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

Asia

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 â€œThis is a reflection of the successful signing of the Taiwan-Philippines agreement on law enforcement cooperation in fisheries matters,â€ 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…

Government intervention paid off

Asia 20 Nov 2006

20/11/2006 For Hoang Van Manh, a 36-year-old Vietnamese poultry farmer, it was an act of faith to keep feeding his 2,000 valuable chickens when bird flu swept across Vietnam in early 2004, claiming human lives and shutting down the once bri…

BASF and HELM to start collaboration on animal nutrition products

Europe 20 Nov 2006

20/11/2006 HELM and BASF have agreed on a long term collaboration in the field of animal nutrition products. BASF supplies HELM with high quality feed additives. HELM will market them to a variety of customers in the different market segmen…

Indian Corn exports backed

Asia 19 Nov 2006

REUTERS 19/11/2006 India's food ministry has not proposed a ban on corn exports, despite trade fears that demand may exceed supply in the domestic market, a senior government official said. 'As far as we are concerned, we have not m…

Thailand To Disinfect Poultry Farms In Effort To Prevent Bird FluThailand To Disinfect Poultry Farms

Asia 19 Nov 2006

19/11/2006 Thailand's central government has ordered all provincial livestock authorities to disinfect poultry farms in an effort to prevent outbreaks of bird flu which have devastated the poultry industry in recent years, a government …

Cargill recalls contaminated Canadian cattle feed

Americas 18 Nov 2006

REUTERS 18/11/2006 WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Cargill Ltd. has recalled feed from about 100 Canadian farms because it may contain trace amounts of an ingredient banned to prevent the spread of mad cow disease, the company said on Saturday. Canadi…

Argentina suspends corn exports

Americas 18 Nov 2006

18/11/2006 Argentina, the world's second-biggest corn exporter has suspended "for an undetermined period" new corn export orders beginning November 20 in the latest effort by the government to rein in inflation. The halt on new requests…

Philippines eyes self-sufficient in corn by 2007: report

Asia 18 Nov 2006

XINHUA NEWS 18/11/2006 The Philippines may stop importing corn next year as it hits corn production at a self-sufficiency level of 6.1 million metric tons owing to hybrid corn expansion and government's investment on post harvest facili…

Canada Cattle On Feed Over 1 Million Mark

Americas 18 Nov 2006

AMS 18/11/2006 CanFax recently released Canada's current cattle on feed numbers for terminal feedlots with 1,000 or more head in Alberta and Saskatchewan. According to the figures, on November 1, Canada's cattle on feed totaled 1,00…

Over 100 million chickens in Indonesia vaccinated against bird flu

Asia 17 Nov 2006

XINHUA NEWS 17/11/2006 The Indonesian government has vaccinated about 140 million chickens against bird flu, which account for only 10 percent of the total of 1.4 billion chickens across the country, an official said. The vaccination has to…

New bird flu-infected area reported in northern Egypt

Africa 17 Nov 2006

XINHUA NEWS 17/11/2006 Egypt reported on Thursday a new bird flu-striken area in the north of the country where domestic birds were tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus, the official MENA news agency reported. Th…

China's aquatic products to hit 60 million tons by 2010

Asia 17 Nov 2006

XINHUA 17/11/2006 China's aquatic products will hit 60 million tons by 2010, up 18 percent on that of 2005, according to the country's 11th five-year-plan (2006-2010) for the fishery industry, revealed by the Ministry of Agriculture…

Swine fever spreads in Croatia

Europe 17 Nov 2006

AFP 17/11/2006 Some 5,500 pigs will be slaughtered at a farm in eastern Croatia which was hit with a new outbreak of classical swine fever, the worst so far in the country, the agriculture ministry said. "The farm where the presence of swin…

Pest infests corn farms in Bicol

Asia 17 Nov 2006

By Mar Arguelles MANILA STANDARD 17/11/2006 PILI, Camarines Sur - The Department of Agriculture here is alarmed at the damage a pest called "waya-waya" has caused on cornfarms across the Bicol region. The DA said the very destructive corn p…

Cargill Starts Construction of Animal Feed Complex in Russia

Europe 16 Nov 2006

16/11/2006 Cargill has begun construction of an animal feed mill at its Efremov site in the Tula region of Russia, a further investment of US$10 million into the company's production facility. Production is due to commence in 2007 with …

Jamaica Feeds and JLA Hatchery to be dissolved

Africa 16 Nov 2006

16/11/2006 The Jamaica Livestock Association (JLA) has announced an immediate amalgamation of its two main subsidiaries. Wednesday the JLA took control of Jamaica Feeds Limited and JLA Hatchery Limited under an order granted by the Supreme …

Heavy Rains Dampen Zimbabwe Hopes For Overdue Wheat Harvest

Africa 16 Nov 2006

By Jonga Kandemiiri VOA 16/11/2006 Some farmers and agricultural officials may be pleased to see the heavy rains now falling across Zimbabwe, but others are concerned that the downpour could mean an even bigger shortfall than feared in the …

Census reveals evolving New Jersey aquaculture industry

Americas 15 Nov 2006

AMERICAN FARM 15/11/2006 The number of aquaculture farms in New Jersey tripled over a seven-year period, according to the recently released United States Department of Agriculture Census of Aquaculture. The 1998 census showed that there wer…

Romania is for new outbreak of bird flu

Europe 15 Nov 2006

XINHUA NEWS 15/11/2006 Romania is prepared from a strategic viewpoint to combat a new outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus, local epidemiologists were quoted as saying on Tuesday by the national Rompres news agency. After the eradication of …

Grain elevator reins in emissions

Americas 15 Nov 2006

By Matt ScallanTIMES - PICAYUNE 15/11/2006 The Bunge grain elevator in Destrehan will install new low-emission burners as part of a consent agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, which accused the company of violating air quali…

Purina? That's for Pussies!

Americas 15 Nov 2006

By Alistair Bland East Bay Express 15/11/2006 Raw food. It's a loaded phrase that conjures up images of lean, earthy New Agers, almond butter, farmers' markets, organic vegetables, healthful stomach enzymes, and lots of sprouts. But…

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