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Malaysias Agriculture and Food Security Ministry said the subsidy for chicken eggs in the country will continue until June 2023, involving a total cost of MYR 1.28 billion (~US$285 million; MYR 1 = US$0.22), Bernama reported.

Taiwans Council of Agriculture (COA) has proposed to speed up the movement of eggs between sales channels, boost imports of eggs and chicks, and assist chicken farmers to improve their facilities, Taipei Times reported.

The Adisseo Group announced that it has completed the acquisition of Nor-Feed, a French group that designs, produces and markets plant-based specialty ingredients and plant extracts for animal nutrition.

Novus International, Inc. will debut its latest programme for swine producers next month with the launch of its "Scale Up™ program for Sows" during PorciFORUM 2023 in Spain.

The Philippines Department of Agricultures (DA) pilot test on cost-effective alternative fish feed has yielded 867 kilogrammes of tilapia in Lanao del Norte, the National Fisheries Research and Development Institutes (NFRDI) said on February 22.

Carlos Favaro, Brazils Agriculture Minister, said they have suspended beef exports to China after detecting a case of mad cow disease in the country, but experts believe it is the less-dangerous "atypical" variant, The Straits Times reported.

Nigel Sweetnam, the chairman of the Irish Farmers Associations National Poultry Committee, has expressed his anger over the lack of action in response to the demand for a fair price increase in eggs from Irish egg producers, Kilkenny Live reported.

The impacts of a venereal disease that causes cattle infertility and costs the industry hundreds of millions of dollars could be mitigated by an experimental vaccine created at the University of Queensland.

The Philippines Department of Agriculture has temporarily banned imports of Dutch cattle and beef related products, as well as Turkish poultry products, Philippine Daily Inquirer reported.

The provincial government of Iloilo in the Philippines, a major producer of pork in the country, is looking to increase its sources of protein, including not only pork but also chicken meat and fish products, due to the ongoing threat of African swine fever (ASF) in the province, Philippine News Agency reported.