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Major Brazilian meatpacker BRF SA announced a net loss of BRL 137 million (~US$26 million; BRL 1 = US$0.19) for the third quarter of the year, which did not meet analysts expectations of a slim profit, due to increased debt expenses and interest rates, BOL News reported.

Abruzzo, Italy, has been classified by the European Union as free from African swine fever (ASF).

The Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is expected to see another record in grain production for the 2022/23 harvest, according to the first survey by the National Supply Company (Conab).

Wadi Group, a distributor of Aviagens Ross® Parent Stock (PS) in Egypt, recently celebrated a landmark anniversary of 30 years as a Ross customer, at its seventh Wadi Poultry Academy held last September in Cairo, Egypt.

The Aviagen® Arbor Acres® team recently welcomed customers from throughout Asia Pacific to the 2022 Arbor Acres Training Seminar Asia (AATSA), which took place on November 1-3 in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Philippines Department of Agriculture has launched the Compartmentalisation Program of swine farms, one of the major components of the countrys Integrated National Swine Production Initiatives for Recovery and Expansion (INSPIRE) Program.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack last week announced that the Biden-Harris Administration is investing $73 million in 21 grant projects through the first round of the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program.

The US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Strategic Planning Conference recently concluded in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the United States, with the election of a new officer team.

African swine fever (ASF) is still active in the Spree-Neisse/Wokrejs Sprjewja-Nysa district in Germany after two years.

NZ King Salmon, the worlds largest aquaculture producer of the premium King salmon species, has been given the green light to establish the first open-ocean finfish site in New Zealand.