By Allen V. Estabillo MIND NEWS 12/09/2006 GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Food and agribusiness giant San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is reportedly... San Miguel to put up hi-tech feed mill in Manado

 

INDIA TRIBUNE 10/09/2006 Chandigarh: The price of a dressed chicken has touched an all-time low as it is quoted at Rs 38 a kg in the retail market. In the wholesale it was between... Chicken is cheaper than ladoos!

 

VIETNAM NEWS 08/09/2006 Local meat producers are facing fierce competition from imports. Director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Livestock... VietNam’s WTO entry will not affect domestic livestock sector

 

07/09/2006 COLOMBO: The Government of Norway has financed a pilot project to produce fish silage from fish waste in the Beruwala Harbour. The facility will be officially opened on... Norway provides financial support to produce fish silage in the Beruwala harbour

 

By Mike Burns 05/09/2006 YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar's ruling junta said the country was thoroughly rid of the bird-flu problem as indicated by a... Bird flu banished from Myanmar, govt. reports

 

By M. Soundariya Preetha THE HINDU 31/08/2006 COIMBATORE: Coimbatore being a hub of textile units and poultry farms, the... Efforts on to raise cotton, maize production

 

Punjab Newsline Network 11/08/2006 CHANDIGARH: The meeting of the Empowered Committee Friday approved 32 new mega projects worth Rs.6853.95 crore which included 21 industrial, 4 Agro... Punjab govt. approves 32 mega projects worth Rs.6895 crores

 

By Kim Tae-gyu THE KOREAN TIMES 09/08/2006 Agribrand Purina Korea, the subsidiary here of the world’s primary feed mill Cargill, has... Deregulation Is KOTRAs Top Card for Foreign Investors

 

1st Aug, 2006: HCMC, VIETNAM - Cargill Vietnam Ltd., a leading manufacturer of swine and poultry feed in Vietnam, yesterday broke ground for an animal feed mill in Tuy Phuoc District in the south... Cargill breaks ground for new feed mill

 

1st Aug, 2006: Bacolod City, Philippines - The Negros Occidental Hog Breeders' Multi-Purpose Cooperative recently inaugurated its feedmill at the Gensoli Farm in Brgy. Vista Alegre, Bacolod... Hog breeders' coop opens feed mill

 

1st August, 2006: SRI LANKA - Sri Lanka may lift restrictions on imports of poultry from August, if it gets the green light from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). “If the... Sri Lanka: Restrictions on poultry may be lifted in August

 

26th July, 2006: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Home-grown industry stalled but Australian canola growers cash in as high oil prices drive up global demand Over just the past couple of years, WA... Australia: Biofuels take off overseas

 

18th July, 2006: Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM - US corn farmers have signed a deal to sell 5,000 tonnes of corn to Vietnam for the first time, with the shipment scheduled for July or August.... US corn - first exports to Vietnam

 

18th July, 2006: Sydney, AUSTRALIA - A $30.5 MILLION settlement in Australia's first cartel class action has put Amcor and Richard Pratt's Visy on notice over allegations they colluded to... Settlement shakes Amcor and Visy

 

18thJuly, 2006: WASHINGTON, USA - One of the more unusual offshoots of Congress's drought-relief efforts was a $34 million assistance program for catfish farmers. Under the 2003... When Feed Was Cheap, Catfish Farmers Got Help Buying It