Shipments of live cattle bound for the European Union will require certification following the verification of the Single Certificate of Washing and Disinfection, a hygiene measure for live animal transport.

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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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Between 3 and 7 June, a delegation from Mexico's National Health Service, Safety and Food Quality Agency (Senasica) audited the poultry production system in Argentina with a view to opening the market for the export of poultry meat and embryonated eggs.

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World food imports in 2013 are tentatively forecast by FAO at $1.09 trillion, close to last year's level, but 13 per cent below the record of 2011, the biannual report on global food markets said.

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Australian cattle producers and feedlotters have just returned from a trip to Japan, where they were convincing farmers Australia shouldn't be seen as a threat.

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LIVE-SHEEP exports have dropped 19 per cent this financial year as animal welfare requirements rule out certain markets.

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Almost every state’s beef output was up year-on-year for April, with national output up 20 per cent, bovine genomics supplier and consultant ABS has announced.

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MUTTON prices have risen 20 per cent in a week in a scramble for numbers.

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In May, 103,000 tonnes of beef was exported, a big jump on the previous best of 94,000 tonnes.

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AUSTRALIAN beef exports to the EU in May reached the highest monthly total since September 1998.

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ALTHOUGH his heart lies with sheep and wool, Winton's Ian Elliott has found his rangeland goat enterprise, now in its 10th year, an increasingly valuable part of his business.

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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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LANDMARK Harcourts chief executive officer Darren Cole says with the rural property market currently facing challenging times, Australian agribusinesses should be open to increased foreign investment in order to expand.

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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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The Meat Standards Australia Beef Taskforce will now allow cattle that have travelled a longer distance to be eligible for premiums at the meatworks.

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A man has been charged over a meat cleaver attack in Sydney's west.

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ONE of King Island's largest landholders, Ian Lester believes loyalty will prevent a new abattoir being built on the island.

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The Queensland Government yesterday announced plans to establish a special trade office in Jakarta focused on the beef and education industries.

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There are fears that the deadlock between farmers and animal rights activists could escalate as a result of illegal activities by the activists in piggeries across Australia.

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Fed cattle prices and poultry markets moved at a slow pace in May while pork shipments increased, despite the Ukrainian embargo, say analysts at the Centre for Advanced Studies on Applied Economics.

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The sustained growth in beef demand in Asia has helped to facilitate an increase in South American beef exports to the regions on 2013, especially to Hong Kong.

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Brazilian exports of chicken meat increased by 1.9 per cent between April and May, totaling 313,300 tons.

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The chief executive of the Brazilian Poultry Union (UBABEF), Francisco Turra, and Secretary of Agricultural Policy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Neri Geller, met to discuss plans for the Inovagro programme established under the Agricultural and Livestock Plan 2013/14.

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A nine-patty burger called the T-Rex that was a popular item among customers at a Canadian Wendy’s restaurant for almost a decade has been retired, after the chain’s corporate office told the store owners to stop selling it.

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Cattle have had to be sold at auction in Saskatchewan following the arrest of two farmers after Animal Rights officers discovered 300 animals in ‘distress’ on an Assiniboia farm.

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The Sobey’s chain of food stores, whose parent company counts former Walmart Canada head Dave Ferguson among its board members, has added new square footage to its retail portfolio with the acquisitions of Safeway’s Canadian stores.

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China: it is the pork powerhouse of the world with over 51% of the world’s population of pigs raised within China.

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Ceva signed a protocol with partners Jinyu Baoling which will lead to the creation of a joint-venture to produce international standard brucellosis vaccines.

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China set eyes on Latam agriculture to promote cooperation and food security.

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The government has granted subsidies of 300 million yuan (48.54 million U.S. dollars) to prop up the poultry sector as it struggles in the wake of the H7N9 bird flu virus, the Ministry of Finance said on Friday.

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SPACE 2013 will take place from Tuesday 10 to Friday 13 September, in Rennes.

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Retail chicken prices Bangalore, Karnataka, have continued to remain high despite the onset of the monsoon season (in summer, chicken prices are high due to the high mortality of the birds in farms).

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Ranchers are profiteering from efforts in the Dominican Republic to strengthen the Dominican cattle herd, with the shipping of more than 100 cattle from the Tebasco and Campeche areas.

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H7N3 has continued to affect Mexican poultry farms over the past few weeks with eight new cases reported to the OIE.

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A well planned breeding policy aimed at delivering more lambs with less hassle is key to the future of the NI sheep industry.

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Agrisearch has four free handouts on offer to profit conscious lamb producers at Ballymena Mart during the NSA NI Sheep 2013 event on Mon, July 1.

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Quality and original food and drink products from Northern Irish artisan companies were enjoyed by political leaders, officials, other VIPs and international journalists attending the G8 Summit in the Lough Erne Resort in county Fermanagh.

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MSD Animal Health has been awarded a license to market the Schmallenberg vaccine in the UK and RoI. The new vaccine, Bovilis SBV, is currently available in NI veterinary practices.

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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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Moy Park Receives ‘UK Big Tick Award’ from Business in the Community

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Attention to detail in every aspect of housing, feeding and animal health is the hallmark of the intensive veal production enterprise run by Gary Fitzpatrick and John Toland. The business partners who farm near Lurgan, rear several thousand calves a year for the rose veal market.

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Marel Stork Poultry Processing shifts intelligence from human to machine. Further upgrading their existing breast cap filleting system AMF-BX with four updates, being the 
semi-automated loader, rest meat harvester, FlexControl and new product holders.

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(Oslo, 13.06.13) Nortura har startet et utredningsarbeid som tar sikte på omlegging og effektivisering av den industrielle strukturen for ekspedisjon, slakting, skjæring og bearbeiding av rødt kjøtt. Målet er å øke konkurransekraften i en periode med økende marginpress og konkurranse.

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(Heimdal, 13.06.13) Nortura Heimdal er kåret til Nordens mest effektive eggpakkeri av det Nordiske Bransjemøtet.

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FARMGATE LAMB prices in New Zealand are on the way up due to drought conditions in many regions and a considerably reduced lamb kill as a result.

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Labour’s Primary Industries spokesperson, Damien O’Connor, has welcomed the Supreme Court's order for an interim ban on the import of raw pork products.

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At a press conference, Deputy Agriculture Minister John Rheineck stressed that pork is safe and healthy and that people should evaluate the possibilities of increasing consumption to raise the quality of their food.

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Russian poultry production may increase 25% by 2020 compared with the level of 2012, predicts the president of the Russian Poultry Union, Vladimir Fisinin.

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Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s leading integrated and diversified meat producer has released its quarterly results for the period ended 31 March 2013, which shows an 8% revenue increase on Q1 2012.

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TRADE PEAKED at 6200gns at a major sale of the Morwick herd of blended Ayrshires and Red and White Holsteins, at Beeston last week.

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Ahead of CAP talks reaching their climax in the next few weeks, NFU Scotland's President, Nigel Miller and staff have met with Defra minister, Owen Paterson and his advisors to reiterate Scotland's priorities which have yet to be addressed in concluding discussions between the EU Commission, EU Parliament and Member State governments via the EU Council.

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A two-year-old Highland bull from HM the Queen's Balmoral fold has been sold privately for an undisclosed five-figure sum.

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THE VOLUME of lamb exported to Belgium is set to rise significantly after one of the country's largest supermarket chains switched its sourcing away from the Southern hemisphere.

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SCOTLAND MAY have enjoyed two relatively dry weeks, but the risk of liver fluke remains ever present on many units with the result that livestock farmers are being urged to consider a plan of attack now, should this year's summer be as wet and cold as that of 2012.

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LIVER FLUKE and Schmallenberg have had serious implications on the overall health and financial fortunes of many sheep flocks on both sides of the Border during the early part of 2013 and these diseases are likely to cause just as many problems in the near future.

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Ayrshire family farmers and butcher, We Hae Meat, is celebrating the sweet taste of success with an additional three products finding their way into selected Tesco stores across the West coast of Scotland in the coming months.

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On 11 June 2013, the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) of South Africa met to evaluate the outcomes of the investigation on the application by the South African Poultry Association (SAPA), for an increase in taxes on a range of categories of frozen chicken meat.

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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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Thailand's Foreign Ministry said Friday Qatar has lifted a ten-year ban on Thai chicken meat, Xinhua news agency reported.

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The past 12 months have been extremely difficult for both UK and New Zealand sheep farmers, with difficult weather, high input prices and volatile markets.

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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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Talented young butcher Tomi Jones, who has already proved he’s a cut above the rest in his vocation, has added a national award to his growing list of honours.

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

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A hi-tech cooking machine that increases yield per pound from meat by up to 17% is shown to the butchery market at Meat Up 2013.

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The very wet summer of 2012 provided ideal conditions for liver flukes and their intermediate host, a mud snail that lives in wet, boggy areas.

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HRH The Prince of Wales has shown his support for red meat exports from the UK with a stirring message for foreign embassy staff and MPs at a London event last week.

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George Payne Butchers in Brunton Park, Gosforth, is now supplying beef from Scottish-bred Luing cattle for the first time.

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The Royal Highland Show (Area – Agri, Avenue D, No 124) will see the launch of a unique cattle-handling system, designed specifically to help reduce the risk of death and injury from livestock – which accounts for 10% of all farm fatalities.

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Kicking off Dunbia’s new charity partnership with TinyLife is one of the charity’s Patrons David Healy. David joined Dunbia and TinyLife staff to officially launch the partnership for 2013/14.

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The JetSpray humidifier from JS Humidifiers is helping abattoir equipment specialists, GM Steel, reduce carcass moisture loss after slaughter by up to 1.5%. By maintaining a consistently high humidity in the chill down area, GM Steel has been able to reduce the moisture loss of a carcass from around 2.5% to less than 1%.

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Cert ID bring to you cost effective training from the comfort of your own chair! All of our webinars (on-line training) will take just 2 hours of your time with delegates receiving a training certificate to demonstrate the knowledge they’ve acquired.

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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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An important estate in the fertile Severn Valley near Newtown, comprising 454 acre livestock, dairy and arable enterprises, 66,000 square feet of modern farm buildings and four residential properties, is up for sale with a guide price of £5 million.

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UESDAY, June 11, is going to be a big day for Sheep Improved Genetics Ltd (SIG). The National Sheep Association's Sheep South West biennial event to be held at Moortown Barton, Knowstone, is where SIG, for the first time, will exhibit our purpose designed and bred sheep, the Exlana. Sheep South West is a specialist event for commercial sheep farmers. Farmers who want, and need, to understand the economics, the husbandry, the genetics of sheep keeping. Not the cosmetic razzmatazz of the big shows, where high inputs of compound feed and the curry comb are used to confuse all who care to look at the sheep usually shown at such events.

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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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Leading refrigerated container carriers confirmed to give state-of-the-industry keynotes at 5th international perishable logistics and transport conference

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Using genomic sires does not need to involve taking high levels of risk if pedigrees are chosen with care and with UK farmers’ needs in mind.

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Accountability matters, particularly if competition does not exist.

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Sure, I know what some of you may be thinking, 'What's this guy doing foraging in the refrigerator of the Meat Products industry in the Consumer Goods sector when he could be eyeing an exciting digital venture or something similar?"

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Back in April, the National Institute of Animal Agriculture (NIAA) hosted a Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) Symposium titled "Fostering a New Preparedness Paradigm: Facilitating a Conversation among Public and Private Sector Stakeholders."

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Sumptuous Sunday dinners — meaning lunches — are a legend in Southern culture. Moms who could ready themselves, husbands and a household of children — eight in our family — for Sunday school and church, plus prepare a table full of Southern fare to be eaten right after church, were multitasking before the word was invented.

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Cattle futures decline for the second straight day on signs of weakening demand for U.S. beef. Hog prices also dropped.

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The Supreme Court unanimously held Thursday that human genes cannot be patented, even when isolated from the body, a ruling expected to quickly expand access to genetic testing while potentially allowing inventors to retain rights to artificially created DNA.

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This week, the U.S. Senate acted in bipartisan spirit to approve the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act – a balanced, comprehensive bill that will drive continued growth in rural America.

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More women are getting into farming, according to a recent analysis from the U.S Department of Agriculture.

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Atkins Nutritionals Inc. is introducing three new low-calorie frozen meals this summer, including two that place a spotlight on chicken.

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Roche Bros. has expanded its meat department offerings to include antibiotic-free chicken and Niman Ranch brand all natural pork.

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The International Production & Processing Expo has a new website, designed to enhance the online experience of show attendees.

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The eco-activist NGO Environmental Working Group is at again with their “Superbugs Invade American Supermarkets!” scare stories.

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Demand for meat in emerging markets, which spurred the biggest proposed Chinese takeover of a U.S. company, is turning American producers such as Hillshire Brands Co. (HSH) and Sanderson Farms Inc. (SAFM) into potential acquisition targets.

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During its consideration of the 2014 Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations Bill, the full House Appropriations Committee has adopted an amendment urging the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to move forward on its proposed rule to modernise poultry inspection.

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The Kroger Co. KR +0.23% today announced it will webcast the annual meeting of shareholders beginning at 11 a.m. (ET) on Thursday, June 27, 2013.

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Smithfield Foods Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results

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As a senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, it is a privilege to work with my colleagues to help shape agriculture policy for the nation.

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In what is expected to be its last financial report before its acquisition by China’s Shuanghui Group is closed, Smithfield Foods Inc. reported full-year net sales of $13.2 billion, up 1 percent from last year’s results, with net income of $183.8 million, down substantially from last year’s net income results of $361.3 million.

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Wheat has long dominated the windswept farm fields of the northern Great Plains.

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In advance of its 66th Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) in Auburn, Ala., next week, the American Meat Science Association (AMSA) has announced several award recipients, including three AMSA Fellows.

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Corn and soybean futures offer among the most lucrative opportunities among commodities – for investors betting on falling prices, Goldman Sachs said, amid a rash of broker activity following a key US report.

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Ruby Tuesday Inc. announced the appointment of Todd Burrowes as president and chief operations officer.

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It looks like Vienna Beef Ltd. will end its tenure as a fixture of Chicago's North Side.

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., which earlier this month “recommitted” to its promise of providing fresh produce, also is planning to incorporate store-specific modulars across key food categories, said Duncan Mac Naughton, executive vice-president and chief merchandising and marketing officer.

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Los precios de alimentos se mantendrían por encima de la media histórica a medio plazo PEDRO E. PIÑATE B. | EL UNIVERSAL Caracas, sábado 15 de junio de 2013

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PROMOTIONAL work by Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC) has yielded an extra £115m for the Welsh economy since the red meat body was established a decade ago, according to a new report.

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Dunbia unveils £12m investment in West Wales meat plant

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One of Wales’s most progressive companies committed to driving efficiencies throughout the whole supply chain has today opened its new £12m development making it one of the most modern facilities of its kind in Europe.

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The story of the design and creation of the Farmers' Union of Wales-sponsored bardic crown for this year's National Eisteddfod in Denbighshire is being captured on film.

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Water sports fanatics will be flooding to Cardiff this weekend as the world’s best canoeists come to Wales for the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup.

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