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Alltech has appointed Tara McCarthy as its global vice president of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG).

Authorities in Nepal have started a vaccine trial on animals to check the effectiveness of a vaccine for lumpy skin disease (LSD).

Comments submitted recently to the Office of the US Trade Representative, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) urged US trade negotiators to use the recently launched Strategic and Investment Partnership with Kenya to eliminate that countrys restrictions on US pork imports.

Cargill inaugurated on September 8 its corn wet mill in Surabaya, Indonesia, in an effort to meet the growing demand in feed as well as starch and sweetener markets in Asia and Indonesia.

Virginia M. Rometty, former chairman, president and chief executive officer of IBM, has been elected to the Cargills board of directors.

High prices for inputs such as energy and feed have led many pig farmers in Denmark to reduce their production of finishing pigs or close down, which has led to a significant decrease in slaughtering at Danish Crowns slaughterhouses.

Leading pig farmer in Scotland, the United Kingdom, had accused the Scottish government of giving the sector the "cold shoulder" by failing to respond to NFU Scotlands (NFUS) direct appeals for support.

Mowis salmon farm at Loch Hourn, Scotland, the United Kingdom, has become the latest site to successfully transition to new larger pens with the installation of 7 x 160m pens, which have replaced 12 x 120m pens, Mowi Scotland announced this month.

Norway-based Aker BioMarine is enhancing its QRILL™ aqua sales organisation after successfully recruiting two new talents for its Norway-based team.

On September 19, an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak was confirmed on a large pig farm in Chuncheon, Gangwon- do, South Korea, with over 7,000 animals.