The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will provide training and veterinary support to 30,000 producers in Haiti and the Dominican Republic to control and eradicate African swine fever (ASF). The idea is to help small farmers, in particular, and to strengthen the countries’ preparation against the disease.
- A plan to prepare Latin America and the Caribbean against outbreaks is also included.
- The Dominican Republic and Haiti could be an open door for the contaminati...
With all the fuss that African swine fever (ASF) has been generating across mainland Europe lately, Great Britain has announced new strict measures to control the movement of pork and related products. They come into force today (on September 1).
- Since no vaccine is available, the virus is a significant threat to British pig herds and pork trade, and thus, keeping it at bay is key.
It will no longer be legal to bring pork or pork products from any country outside of the EU into the UK. As ...
Ukraine's grain exports are down – they have slumped since the start of the war because its Black Sea ports, key routes for shipments, were closed off, driving up global food prices and prompting fears of shortages in Africa and the Middle East.
- However, three Black Sea ports were unblocked at the end of July under a deal between Moscow and Kyiv, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey.
It’s believed that Ukraine could harvest at least 50 million tonnes of grain this year, compared with ...
Concerns over animal welfare have been raised in the U.K. due to possible upcoming shortages of CO2. Yes, that's right: it is needed for the slaughter of pigs and poultry. But CF Industries announced last week that it intends to close its last remaining fertilizer plant at Billingham.
- Ammonia producers in Italy and Germany have also cut production and sent European food and drink companies scrambling to secure tightening supplies.
Without sufficient CO2 supplies, the U.K. will potentially ...
Guess what we’re talking about next? If you guessed ASF again, then you guessed it right… Research conducted at Kansas State University has confirmed soybean products as among the highest risk feed ingredients for transmission.
- The study, conducted at the university’s high containment biosecurity research institute, looked into how long the virus remains stable in stored feeds.
- Upon examining complete feed, soybean meal, and ground corncob particles stored at different temperatures, the viru...
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The U.S. and Taiwan have announced that they have reached a consensus on the negotiating mandate for the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade, which sets out the broad objectives of the two countries.
- The focus is on: trade facilitation; good regulatory and anticorruption, agriculture, and digital trade practices; trade enhancement between small and medium enterprises (SMEs); and non-market, labor, and environmental policies.
As for agricultural trade in particular, actions to faci...