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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
US state euthanise chickens as COVID-19 hits poultry industry
Several Pennsylvania poultry farmers have made the tough decision to euthanise chickens after two poultry processing plants were temporarily shut down.
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
National Beef suspends operations amid COVID-19 cases
National Beef has announced that its Iowa Premium plant in Tama, one of the state's COVID-19 hot spots, will be idled until April 20 after several of its workers have become infected.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
USDA to spend US$15.5 billion in farm aid
The US Department of Agriculture will spend up to US$15.5 billion to enhance the country's food supply chain that has been affected by COVID-19, three sources told Reuters.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Coronavirus dents the world economy - but not the global beef trade
Coronavirus, trade politics and collapsing western economies will accelerate the rebalancing of a flourishing world beef trade.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
US poultry faces new deadly virus
The USDA this week confirmed the presence of an infectious and fatal strain of avian influenza in a commercial turkey flock in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
US dairy groups work to keep market moving
With the COVID-19 pandemic still bringing major dairy market disruptions, dairy checkoff leaders addressed the current market situation to free up obstructions and ensure dairy products are reaching consumers.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
India exempts fishing, aquaculture sectors from virus lockdown
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of India has exempted the operations of fishing (marine) and aquaculture sectors from the mandated lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Russian Aquaculture triples salmon output
Russian Aquaculture, the country's largest commercial fish farmer, tripled its farmed salmon output for 2019 to reach over 18,000 tonnes.
Monday, April 13, 2020
US addresses milk dumping to help producers amid COVID-19 pandemic
US milk producers dumping their milk because of recent market disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic will not be penalised.
Saturday, April 11, 2020
US dairy industry sounds alarm as supply exceeds demand; urges swift action
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the US' National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) have urged concerned authorities to take swift, comprehensive action to support the US dairy industry through the COVID-19 crisis.
Thursday, April 9, 2020
US farmers to plant more corn, soybean acres for 2020
According to the USDA Prospective Plantings report, US farmers intend to plant more corn and soybean acres this year.
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Turkey's agricultural output remains unaffected with virus issues
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that has brought food shortages in some parts of the world, Turkey has no issues with agricultural production, especially of cereals, an agriculture expert said Wednesday.
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Tyson suspends Iowa pork plant operations
Tyson Foods Inc. has suspended operations at its Columbus Junction, Iowa, pork plant this week due to more than two dozen cases of COVID-19 involving team members at the facility.
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Glencore Agriculture offers US$325 million for stake in Argentine soy crushing plant Renova
The commodities trader is looking to purchase the remaining minority stake in the soy crusher held currently by Vicentin, a bankrupt family-owned company, sources told Reuters.
Thursday, April 9, 2020
USDA investigating beef price increase amid lower cattle prices in COVID-19 pandemic
Sonny Perdue, Agriculture Secretary said the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is looking into why prices for cattle aren't going up even as beef prices are rising from COVID-19 hoarding, reported Reuters.

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