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San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is again looking into Negros Occidental, the Philippines, as among the areas in the country to invest in a ₱21 billion (US$384.1 million) feed mill and poultry related projects, said Govenor Eugenio Jose Lacson last month.

The Bangladesh Poultry Association said on February 6 that large poultry farms in the country were responsible for the recent hike in prices of broiler chickens and eggs, which badly affected marginal poultry farmers.

New Anthoneys Farms (Private) Ltd, a leading producer in Sri Lankas poultry sector, recently bought a 100% stake in Gold Coin Feed Mills (Lanka) Ltd from Gold Coin Management Holdings Pte Ltd and Glen Arbor Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd, both of whom are subsidiaries of Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc ("AEV").

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.