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Grobest Feeds launch new USD15 million feed mill in Tarlac, Philippines

Grobest Feeds launch new USD15 million feed mill in Tarlac, Philippines

Asia PH PH 09 Dec 2015

Grobest Feeds Inc a Taiwanese aquafeed manufacturer has inaugurated a new USD$15 million feed mill in Gerona, Tarlac, Philippines. Gary Song-Huann, a representative of the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in the Philippines, said in a statement “This is a reflection of the successful signing of the Taiwan-Philippines agreement on law enforcement cooperation in fisheries matters,” The Agreement Concerning the Facilitation of Cooperation on Law Enforcement is expected to reduce the fisheries dispute between the two countries. The pact aims to protect the rights and interests of Tai…
Group wants NZ closed to corn imports

Group wants NZ closed to corn imports

Oceania 04 Dec 2006

04/12/2006 NEW ZEALAND - An organic growers group has called for the closing of New Zealand's borders to imported corn and maize seed until it is confirmed no genetic contamination is occurring. On Friday, the Ministry of Agriculture an…
Animal husbandry sector faces competition upon Vietnam’s WTO integration

Animal husbandry sector faces competition upon Vietnam’s WTO integration

Asia 04 Dec 2006

By Nguyen Thanh Son 04/12/2006 Vietnam has become a member of the World Trade Organisation. The animal husbandry sector will not only have big opportunities for development but face opportunities and challenges as well. Within that context,…
China promises speedy bird flu sample sharing

China promises speedy bird flu sample sharing

Asia 02 Dec 2006

REUTERS 02/12/2006 HONG KONG - China has promised the new head of the World Health Organisation that it will share bird flu samples more quickly, after worries Chinese secrecy was hampering understanding of the virus, Hong Kong papers said …
Bird flu loss $2 billion

Bird flu loss $2 billion

World 02 Dec 2006

JAKARTA POST 02/12/2006 JAKARTA: The world's poultry industry suffered approximately $2 billions in losses due to the bird flu epidemic between September 2005 and September 2006, an official said on Saturday. "The global poultry industr…
EU extends bird flu ban on live bird imports

EU extends bird flu ban on live bird imports

Europe 02 Dec 2006

ASSOCIATED PRESS 02/12/2006 Belgium - The European Union on Friday extended for three months a ban on live bird imports which was imposed a year ago to prevent the spread of bird flu. In a statement, the EU said it needed more time to consi…
Contaminated corn seed slips into NZ

Contaminated corn seed slips into NZ

Oceania 02 Dec 2006

By Patrick Crewdson THE DOMINION POST 02/12/2006 Opponents of genetic modification are outraged that nearly two tonnes of contaminated sweet corn have slipped through border security in a quarantine breach. The Agriculture and Forestry Mini…
Canada Government Says Feed Investigation Finds Negligible Risk

Canada Government Says Feed Investigation Finds Negligible Risk

Americas 01 Dec 2006

By Dwayne Klassen DOW JONES 01/12/2006 WINNIPEG - Potentially contaminated feed recently distributed to farms in Ontario and Quebec posed, at most, a negligible risk to animal health, according to a risk assessment completed by veterinary e…
High Feed Costs Could Result in Lower Feeder Cattle PricesHigh Feed Costs Could Result in Lower Feed

High Feed Costs Could Result in Lower Feeder Cattle PricesHigh Feed Costs Could Result in Lower Feed

Americas 01 Dec 2006

01/12/2006 A director with the Ontario Cattlemen's Association - representing the Ontario Cattle Feeders - says higher feed costs will likely result in less money going to cow-calf producers. Dale Pallister - who has a feedlot in Grey C…
Maple Leaf Foods hires financial adviser to assist sale of animal-feed business

Maple Leaf Foods hires financial adviser to assist sale of animal-feed business

Americas 01 Dec 2006

CANADIAN PRESS 01/12/2006 TORONTO - Maple Leaf Foods has hired RBC Capital Markets as a financial adviser to assist in the planned sale of its animal-feed and related businesses next year. The company had said in mid-October that it planned…
Season's best hay already bought up

Season's best hay already bought up

Americas 01 Dec 2006

By Tam Moore CAPITAL PRESS 01/12/2006 When the U.S. Department of Agriculture's semi-annual report on hay stocks comes out in a couple of weeks, the findings will be no surprise to Western farmers or the dairymen and livestock owners th…
Maple Leaf Foods eyes sale of feed mill chain

Maple Leaf Foods eyes sale of feed mill chain

Americas 30 Nov 2006

REUTERS 30/11/2006 WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. said on Thursday it will start to sell its livestock feed unit in January, part of its move to restructure the meat processing side of its business. The feed unit has about C$650…
Pork industry hit by EU swine fever ruling

Pork industry hit by EU swine fever ruling

Europe 30 Nov 2006

By Corina Mica and Michael Bird THE DIPLOMAT BUHAREST 30/11/2006 Classic Swine Fever Classical Swine Fever is a disease transmitted through direct contact between hogs. In its acute form, five to 15 days after the illness begins, the hog di…
S.Korea in huge poultry cull to halt bird flu

S.Korea in huge poultry cull to halt bird flu

Asia 30 Nov 2006

REUTERS 30/11/2006 SEOUL - South Korea will cull more than half a million fowl in a bid to prevent the spread of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, having already killed 150,000 chickens near farms where the virus was found, officials said…
Pork industry hit by swine fever ruling

Pork industry hit by swine fever ruling

Europe 30 Nov 2006

By Corina Mica and Michael Bird THE DIPLOMAT BUHAREST 30/11/2006 Hopes of fattening up the domestic pork industry for export have been set back by an EC decision to vaccinate all the nation's pigs and wild boars Every pig and wild boar …
Bird flu focus shifts from Asia to Africa

Bird flu focus shifts from Asia to Africa

World 29 Nov 2006

By Vissuta Pothong REUTERS 29/11/2006 Asia's relative success in fighting bird flu could see a shift in resources to Africa where the virus is spreading among some of the world's poorest countries, a top U.N. animal health official …
Food safety tops the menu in China

Food safety tops the menu in China

Asia 28 Nov 2006

CHINA DAILY 28/11/2006 China's watchdog for aquatic product safety will launch a nationwide inspection targeting forbidden chemicals in the fish market, the vice-director of the fisheries bureau under the Ministry of Agriculture announc…
Uganda: Bird Flu - Transporting Chicken On Public Vehicles Prohibited

Uganda: Bird Flu - Transporting Chicken On Public Vehicles Prohibited

Africa 28 Nov 2006

By Gladys Kalibbala NEW VISION 28/11/2006 AS the Government takes measures to prepare for a possible outbreak of Avian Influenza (Bird Flu), the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has abolished transportation of …
India dithers on corn export ban as supply dwindles

India dithers on corn export ban as supply dwindles

Asia 28 Nov 2006

REUTERS 28/11/2006 Disagreement among Indian government officials is delaying a ban on corn exports, the trade said on Tuesday, but added that such a move was inevitable as demand in the domestic market would exceed supplies. Corn productio…
Two member EU team visits Vizag seafood processing plant

Two member EU team visits Vizag seafood processing plant

Asia 28 Nov 2006

ANI 28/11/2006 A two- member team of the European Union Commission visited a seafood processing plant inVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, recently to check out the quality standards maintained by it. The Food and Veterinary Office in Europe or…
Government Initiatives to Improve Animals' Health to Drive the Animal Feed Additive Industry

Government Initiatives to Improve Animals' Health to Drive the Animal Feed Additive Industry

Americas 27 Nov 2006

27/11/2006 PALO ALTO, Calif. - Increasing interest of the government in the health conditions of animals due to the outbreak of bird flu and foot-and-mouth disease has boosted demand for high-quality ingredients in animal feed. This demand …

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