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Special edition: Animal husbandry: genetics, nutrition and management link
Consolidation, genetics and nutrition improved the Chinese dairy industry, is the focus now on beef?
A focus on improving genetics and nutrition has grown the dairy industry in China, but efforts have lagged in beef production, says expert.
Iran looks to keep growth rate of meat industry
Over the past three years Iran has managed to increase production of table poultry and red meat by 20% to reach an overall figure of 820,000 tonnes (t) of red meat and 2.2 million t of poultry.
Alkaline water brand could increase health benefits of milk powder
High-quality drinking water from Australia is being touted as a perfect companion product to help quench China’s thirst for “clean and green” infant milk powder.