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Date:2016/03/08
March 8, 2016Newcastle disease kills 109,000 chickens in northern PhilippinesA total of 109,255 chickens were killed in northern Philippines due to Newscastle disease, the regional office of the Department of Agriculture in the Ilocos Region said rec...
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Date:2016/03/15
March 15, 2016Ukraine's non-GM corns reaches India despite supply concernsAbout 40,000 tonnes of Ukrainian corn had reached the hands of India's state-controlled trader, PEC Ltd, despite claims that it would be challenging to source non-genetically m...
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Date:2016/03/08
March 8, 2016Vietnam's Vissan raises close to US$40 million in IPOVietnam'smeat processor, Vissan, has sold a 14% stake in an initial public offering, raising close to VND907 billion (US$40.1 million).Shares- at an overall of 11.33 million - were eac...
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Date:2016/03/21
March 21, 2016Thailand''s top milk maker eyes 50% of local marketFrieslandCampina (Thailand) targets to capture half of the ready-to-drink milkmarket in the next four years, a top company official said recently.Marco Bertacca, managing director, said...
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Date:2016/03/14
March 14, 2016Saudi Arabia in top spot of chicken consumersSaudi Arabia is one of the world's biggest consumers of chicken, according a report by Saudi Gazette.Locals are said to have ate 47kg of chicken meat and about 120 eggs yearly for each person...
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Date:2016/03/07
March 7, 2016Pakistan imports 300 US dairy cows after 12-year banAfter closing its market to imports of US live cattle in 2003 due to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or mad cow disease) concerns, Pakistan has welcomed over 300 American heifers...
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Date:2016/03/21
March 21, 2016Sri Lankan seafood exporters call for Chinese import tariff to be discussed Sri Lanka's seafood exporters have called for the government to broach the issue about an import tariff implemented by China during negotiations for a free trad...
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Date:2016/03/14
March 14, 2016South Korean poultry now allowed to enter Hong KongSouth Korea's poultry meat is now permitted to enter Hong Kong following close to two years of suspension due to an avian influenza (AI) outbreak in the former.On February 28, South Kor...
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Date:2016/03/04
March 4, 2016Philippines: Boosting swine production through genomicsSwineproduction in the Philippines is a 191-billion-peso (US$4.071-billion) industry and is the largest among the livestock and poultry industries of the country. The Philippine swin...
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Date:2016/03/17
March 17, 2016Anitox hires Asia-Pacific commercial director Anitox has appointed Dr. Alan Doyle as commercial director of its fast-growing Asia-Pacific operation. Dr. Doyle will lead the team responsible for delivering high-value Finio and Termin-8 p...
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Date:2016/03/14
March 14, 2016Philippine province''s shrimp farms hit by EMSThe dreaded early mortality syndrome (EMS) has hit a major shrimp-producing province in the Philippines, Negros Occidental, the state-owned Philippine News Agency (PNA) reported.Raoul Flores...
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Date:2016/03/03
March 3, 2016Evonik begins basic engineering for 2nd methionine plant in SingaporeEvonik Industries has started basic engineering for the construction of a second production plant for the amino acid DL-methionine in Singapore. The plant complex, with...
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Date:2016/03/17
March 17, 2016Yemtar: Talking turkey, and now AsiaAhead of Yemtar''s participation at ILDEX Vietnam, export director Bulent T. Helvacikara speaks to eFeedLink about how the company is bringing its feed machinery turnkey solutions from Turkey to Asia ...
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Date:2016/03/10
March 10, 2016India's poultry exports to Kuwait banned againIndia's poultry exports to Kuwait is banned by the latter once more following an avian influenza outbreak in the north-eastern state of Tripura, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products ...
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Date:2016/03/03
March 3, 2016Dr. Srijit of Ayurvet to discuss controlling methane emission by ruminantsAyurvet's Senior Executive, Dr. Srijit Tripathi, would be discussing ways to reduce the increasing level of methane emission in the environment as a result of a ri...
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Date:2016/03/10
March 10, 2016India''s soymeal exports fall 98% in FebruaryIndia''s soymeal exports has declined to a historic low, with a significant 98% drop in February 2016, The Hindu Business Line reported.The volume amounted to 1,127 tonnes, compared to 64,515...
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Date:2016/03/02
March 2, 2016Ayurvet to participate in FIAAP, VICTAM and GRAPAS Asia 2016 Ayurvet will be participating in FIAAP, VICTAM and GRAPAS Asia from March 29-31, 2016. At FIAAP's technical sessions, Ayurvet's Senior Product Executive, Dr. Srijit Tripathi, w...
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Date:2016/03/03
March 3, 2016Asia: Threat or opportunity for Australian dairy? Matthew Smith, Alltech vice president of Asia-Pacific, spoke about the incredible growth of India''s dairy industry, sharing his experience working in this and other emerging markets at t...
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Date:2016/03/02
March 2, 2016Alltech hires Asia-Pacific technical team coordinator Alltech has appointed Octavio Eckhardt as Asia-Pacific technical team coordinator, based in Bangkok.Eckhardt graduated as a veterinarian from the University of So Paulo, Brazil in 200...
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Date:2016/02/17
February 17, 2016MoU to encourage Thai and Indian shrimp farms towards BAP certificationA memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Rubicon Resources, a leading distributor of sustainable seafood in North America, and the Global Aquacultur...