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ChopLocal.com, an Iowa-based online market created to connect small meat producers with customers, now is helping 45 farms and butcher shops in 12 states sell products directly to consumers.

Aviagen and Vano Group renewed their poultry grandparent (GP) contract for the exclusive distribution of the Ross®parent stock (PS) in Iraq, last November during the Ross Middle East & Africa Association (RMEAA) in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

Belgiums Federation of Belgian Meat (FEBEV) and Fenavian (the federation of meat products manufacturers) are cooperating to integrate their pork indexes.

The European Commission has examined a draft law for the mandatory labeling of animal husbandry in Germany and expressed no objections.

Belgium saw a big drop in the number of pigs slaughtered last December.

Jordan announced on February 5 the closure of all livestock barns in the country for 14 days after detecting a new strain of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the state-run Al Mamlaka TV reported.

New season Australian beef exports are off to a slow start, with just 51,471 tonnes of chilled and frozen beef shipped for January, Department of Agriculture records show.

Rabobank expects the pork trade to increase modestly in the first quarter of 2023, mainly due to a low base last year.

A prolonged drought affecting the key US plains wheat belt region raises questions about the commoditys harvest prospects, particularly in states such as Kansas, the leading winter wheat producer, and Oklahoma, the third-largest producer last year, Hellenic Shipping News reported.

The senior global specialist animal protein with Rabobank, Nan-Dirk Mulder, was the keynote speaker at the USPOULTRY Foundation Executive Luncheon held during the 2023 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States.