US processor Cargill has invested $150,000 in a university facility for conducting research into alternatives to the use of antibiotics in poultry as part of its strategy to boost sustainability in food.
The US trade dispute with China has been flagged as one of the main challenges that the pork industry is set to face in the coming months, according to the Rabobank Q2 Pork Quarterly results.
Marfrig Global Foods has reached an agreement to acquire 51% of the membership interests in US processor National Beef Packing Company for US$969 million (m).
The British Poultry Council has pledged it will not compromise on the UK’s animal welfare and food safety standards in pursuit of new trade deals following the US Trade Representative’s disapproval of EU measures in its latest report.
US beef industry representatives are voicing consternation over the Chinese Government’s announcement that the country is preparing retaliatory sanctions against beef exports as part of its escalating trade war with the USA.
The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has urged the British Government to understand the full consequences of importing hormone-treated beef as part of a potential post-Brexit trade deal.
American pig meat exporters have had to pay additional retaliatory 25% duties on products sold to mainland China, responding to the USA’s imposition of 25% and 10% duties on imported steel and aluminium.
The US Public Lands Council (PLC), National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA), and Washington Cattlemen’s Association (WCA) have expressed disappointment at the Department of the Interior’s announcement in support of introducing grizzly bears in...
China’s ministry of commerce has warned that it is prepared to impose retaliatory 25% duties on American pig meat exports to China as a retaliation to the USA’s imposition of 25% and 10% duties on imported steel and aluminium.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced an agreement with the government of South Korea to place trade restrictions at the state level instead of the country level during any future highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) detections.
Japan is now the United States’ leading export market for beef, in value and volume, and largest market for pork exports in value, according to 2017 trade data released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
