In addition to being the biggest country of Africa, Algeria is also the biggest 10th country in world, has a stable economical and market-oriented structure, its import volume is 47 billion dolars and has around 200 billion dolars budget surplus.

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The structure of the Argentinean cattle industry has change significantly in recent years.

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South Africa's decision to target developing countries such as Argentina with tariff increases on frozen poultry meat amounts to unfair treatment and discrimination, and does not promote the concept of South-South co-operation, says Argentinian ambassador Carlos Sersale di Cerisano.

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All businesses wishing to engage in the exchange of reproductive pig material are to be officially registered as brucellosis- and Aujeszky’s disease-free from 31 July.

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Global meat production is expected to grow at a slower pace over the next decade than the one before, with the poultry sector driving the deceleration, according to a new agricultural outlook report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization.

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According to the latest agricultural outlook by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for 2013-2022, meat production is forecast to increase predominantly in developing countries, which will account for approximately 80% of the additional output by 2022.

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World sheepmeat production is projected to reach 15.1 million tonnes cwe (carcase weight equivalent) by 2019 – an increase of more than 1 million tonnes on 2012 levels, according to the recently released OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2013 - 2022.

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Australian beef and veal and sheepmeat exports to South Asia (excluding China) during May totalled 19,605 tonnes swt – up 25% year-on-year and the second highest monthly volume after 19,959 tonnes swt in December 2009 (Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries).

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PRODIGY CLASS: Margaret Williams, Marrington stud, Dubbo, NSW sashes Division 3 reserve champion Bayview Prodigy G25 held by stud principal Chris Thompson, Yorketown. They are with judge Peter Falls, Malton Shorthorns, Finley, NSW.

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Madison, Charmaine and Peter Cook, Barana Simmentals, Coolah, pictured with Scott York, Casa Toro Simmentals, Dulacca, Queensland, and his $4500 top-priced female.

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DELVE into Dom and Jo-anne Bayard's life, and you will see there is plenty of muscle needed to get everything done.

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INTERNATIONAL interest in the Droughtmaster breed increased as a South African producer keenly watched the Esk Droughtmaster feature show on May 25.

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UPDATE: ELDERS Limited has pulled its rural services business off the market after deciding Ruralco's long-anticipated bid for the division was not good enough.

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The board of Elders Limited has this morning announced a decision to reject an offer for its Rural Services Division by Ruralco, stating the offer was 'inadequate with respect to value, execution risk and other considerations'.

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FEDERAL independent MPs have launched fresh efforts to rein in the two big supermarkets by forcing them to sell businesses and reduce their market power.

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GRASS fed beef has reigned supreme at the RNA’s Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show (RQFWS) Branded Beef Competition, while New South Wales lamb producers Country Fresh Nationwide was crowned Australia’s best lamb for the second year in a row in the Branded Lamb Competition.

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Import permits to send cattle to Indonesia in the third quarter have been brought forward and are now available to Australian exporters.

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National lamb slaughter during April, as reported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), increased 15% year-on-year and 8% on the five-year average, to 1,717,600 head.

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The "Track My Macca's" app, which uses the Australian nickname for McDonald's, currently tracks some of the chain's most popular products, including the Big Mac, McChicken burger, Filet-O-Fish, and three, six or 10 packs of Chicken McNuggets.

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In May, butcher red meat sales were relatively steady to slightly lower compared with the same time in 2012, according to results from MLA’s butcher survey carried out by Millward Brown.

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FARM services rival Ruralco is not waiting around for Elders to have a change of heart about rejecting its merger offer.

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TEYS Australia has confirmed they will offer producers a 10c to 20c a kilogram premium for Certified Pasturefed cattle.

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The Bill Lamb Trophy for supreme exhibit was won by Mulloorie poll Merino ram Mulloorie Charlie exhibited by Peter and Brett Meyer, Brinkworth, SA.

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Future prosperity will partly depend on how the high-end food demand from Asia’s expanding middle class is exploited, said Trade Minister Craig Emerson, reacting to record red meat exports for May.

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WA’s largest dairy farming conglomerate Lactanz Dairy has gone into receivership.

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Between April and May, Brazilian pork exports to Ukraine increased by 26.5 per cent.

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Agriculture Minister Antonio Andrade said that this plan will finance the entire production and marketing cycle, everything from seed and feed for livestock, to machinery, harvesting, storage and product distribution.

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May showed firm cattle prices due to demand outstripping supply as a break in production was seen between most pasture fed cattle having been marketed and much of the feedlot sector not ready to slaughter.

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Brazilian halal meat exports grew 447 percent and 76 percent in sales and volume, respectively, in the past ten years.

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Meat on the bone is enduring marginal price increases through early June despite the short supply of fat animals and healthy meat demand, according to the Centre of Advanced Studies on Applied Economics.

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Saskatchewan – Addressing attendees of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association, Willie Van Solkema, president of JBS Canada, confirmed the former XL Foods Lakeside beef processing facility is operating at full capacity following the 2012 E. coli-related recall of millions of beef from that facility.

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Canadian ranchers and North American packers aren't looking forward to the arrival of revisions to the U.S. government's country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rules.

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Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its Canadian operations through a sale of the net assets of Canada Safeway Limited to Sobeys Inc., a Canadian food retailer and wholly-owned subsidiary of Empire Company Limited, for C$5.8 billion in cash (about C$4.0 billion after taxes and expenses), plus the assumption of certain liabilities.

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The Canadian owner of the Sobeys grocery store chain is poised to make itself Canada's second-biggest grocer through a surprise takeover of Canada Safeway.

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Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $3 per hundredweight (cwt) lower in comparison to seven days earlier, depending on the weight category.

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The Chinese veterinary authorities have reported another outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) at a cattle farm located in Rikaze, Tibet.

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From 28-31 May, over 300 participants from 18 countries came together in eastern Jutland, Denmark for the annual meeting of the European Pig Producers club (EPP).

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According to BangaloreMirror.com, the price of frozen whole chicken has reached Rs 200, while boneless chicken and specific parts cost more.

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Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has announced the creation of an assistance fund for farmers affected by Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) in their herds.

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Frozen Food giant Birds Eye announced last week that it would source all its future beef requirements from Irish and British farms in an attempt to draw a line under the horsemeat scandal.

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One of the companies at the centre of the horsemeat scandal has announced that it will only use Irish and British beef from the end of June.

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One of the country's largest calf exporters has blamed the British Red Tractor beef label-ling system for keeping Irish farmers out of a lucrative market.

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Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney said in October 2011: "The priority for me is to retain Irish agriculture funding and to ensure that we have a strong and effective CAP which will support our ambitions for the sector as set out most recently in Food Harvest 2020: Milestones for Success".

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Livestock and agriculture should be a ‘red line issue’, said John Bryan, Irish Farmers Association President at the EU/US trade deal in Dublin Castle last week.

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After taking 50p/kg off lamb quotes at the start of June, the lamb trade has steadied at local meat plants, with base quotes unchanged from last week at 440p/kg for lambs to 21kg.

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Mexico's poultry industry has become one of the most important and strongest animal agricultural sectors in the country and is a significant driving force for feed grain demand, particularly US sorghum and distiller's dried grains with solubles.

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The news follows the formation of a new marketing agreement with semen supplier Cogent and the Stabiliser Cattle Company.

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The Parasite Forecast published by NADIS (National Animal Disease Information Service) in January warned Northern Ireland farmers that liver fluke will represent a major challenge this year and advised them to monitor animals closely for the infective parasite.

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"Our aim is to give farmers the information needed to make the right decisions for their own businesses when it comes to the prevention and control of this costly disease," John Grant explained.

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The Nigeria Customs Services have destroyed 19,750 cartons of poultry products valued at N98.6 million (€450,000) in its resolve to reduce the incidence of smuggling and increase its revenue profile.

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NUMBERS might have taken a hit due to the poor spring, but the quality was well in evidence at last week's Road to the Isles' Show, held just outside Arisaig in the usual picturesque site at Camusdarach.

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In THE past year, liver fluke has become a major problem across the country, with wet weather and a mild winter suiting it perfectly, allowing it to multiply to the point where, in recent months, there has been a tenfold increase in cases of the parasite.

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According to Stuart Ashworth, Head of Economic Services, Quality Meat Scotland, this may be due to several retailers, and ready meal manufacturers, making public commitments to only supply UK and Irish beef in their UK outlets, at a time when supplies are tight.

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Current farmgate prices for prime cattle continue to benefit producers in the UK and Ireland, with prices advancing almost 10% since the start of the year.

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The Scottish red meat industry made a £2.1 billion contribution to the economy of Scotland in 2012, according to the Scottish Red Meat Industry Profile launched today (June 17th 2013) by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).

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A warning that rumen fluke could become as widespread as liver fluke in Scotland was issued today (June 14th) during the launch of Quality Meat Scotland’s Research & Development report.

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A BORDERS farm has been confirmed as the venue for Scotland’s biennial national sheep event next year.

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The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has stated that it needs more time to deliberate on whether import tariffs will be imposed to poultry products entering the country.

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Vectored HVT vaccines such as Vaxxitek® HVT+IBD solve the three main problems experienced with classical vaccines against IBD according to Merial’s Research Program Leader, Michel Bublot.

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Marks & Spencer said on Monday it would invest 200 million pounds in a distribution centre at a new deep-sea container port east of London to help make its supply chain more efficient.

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Loosebeare Golddust from Messrs EW Quick & Sons, made 5,700gns and topped the British Limousin Cattle Society’s May Bull Sale held at Brecon Livestock Market on Saturday 11th May 2013.

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BPEX News Release: Bureau service for Real Welfare

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It’s one of the most famous advertising slogans of all time, and now the classic ‘Go to work on an egg’ campaign is being given a modern-day makeover for British Egg Week to held 30 September - 6 October.

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Hedgerows and village flag staffs throughout the Westcountry will soon be sprouting streamer banners promoting the benefits of buying British farm produce.

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Export lambs proved particularly strong, topping at 270.5p/kg for a Beltex pen from Tim Robinson, of Longridge, while the highest per head price of £119 fell to a Charollais pen from Simon Spensley, of Gargrave.

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The Central Beltex Club is launching a prime lamb competition at three regional markets designed to highlight market trends for commercial producers using a registered Beltex ram.

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Staff at 2 Sisters Food Group in West Bromwich being checked for the disease

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“Delivering Profit in Challenging Times” Aberdeen-Angus open day to highlight benefits of the breed Beef and dairy farmers wanting to maximise their profits and reduce herd running costs can learn how switching to Aberdeen-Angus sires will help them achieve those goals at an open at Longford Farms, Salisbury, on Tuesday 16 July 2013.

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THE man who had to make the difficult calls in the Devon cattle classes was the judge for the day, Beaworthy farmer, David Martin. He described as "mind-blowing" the quality of the animals put forward and said the breed championship was "as near to a dead heat as you could ever have".

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Horsemeat scandal causes Tesco sales drop

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Within the region of 7000 people in attendance, at this year’s North Sheep - The National Sheep Association’s, Northern biennial one day event, held at Crimple Head Farm, near Harrogate has been hailed a huge success.

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The table is being set to welcome some of the country’s top chefs to the UNESCO World Heritage City of Bath this autumn, as it prepares for its month long food festival, The Great Bath Feast.

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His supportive words, including the message that the United Kingdom was now a major player on the global market again despite the setbacks the beef, sheep and pig industries have had over the last 15 years, were read out by Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) chairman John Godfrey at an export barbecue in Westminster’s Garden Museum, organised by EBLEX and BPEX.

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MPS Meat Processing Systems and KJ Industries announce that KJ has been acquired by MPS.

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The new-look BPEX Yearbook detailing all the work being carried out by both BPEX Knowledge Transfer and Research and Development has now been published.

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Marel, pioneers of intelligent portion loading, have produced an all new high performance IPL Robot that can be configured to virtually any application in the protein sector.

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The competition is organised by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society and recognises good farming practice in Yorkshire and the North East.

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Retailers are today pledging strong support to a national pack labelling scheme which offers customers nutritional information on the food they buy.

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DEVON cattle raised near Holsworthy are at the heart of a new business venture on the streets of London.

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David Ashbridge first began using an automatic sheep tagging system in 2002 when he worked for a neighbouring farm and since taking on the tenancy of Wingates Moor Farm near Rothbury where his father Joe was previously manager, he has continued to use them.

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All the major shout price operators followed Tulip's 2p rise with the result that the latest shout price league table now reads as follows:

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ROYAL Cornwall Show is the highlight of the year for many young exhibitors, like Lucas Eddy from Hayle.

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Ukrainian poultry producer, MHP, is going to invest around US$ 200 million in its development this year, including a major new poultry project.

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Officials in Scottsbluff, Neb., are taking a closer look at a proposed beef processing plant that could create as many as 550 jobs, but also could clog local schools with the children of new residents working at the facility.

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Kraft Foods Group announced today that it will create two new business units to help the grocery company better manage its brands.

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A recent case of bovine tuberculosis found in a North Dakota herd won’t affect the state’s “TB-free” status according to state officials.

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In the latest sign that Facebook is the “go to” place to engage consumers, Cargill is launching a sweepstakes to promote its Minnesota-based regional hot dog and sausage brand by asking people to “like” the Schweigert Meats Facebook page.

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DuPont Calls for Sustainable, Local Solutions to Address Global Food Security

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Farm Policy Facts, a diverse coalition of agricultural organizations dedicating to raising awareness about the important role agriculture plays in our economic recovery and national security, today launched a new ad campaign, “Real Farms, Real Families.”

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At a certain location on Wall Street, a group of investors were thinking of getting in on the ground floor of an industry that is, for now, largely illegal.

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The world's population could reach 11 billion by the year 2100, according to a new statistical analysis.

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As feral swine continue to pop up in parts of Ohio where they don’t belong, wildlife experts are increasingly convinced that residents are illegally transporting the invasive species from southern states.

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A bill that would require food producers to label products containing genetically engineered ingredients continued to march forward in the Legislature on Wednesday.

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An investment firm that bought a 5.7 percent share in Smithfield Foods just two months before Smithfield announced an agreement to sell the company to Shuanghui International Holdings has laid out a detailed analysis of why Smithfield would be worth a lot more broken into three parts and sold separately.

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An appeals court has ordered trial to determine whether the firing of the rendering superintendent at a Marshalltown pork processing plant was unlawful age discrimination.

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As a South Korean company seeks to locate a meatpacking plant in or near the City of Scottsbluff, one man — Keith DeHaan — has been the face of the proposal.

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In an interview last week about the proposed takeover of his company by a Chinese meat conglomerate, Smithfield Foods CEO Larry Pope sounded downright anti-American – at least when it came to the issue of the U.S. regulatory system.

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Newly elected National Pork Board President Karen Richter, of Montgomery, Minnesota, sees great opportunity in the year ahead helping consumers understand the value and versatility of today's pork and updating the strategic direction of America's Pork Checkoff.

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Smithfield Foods Inc. (SFD), the U.S. hog producer that agreed to a $4.7 billion acquisition by Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd., was urged by activist investor Starboard Value LP to consider splitting itself up instead.

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Exports of US pork and beef in April edged higher than the previous month but still lagged behind year-ago levels, according to statistics released by USDA and compiled by the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

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USDA has lowered their forecast of 2013 pork production to 23.427 billion pounds, down 0.2 per cent from their May forecast, but up 0.7 per cent from last year's actual, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown.

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Alabama's broiler industry is currently being criticised by social activist groups and a former USDA inspector.

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Price, food safety and product quality are the most important demand drivers on which the beef industry should focus to have the most compelling effects on beef demand in the long term.

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Soybeans and corn tumbled for a fourth session in Chicago as drier conditions in the U.S. may speed up planting and allow crop development to accelerate. Wheat declined.

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An estimated one of every three food bites we take depends on insect pollination, most of which is accomplished by bees.

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The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved a $19.45 billion funding bill to support the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, among other agencies, for fiscal year 2014.

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Shipping horses to Mexico and Canada for slaughter on a 20 hour journey as opposed to killing them at home makes no sense.

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The Welsh red meat promotion agency is looking for a new member to join its Board.

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