Russian meat and feed producer Cherkizovo Group has unveiled plans to build turkey fattening sites in Lipetsk region. "Cherkizovo Group is a long-established and strategically important partner of Lipetsk region. The Group is building ...
Neovia Vietnam launches a new pig production chain called “Le porc du Mékong”, in partnership with the Grimaud and Le Boucher Groups. The creation of a pig production chain in Vietnam, in partnership with the various ...
Tags: Neovia Vietnam, Le porc du Mekong, Grimaud and Le Boucher Groups
Pork processor Moon Ridge Foods has opened its new pork processing plant in Pleasant Hope in the US state of Missouri. Operations in the pork processing plant are scheduled to start in mid-September this year. The plant will be Moon ...
Chinese pork production company WH Group revealed that CDH Investments, one of its major investors, is planning to sell 10.61% stake in the company worth about HK$9.25bn($1.19bn). CDH is planning to offload a total of 1.55 billion shares ...
Tags: WH Group, CDH Investments
The consumer public has put out the call, and the hog industry is responding in a big way at the start of what's likely to be a year of major growth for the U.S. hog herd. New data show the breeding herd has climbed by 4%, with the number ...
Tags: hog industry, Agriculture
Earlier in December 2014, Australian Food News reported that food manufacturing was one of four manufacturing sub-sectors to expand in November 2014, according to the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index ...
Tags: Food, Beverage, Agriculture
Clemens Food Group is planning to invest $255.7m in the construction of a new pork processing facility in Coldwater Township in Michigan. The proposed investment is expected to create 810 jobs in the region. Commenting on the ...
Tags: bacon, ham, pork chops, Agriculture
The key point of import beef and mutton attracting consumers is "green health".Some imported beef and mutton stores principals said that the frequent negative news of Chinese meat industry this year has reduced consumers' confidence.But for ...
Brazil’s JBS buys Primo Smallgoods Australia’s largest meat processor, marketer and export JBS Australia has signed a $1.45 billion deal to acquire ham, bacon and smallgoods producer Primo Smallgoods. The brands of the Primo ...
Tags: ham, bacon, smallgoods, Agriculture
Global meat consumption is still ascending. Its expected growth is pegged at about 1.9% per year from 2014-2023. Meat shipments from major exporters are projected to rise 2.2% per year. “With the tight domestic supply and ...
Tags: Protein Appetite, meat
If you're not ready for a higher cattle market for a while, you better settle in and get ready for it, because it's going to continue for "multiple years" into the future, one expert says. Record beef prices at the consumer meat case ...
Tags: Beef Herd, cattle market
US-based pork product producer Indiana Packers is set to open new pork product production operations in the City of Frankfort, a move which will generate 25 jobs initially and 98 jobs by 2016. The company will buy and equip the existing ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Pork Products
JBS USA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brazil’s JBS, has selected Quintiq’s optimization platform for 13 of its processing facilities in the US. In order to meet customer demand, conversions, grades, product age and other ...
Don Herzog, a pork producer from Rapelje, Mont., for his outstanding contributions to the U.S. pork industry, last week was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the National Pork Producers Council at the organization’s annual business ...
Uncertainty surrounding total swine herd losses to porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has sent lean hog futures for spring and summer contracts to record-high levels, but it's possible the markets have overreacted, a Purdue Extension ...
Tags: PEDv, Demand for pork, avoid the disease