from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Philippine News Agency reported ...
Friday, August 16, 2024
Merck Animal Health launches SenseHub Dairy Youngstock to provide farmers with actionable insights
Merck Animal Health on August 9 announced the availability of SenseHub™ Dairy Youngstock for preweaned calves in individual hutches and group housing, the industry's first monitoring technology for dairy calves from birth through the ...
Thursday, August 15, 2024
US university study looks at social-psychological aspects behind swine farmers' decisions to impose biosecurity
A study published in "Nature: Scientific Reports" by researchers from the Social-Ecological Gaming and Simulation Lab at the University of Vermont examines the socio-psychological aspects of farmers' decisions about whether or not ...
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Indigenous group in Chile fails to obtain control of some marine space used for salmon farming
A bid by a small Chilean indigenous community to win administrative control of more than 24,000 hectares of marine space in Chile — that includes some salmon farm sites — has failed, Salmonexpert.cl reported.
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Ireland's cattle farming experiences "challenging" year in 2024, according to industry official
2024 has been a "hugely challenging" year for cattle farming in Ireland due to high input costs and difficult weather conditions, according to the president of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA), Francie Gorman.
Monday, August 12, 2024
Farming facility in Norway suffers death of 200,000 fish following explosion
An explosion in the oxygen supply has led to the death of around 200,000 hatchery fish at a farming facility in Norway.
Monday, August 12, 2024
Major poultry producer Inghams acquires New Zealand's only organic chicken farm
New Zealand's sole organic chicken farm, Bostock Brothers, has been sold to major Australia-based poultry producer Inghams, RNZ News reported.
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Potential re-evaluation may further delay setup of Singapore's fourth egg farm
Singapore's fourth egg farm, which was slated to be operational by 2024, may be re-evaluating the viability of setting up in the country.

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