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Date:2016/03/30
March 30, 2016CVMA sets standards for the care and welfare of livestockThe China Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) has recently held a conference in Beijing to improve and standardise the welfare of livestock in the animal husbandry and veterinar...
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Date:2016/04/19
April 19, 2016Agri, food groups urge US Congress: Pass TPPA total of 225 US agricultural and food organisations and companies have joined forces to urge Congress to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement during its current session.In a le...
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Date:2016/04/13
April 13, 2016Another insect meal facility, now by FeedsAgrisolutionsUS-based FeedsAgrisolutions has begun construction of a three-acre insect meal production facility in Colombia.The production facility will provide warehouse space with associated o...
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Date:2016/03/23
March 23, 2016Tough competition weakens China methionine pricesPrices of methionine dipped further during the week ending March 21.One major methionine producer slashed prices to below RMB29/kg, prompting others to follow suit. However, sales remaine...
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Date:2016/04/13
April 13, 2016USDA expands safety-net for dairy operationsUS Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that dairy farms participating in the Margin Protection Program (MPP) can now update their production history when an eligible family member ...
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Date:2016/05/03
May 3, 2016Mexico lifts ban on US poultry importsMexico has lifted its ban on US poultry products after acknowledging the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) "successful measures" to control the outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)...
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Date:2016/04/13
April 13, 2016US allots $1.2M for aquaculture researchThe US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it has allotted more than $1.2 million to fund aquacultureprojects in the United States.The funding is available through the Aquaculture Research Progr...
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Date:2016/04/29
April 29, 2016Innovad appoints distributor for Western CanadaINNOVAD NV/SA (Antwerp, Belgium) and AGRIBUTION CANADA LTD. (Steinbach, Manitoba) have announced that Agribution will market and distribute the Innovad product line in Western Canada."We ar...
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Date:2016/04/11
April 11, 2016US FDA rejected carbadox animal drug over long term risk of cancerThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected a drug that treats particular conditions in pigs due to suspected cancerous effects it might have on human health. ...
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Date:2016/04/21
April 21, 2016Brazil waives tax to prompt more corn importsBrazil''s second corn harvest could be hit by scarcity, and thus an import tax on one million tonnes of corn from outside the Mercosur trade bloc will be waived for now.According to the Forei...
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April 8, 2016Blackhead disease in turkeys tackled in Aug. 8 symposiumBlackhead disease (histomoniasis) is a serious threat to the turkey industry, and due to an increasing need for the research and development of viable products for the prevention, t...
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Date:2016/04/07
April 7, 2016USPOULTRY's workshop to focus on improving plant operationsUSPOULTRY's 2016 Poultry Processor Workshop will provide the latest information on the new technology, management techniques and inspection issues affecting poultry processing op...
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Date:2016/04/06
April 6, 2016New US rule to ensure food safety during transportThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday, March 5, finalised a new food-safety rule aimed at helping prevent food contamination during transportation. The rule requires those ...
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Date:2016/04/06
April 6, 2016US agriculture organisations now permitted to interact with Cuban counterparts The USDA will permit 22 industry-sponsored researches and programmes as well as 18 marketing order organisations to participate in research and information ex...
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Date:2016/04/05
April 5, 2016US Grains Council: Alberta a growth market for US barley, DDGS The US Grains Council (USGC) recently made a promotional tour of Alberta, Canada''s largest beef-producing province, which it has identified as a potential growth market for ...
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Date:2016/03/28
March 28, 2016USDA seeks to discard redundant trichina-control requirements for pork The US Department of Agriculture''s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has proposed the consolidation and streamlining of existing regulations for meat and po...
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Date:2016/04/05
April 5, 2016Brazil now biggest poultry meat supplier to South AfricaSouth Africa's biggest supplier of poultry meat is Brazil as sales to the former amounted to US$132.8 million in 2015.This is despite higher import tariffs (whole chicken from 27% t...
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Date:2016/03/28
March 28, 2016Wal-Mart to build dairy processing plant in Indiana, USWal-Mart will construct a dairy processing facility in Indiana, US, which will produce private-label milk to about 600 stores.The retail corporation''s move could affect businesses ...
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Date:2016/04/05
April 5, 2016US FDA faces lawsuit for GM salmon''s approvalEnvironmental organisations have launched a lawsuit against US health regulators, in an attempt to deny the official approval of a genetically-modified (GM) salmon to be farmed for human cons...
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Date:2016/03/28
March 28, 2016Canada's poultry meat now allowed into MexicoCanada's fresh poultry meat imports is now permitted to enter Mexico following the cessation of a ban imposed in 2004 due to an avian flu outbreak, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Cana...