Category Archives: Global news

USDA updates African swine fever response plan

Photo credit: Cornwall Curling Club Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection ...

02
Jun
Russia embraces its new global role in pork

Photo credit: Reuters/VOA Pig Progress For decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia ...

02
Jun
Argentina to import swine semen from Brazil

Brazil can start exporting swine semen to Argentina. This was the outcome of a recent ...

26
May
Feed industry, farmers call for impact assessment of EU biodiversity, farm to fork targets

By Jane Byrne, GlobalMeatnews.com FEFAC and other food and feed supply chain representatives welcomed this ...

26
May
New research: 900 US farmers weigh in on water management practices

The study has yielded several key findings on what farmers know about water-related issues, their ...

26
May
SPACE 2020 will not go forward

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting crisis, SPACE 2020, which was scheduled for ...

18
May
Brazil creates a platform for e-commerce of agricultural and livestock products

The aim of the platform is to facilitate the marketing of products from the field, ...

18
May
Australians connect new bacteria to lung disease in pigs

Australian researchers have discovered that a previously recognised bacterium is responsible for the signs of ...

18
May
USDA: Meatpacking facilities practicing safe reopening

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the safe reopening of critical infrastructure meatpacking ...

12
May
Covid-19: US pig markets still suffer; Europe feels effects too

The pig industry in the US and Canada continues to feel the effects of Covid-19 ...

12
May
US pork breaks export records in March

By Aidan Fortune, GlobalMeatnews.com Prior to the spread of coronavirus, US pork exports saw a ...

12
May
Top 40 sow owners expected to lose more than $18 million each

The top 40 sow owners in the U.S. will each lose more than $18 million ...

04
May