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The Fiji Ministry of Agriculture said it has released 14 improved cattle breeds to farmers at the Nacocolevu Research Station in Sigatoka town as part of the ministrys efforts to improve cattle genetics, FBC News reported.

Norway has proposed a new resource rent tax on aquaculture, with effect from January 1, 2023, which will affect producers of salmon, trout and rainbow trout.

Tiba Biotech, a pre-clinical biopharmaceutical company, has entered into a five-year agreement with the Australian state government of New South Wales to develop next-generation mRNA vaccines against emergency animal diseases that threaten Australias livestock industry and domestic food security.

US farmers are urging their government to challenge a Mexican ban on genetically modified (GM) corn under the terms of a regional free trade agreement, threatening both countries with billions of dollars in economic damage, Reuters reported.

The Dutch government said they will cull about 201,000 chickens on a farm in Emmen city, Drenthe province, north of the country, after a highly infectious strain of bird flu was detected there, The Straits Times reported.

The Buenos Aires Grains Exchange (BdeC) said that the recent rains in the country were insufficient to reverse the effects of the drought in Argentinas main breadbasket and that a decline in wheat yields is likely for the major grain-producing nation, Reuters reported.

Representatives from the US Grains Councils Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) office visited Morocco to expand their involvement in aquaculture there, as they see the sector as a significant growth opportunity for American distillers of dried grains with solubles (DDGS), Fish Information & Services reported.

Ajith Gunasekara, president of the All Ceylon Poultry Traders Association, said the reduction in the import of hens needed for poultry farming may lead to a future egg shortage in Sri Lanka, News 1st reported.

Sri Lankas biggest and most integrated seafood firm, Taprobane Seafoods, opened its second Taprobane Aquaculture Service centre in Puttalam district to boost access for shrimp farmers, push sustainable farming practices and lower chemical use, Fish Information & Services reported.

Food security and the role of European agriculture and food in sustainable global food production were the main topics of a recent informal meeting of EU Agriculture Ministers in Prague, the Czech Republic.