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Brazils CONAB anticipated that the countrys 2022/23 grain and oilseed harvest would reach 308 million tonnes, due to positive performance and strong international demand for corn, soybean, rice, beans and cotton.

WorldFish had signed memorandums of understanding with Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) to encourage and promote cooperation in research and knowledge transfer activities for the sustainable development of aquatic food systems between the respective organisations.

Layer Poultry Indonesia Breeders president Ki Musbar Mesdi said that the prices of eggs in Indonesia had increased significantly mainly due to breeders inability to meet demands.

Certified Irish Angus has launched on August 25 what it describes as "a new programme which will reward breeders with a bonus scheme".

Bangladesh is planning to import 500,000 tonnes of wheat from Russia at a price of US$430 per tonne, according to two government sources with direct knowledge of the situation on August 28, as Bangladesh struggles to secure supplies in the face of rising costs, Channel News Asia reported.

Artec Aqua, a Norwegian based turnkey supplier for onshore aquaculture, has signed a £150 million-plus (US$175.1 million) deal to build a large land-based salmon farm in Iceland.

Exports of beef and related meat products from Botswana have been suspended as authorities in the country investigate a possible food-and-mouth disease outbreak, Bloomberg reported.

The Philippines poultry and swine sectors are expected to sustain a positive growth in the succeeding quarters with cases of animal diseases in the country on a downward trend, according to an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA).

Vietnams imports of raw materials for processing animal feed in the first seven months of 2022 surged to US$3.1 billion as domestic supply only met about one-third of local demand.

The management and control of diseases is an important factor that should be taken note of by Malaysias aquaculture industry players, said the countrys Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries, Datuk Seri Dr. Ronald Kiandee.