According to the monitoring of MOFCOM, the prices of farm produce in 36 large and medium-sized cities continued falling, and the prices of production means in circulation remained the same as the previous week (September 14–September ...
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According to the monitoring of MOFCOM, both the prices of farm produce and that of production means in circulation in 36 large and medium-sized cities dropped slightly last week (September 21–September 27). Last week, the average ...
Tags: farm produce, vegetable, meat
When corn is cheap, hogs get plentiful. The annual Pork Powerhouses ranking of the 25 largest producers in the U.S. shows a gain of 128,000 sows in the past year. With two new packing plants set to open in 2017, producers are gearing up to ...
Tags: corn, Pork, Smithfield Foods
Harrisvaccines has been granted a USDA conditional license for the company’s avian influenza vaccine, RNA. This is the first conditional license for the highly pathogenic avian influenza that swept across the Midwest in the spring of ...
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South Carolina-based The Pork Rind Factory has recalled around 18,406 pounds of pork rind products due to “misbranding and undeclared allergens”, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food safety and Inspection ...
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Cargill Poland has divested its Polish pig and cattle entity Agro Provimi to meat processor PKM Duda for PLN28.1m (€6.7m). PKM Duda funded about 10% of the acquisition deal through its own resources, while the rest was managed ...
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The European Union is set to provide an emergency aid of €500m to compensate for falling milk and meat prices, as thousands of protesting farmers blocked the streets near the EU neighbourhood in Brussels. The Commission is set to ...
Tags: skimmed-milk powder, pork products
Creekstone Farms Premium Beef has expanded its product range with the introduction of new Non-GMO project verified Black Angus Beef. Raised on a non-GMO diet, the new beef is said to be free of antibiotics and supplemental hormones. ...
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Depreciation of China's currency offers opportunities for economies in Europe Last week's depreciation of the yuan stoked fears that European exports to China could be hit. As the euro and the pound strengthened, concerns started to grow ...
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Housewives compare prices every day, including Zhang Ming, a 60-year-old retired woman who frequents a supermarket in Beijing's Fengtai district. On Sunday morning, she spent 45 yuan ($7.30) on 1 kg of pork fillet. "It's amazing ...
Tags: Pork, vegetables
Russia has started the process of destroying banned Western food products on the border days before the presidential decree ordering the same comes into force. Signed on 29 July, the decree enters into force today and orders the ...
Tags: cheese, meat, vegetables
Australian meat processor Bindaree Beef has agreed to merge with meat marketing and distribution company Sanger Australia. The combined company will be known as Bindaree Beef Group and will cater to the increasing consumer demand for meat ...
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Northwest Iowa has become the epicenter of the bird flu story that's developed over the last few weeks, with continued culls ordered as more birds -- now more than 20 million -- become exposed to the virus. Yet, now there's news that the ...
Tags: livestock, pork processing, pork
Vietnam Meat Industries (Vissan) has opened a new food processing plant in Tien Son Industrial Zone in the northern province of Bac Ninh. The move is in line with the company's strategy to improve food supply capacity in Vietnam and in ...
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The successful and innovative Australian grocery chain, Harris Farm Markets, has introduced an ‘alternative meat cuts’ range. The range, sold as the “Curious Cuts” line, uses meat not normally sold to ...