Published: Aug 30, 2012

The North American Meat Association (NAMA) and Dr. Temple Grandin, animal handling expert, are collaborating with Arrowsight to create an enhanced remote video auditing system (RVA) designed specifically for animal welfare applications.

Published: Aug 30, 2012

North Dakota Natural Beef LLC announced it will shut down its beef and bison processing operations and layoff its workforce immediately.

Published: Aug 30, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

A local council’s plan to boost Grimsby’s seafood manufacturing industry by £75M and create up to 970 jobs has been given government’s first seal of approval.

Published: Aug 30, 2012

Sanderson Farms, a US-based frozen chicken producer, has reported that its net earnings for the third quarter ended 31 July 2012 totaled $28.72m, compared to a loss of $55.68m in the same period in 2011.

Published: Aug 30, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Robert Wiseman Dairies has launched an initiative with dairy farmers to increase the transparency of how it determines its farm gate milk prices (FGMP).

Published: Aug 30, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Irish dairy giant Glanbia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Glanbia Co-operative Society Limited to enter into a joint venture in respect of its Dairy Ingredients Ireland (DII) business.

Published: Aug 30, 2012

Fonterra has announced a revised payout forecast range for the 2012/13 season, including a lower farm gate milk price (FGMP) of $5.25 per kilogram of milk solids – down from $5.50.

Published: Aug 29, 2012 By: Wang Fangqing

The Beijing University of Agriculture (BUA) has welcomed the success of a groundbreaking project to develop a more robust domestic meat and livestock industry by using cloned animals.

Published: Aug 29, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

A local council’s plan to boost Grimsby’s seafood manufacturing industry by £75M and create up to 970 jobs has been given government’s first seal of approval.

Published: Aug 29, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Cheese producer Wyke Farms has complained of “broken promises”after Morrisons cancelled a meeting due to take place today (August 28) to discuss the delisting of the Somerset family business.

Published: Aug 29, 2012 By: Mark Astley

China Mengniu Dairy Co has posted an 18% net profit decrease for the first half of 2012 - citing a slowdown in Chinese dairy industry growth and the impact of its increased investment in scale farms as a milk source.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

Higher market prices and higher sales helped Sanderson Farms, Inc. return to profitability during the third quarter.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

The Deputy Minister of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries (MAGAP), Guillermo Moran, held several meetings with representatives of the artisanal fisheries sector in the province of Esmeraldas.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is reminding fishers that the Murray cod and Murray crayfish fishing season will close from next Saturday, 1 September.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

Spain notified its intention to provide aid to the company Ultracongelados Antartidá, which processes aquaculture products and is part of the Group Pescanova, to modernise its facilities.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

The Irish Farmers Association’s Aquaculture section has expressed concern at the impact of this summer’s unusual plankton blooms around the coast on seafood farming companies.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

The Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) programme has welcomed BioMar Chile S.A.'s Alitec Pargua and Planta BioMar facilities in Pargua as its first certified feed mills in Chile.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

NOAA Fisheries has announced the opening of the 2012 commercial and recreational red snapper fishing season in South Atlantic federal waters.

Published: Aug 29, 2012

Poultry companies are making preparations ahead of Hurricane Isaac. The hurricane’s path is forecast to travel through major chicken-producing states, according to Reuters. Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi account for roughly one-third of US chicken pr

Published: Aug 29, 2012

Fitch Ratings assigned an 'A' rating to Cargill's €500 million senior unsecured notes that are due in September, but the rating outlook is negative.