The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that the rapid onset of African Swine Fever (ASF) in China could spread to other Asian countries.
Australian-based animal exporter Wellard Limited has revealed that its ‘cost out’ program and vessel utilisation have significantly improved its financial performance after releasing its full-year results.
Australian retailer Coles has become the first supermarket chain in the country to introduce recyclable packaging for its range of fresh meat and poultry products.
Indian livestock exporters are up in arms after the Indian Government withdrew permission to export 25,000 goats and sheep from the western state of Gujarat just before the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha.
Thailand pork and poultry business Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (CPF) has benefited from overseas market growth, which contributed to an 8% rise in the company’s overall sales in the second quarter.
Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has revealed its chicken has been certified with the Water Footprint Label from Thailand’s Water Institute for Sustainability.
New Zealand beef producers retaining younger cattle are among the factors helping the steady rise in cow herds, according to Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).
Thai agricultural conglomerate Charoen Pokphand (CP) appears to have delayed a project in central China even as it forges ahead with a new deal to breed 300,000 pigs a year in the southerly province of Hainan, in a tie-up with the huge state-owned Hai...
The Australian Agricultural Manufacturing Alliance (AAMA) has called for further commitments from the government over its National Energy Guarantee policy to improve energy inflations.
Australia’s Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has suspended the live export licence of a second livestock company as the sheep scandal widens.
Japan’s halal wagyu industry is poised for rapid growth, thanks to demand from an increasing number of Muslim tourists and the opening of new export markets.
India is building its biggest frozen semen station, housing 300 bulls of indigenous breeds of buffalo and cattle, with construction costs estimated at Indian Rupees (INR) 640 million (US$9.7m) in Purnea, Bihar.
Australia’s veterinary industry has reacted to the Government’s decision to modify live animal trading, rather than banning it, by stating that the “nation is sacrificing its moral values”.
Wagyu beef produced from olive-fed cattle on a remote island in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea is experiencing exponential demand at home and abroad, thanks to its healthy fats and ‘umami’ (savoury) flavour.
Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+L NZ) has launched an environment strategy designed to enhance the environmental performance of its sheep and beef sector.
Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+L NZ) has relaunched its origin brand, designed to enhance the position of New Zealand’s red meat sector on a global scale.
Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+L NZ) has backed its beef and sheep sector to continue reducing carbon emissions to help support Australian regulatory body’s Productivity Commission environmental target.
Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has implemented a new global policy across its businesses to fulfil its commitment to improving animal welfare standards.
Expansion in capacity has hurt leading producer of finishing pigs and piglets Chuying Agro-pastoral Group, as the industry remains moored at the low end of the pig price cycle.
World Animal Protection has described the decision by Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Foods to remove pregnant pigs from cages as a “significant step” in improving pig welfare on farms.
Thai and Chinese officials have marked the reopening of the Chinese market to Thai poultry with 14 containers arriving in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan.
The Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) has joined the Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) Board to support a change in the Australian lamb definition that will “put it on a level playing field with competitors”.
A public row has broken out between non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in India and the country’s poultry industry over the vexed issue of the use of antibiotics on Indian farms.
A hotel and farm in Tokyo have teamed up to raise wagyu cattle on superfoods in response to rising demand for low-fat, locally-sourced wagyu amid a shortage of wagyu producers.
A town in northern China has declared itself the ‘Angus Capital of China’ and teamed up with some big corporate names to build an Angus breeding programme from scratch to a 100,000-strong herd within five years.
