The annual Northern Dairy Industry Situation and Outlook business breakfast forum today (14 June, 2012) at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre has heard that the supermarket retail milk ‘price war’ is continuing to harm Queensland dairy farmers
Vegetable processor McCain Australia is slashing the price it pays to its contract growers, and grower, let by the Victorian Farmer’s Federation are accusing McCain of bullying tactics.
Sunrice, Australia’s biggest rice processor, based in Leeton in the New South Wales Riverina, last week announced a review of its current capital and debt structure and a review of its corporate governance structure.
Chinese dairy company Mengniu Dairy plans to invest CNY3.5bn ($552m) to set up eight to 12 self- operated farms by 2015, to ensure the safety of milk supply.
Analysts warned tough times were ahead for Sainsbury as competitors Tesco and Morrisons beef up, after the supermarket posted it first quarter trading statement today (June 13).
Urgent action was necessary to avoid the “bleak situation” of a serious global shortage of cocoa supplies within a decade, Fiona Dawson, president of Mars Chocolate UK, warned yesterday (June 12).
The ministry of commerce & industry, Government of India, in a notification issued recently, has effected amendment to the policy on skimmed milk powders by lifting the ban on their exports.
The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Miguel Arias Cañete has expressed the need to reach a compromise on fishing discards that takes into account the reality of the Spanish fishing fleet.
Trawlers full of banana prawns are returning to port in far north Queensland. Skippers are reporting a better-than-average banana prawn season in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
A World Trade Organisation interagency report published that G20 governments should “demonstrate leadership in multilateral negotiations to strengthen international disciplines on all forms of import and export restrictions."
A new project led by Seafish is to work with the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCA) around the UK to map all the fisheries around the UK coast, writes Lucy Towers, TheFishSite Editor.
A report published recently in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal has highlighted the increased risk in humans contracting toxoplasmosis from organic meat.
Best practice regarding animal husbandry technology and veterinary science is to be shared between the European Union (EU) and China’s meat and livestock industries under a co-operation plan signed this week in Beijing.
The Russian government is due to embark on a large-scale development in beef production, which will enable the country to increase its beef export potential within the next 10 years.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) says that a Pilgrim’s Choice advert featuring a cowboy character with a razorblade poses a serious risk of emulation if seen by young children.
Penford Food Ingredients has introduced a new casein replacer for imitation cheese that it claims is a breakthrough for the industry, allowing for larger reductions of casein than ever before, thereby protecting manufacturers from fluctuating casein price
Bayer CropScience has entered into an agreement to acquire the watermelon and melon seed business of Abbott & Cobb, a privately-held seed company headquartered in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, US.
International meat representatives have announced a deal that will see them work with UN authorities when it comes to assessing the industry’s impact on the environment.
