2 Sisters’ plan to axe 200 jobs at its Coupar Angus chicken processing plant in Perth and Kinross would be “absolutely devastating”, warns the Unite union. News of 2 Sisters' 200 job cuts was received with disbelief and ...
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Cargill, a US-based agribusiness company, is set to invest £35m to upgrade and enhance its poultry processing business in the UK. The three-year investment is a part of Cargill's strategy to focus the business on the retail sector ...
China's daily imports of crude rebounded in September from the previous month to a fresh record, bearing out forecasts for the country to overtake the United States as the world's largest oil importer, as refineries restarted following ...
Cargill, a US-based agribusiness company, has inaugurated a $250m poultry operation in Lai’an, Anhui province, China, as part of its efforts to support the modernization of agriculture and food safety in the country. The project ...
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Ghana has broken ground on an $11m fish processing facility in Elmina, Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) district, in the Central Region. The project will be implemented by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, in partnership with ...
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Prices of poultry products in China could rise sharply as early as next month as the waning H7N9 virus helps consumers regain confidence in poultry meat and eggs, experts said. Since late March, authorities have closed many poultry ...
US poultry giant Sanderson Farms has reported an annual profit thanks to higher poultry prices and increased production. The return to profitability reflected higher production In the 12 months to the end of of October, earnings ...
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US poultry giant Sanderson Farms said today (28 August) it had cut production to offset the spike in feed costs it expects after this summer's severe drought in the country. Chairman and CEO Joe Sanderson Jr said the company had reduced ...
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South African poultry group Astral Foods has booked a 23% drop in full-year earnings on higher grain prices and greater competition from European and South American poultry importers. Net income fell to ZAR392m (US$38m) in the year to end ...
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The Agriculture Department of the Philippines has imposed an import restriction on poultry products and by-products from Mexico, due to an outbreak of bird flu. Mexico recently reported detection of avian flu with serotype H7 in three ...
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US-based ingredient firm Z Trim has announced that the FDA has approved the labeling of Z Trim products in meat applications.With this decision,the FDA has cleared the use of Z Trim ingredients in ground,emulsified,and processed meats and ...
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American agribusiness company Cargill is constructing a$250m integrated broiler poultry project in Chuzhou city,Anhui province,China,in an effort to strengthen its presence in the country. The integrated broiler facility,which is being ...
The Zimbabwe government plans to support small holder poultry farmers to facilitate the growth of agriculture industry in the country. The poultry industry, which is one of the fastest growing agricultural sector, is aiming to produce 72 ...
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British poultry processors are missing a trick by paying for disposal of chicken feet,which could be exported to China where retailers such as Tesco are struggling to meet demand. So wrote environment secretary Owen Paterson in his online ...
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US - Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman of the US Department of Energy, travelled to Arkansas to showcase the State’s Advanced Energy sector. The Deputy Secretary singled out NextGen Illumination, Inc. for its work in the agricultural, ...