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Thursday, June 4, 2020
Bahamas eyes US$2 million poultry investment
The Bahamas Development Bank (BDB) is in the planning stage of investing up to US$2 million to increase the local farmers' share of the fresh poultry market, The Tribune reported.
Thursday, June 4, 2020
India enhances efforts on locust infestation control
India is fighting its worst desert locust outbreak in decades and is getting new equipment to stop the swarms before summer crop-sowing starts in the middle of June, Reuters reported.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Cargill makes significant progress toward sustainability goals
Cargill has embodied sustainability into the company's purpose, and woven it into its core operations including investment priorities, organisational structure and resource allocation.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
US Senate Finance Committee chairman says China will maintain commitments in Phase 1 trade deal
The chairman, Senator Chuck Grassley said Robert Lighthizer, US Trade Representative spoke with Liu He, China's Vice Premier and confirmed that China will maintain its commitments under the US-China Phase 1 trade deal, Reuters reported.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Brazilian labour prosecutors' office sues JBS SA over Brazilian indigenous workers' rights violations
A suit was filed by the Brazilian labour prosecutors' office towards JBS SA, which had allegedly fired 40 workers from the Kaingang tribe from its plant in south Brazil because of COVID-19, Reuters reported.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Chinese firms buy US soybeans even after government orders to stop purchases
Three cargoes of soybeans from the United States have been purchased by China state-owned companies, even after China's government ordered these companies to stop purchases, Reuters reported.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Australia reports lower greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 from declines in the farm sector
Australian government data showed greenhouse gas emissions in Australia dropped 0.9% in 2019 due to big declines in the farm industry from a prolonged drought depleting cattle and sheep herds, Reuters reported.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Court favours Northern Australian cattle producers against unlawful ban
Northern Australian cattle producers received favourable ruling from the Federal Court today against a live export ban imposed by the Commonwealth government in 2011, ABC News reported.
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Brazil state confirms thousands meat plant workers with COVID-19
The labour prosecutors' office confirmed on Monday that over a quarter of new coronavirus cases in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul are among meat plant workers, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
US prepares for African swine fever outbreak with comprehensive response plan
The US Department of Agriculture has issued a new and comprehensive preparedness and response plan in the event African swine fever breaks out in the country.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Australian dairy firms announce farmgate milk prices
On Monday, the dairy processors of Australia has announced their opening milk prices for the season under the new mandatory dairy code of conduct, ABC News reported.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
First batch of Russia's frozen poultry meat reaches China
Russia's first batch of frozen poultry meat exports on a China-Europe freight train reached southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Friday, according to Xinhua.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
US doctor warns of poultry virus worse than the new coronavirus
A US doctor warns about the dangers in the poultry and meat sector, stating that a poultry-transmitted virus like H5N1 could be far deadlier than COVID-19 if it mutates to spread rapidly among humans, reported The Week.
Monday, June 1, 2020
Canadian, US pork industries intertwined, suffer with US processing plant shutdowns
Canadian pork farmers have often been closely linked to the pork industry in the US, and considering this, the shutdown of US pork processing plants has pummeled the Canadian pork industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic, St Albert Today reporte ...
Monday, June 1, 2020
Vietnam to safeguard its shrimp sector from DIV1 virus outbreak
Vietnam's Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry (MARD) has urged for stricter control on the entry of shrimp and aquaculture feed from China to prevent the entry of the DIV1 virus into the country.

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