Category Archives: Global news

Will the coronavirus pandemic permanently poison U.S.-China relations?

The Editors Friday In last week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein, Freddy ...

04
May
ASF accelerated a lot in Vietnam’s pig industry

African Swine Fever entered Vietnam 15 months ago. This aggravated a crisis that started in ...

04
May
Canada: Farmers starting to destroy pigs after factories close

By Jen Skerritt, Michael Hirtzer and Isis Almeida (Bloomberg) A wave of shutdowns at some ...

28
Apr
New Zealand to review greenhouse gas emission targets

By Aidan Fortune, Global Meatnews.com A request by the New Zealand government to review greenhouse ...

28
Apr
US plant closures prompt worker safety plea

By Aidan Fortune, Global Meatnews.com The extent of the impact of the coronavirus on US ...

28
Apr
Canada asks government to create emergency fund for farmers

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is asking the federal government for “immediate, meaningful help” ...

20
Apr
Smithfield Foods closes two more processing facilities

By Aidan Fortune, GlobalMeatnews.com US processor Smithfield Foods has revealed it will close two more ...

20
Apr
Not enough want to work on British farms

Finding enough summertime labour has often been a struggle for British farmers. Factory workers used ...

20
Apr
North American meat plants struggling to maintain workforce amid COVID-19 pandemic

According to more than a dozen interviews with US and Canadian plant workers, union leaders ...

14
Apr
Russia: pork production increases 10%, prices down

According to the Russia’s National Union of Pig Breeders, the industry showed significant growth in ...

14
Apr
What more US states allowing SNAP to buy food online means for food security

Each year, SNAP ensures that over 40 million low- and no-income Americans like Miller have ...

14
Apr
China spurs its pig companies to invest abroad

The Chinese government is encouraging pig producing companies to invest in pig production, both in ...

06
Apr