The mooted deal to facilitate trade between the EU and the US has faced major public opposition, but what are the real opportunities and risks for the food industry?
After forming a crop association earlier this year, focus on the UK rhubarb sector is starting to build as growers prioritise weed control for R&D efforts
With the increasing success of the Cobb500 broiler breeder in Spain and North Africa, Cobb Española is now investing a further €6.5 million (US$7.2) in expanding production capacity.
Red and yellow striped pepper is grown by Dutch firm 4Evergreen and is marketed as having high levels of vitamin C
Many economists believe that export restrictions increase world prices for food commodities, thereby exacerbating food insecurity and poverty among the world’s poorest people. The authors examine alternative policies to a conventional export tax that are less market distorting and less welfare diminishing.
Many economists believe that export restrictions increase world prices for food commodities, thereby exacerbating food insecurity and poverty among the world’s poorest people. The authors examine alternative policies to a conventional export tax that are less market distorting and less welfare diminishing.
Russian company Eurodon will start with the construction of a new duck farm in the Ramenskiy district of the Moscow Oblast in 2016, according to the company’s CEO Vadim Vaneev. This duck farm will have a capacity of 30,000 tonnes per year.
General manager of Branston’s Abernethy site set to retire, with Kevin Imrie lined up to take his place
Additional criteria must be met before emergency use of vaccine for highly pathogenic avian influenza can be approved, states the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
In order to protect its $2.3 billion poultry industry from avian influenza, Ohio has banned all poultry exhibits. The Ohio Department of Agriculture has issued the statewide ban for the remainder of 2015. That means no poultry (turkeys, chickens, pigeons, ducks or geese) will be exhibited at fairs.
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