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The Cambodian government has agreed on a number of measures to address rising live swine prices, following requests from livestock farmers in the country, Khmer Times reported.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the University of Connecticut (UConn) have developed African swine fever vaccine candidates, which are "promising" according to independent researchers, the University of Connecticut reported.

Brazils abundant corn crop could not have come at a better time for increased exports from the largest country in South America, as the worlds food supplies remain affected by disasters from war to drought, disrupting exports from other major commodity producers, Bloomberg reported.

Malaysias Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) said it will allow the temporary import of chicken eggs, following a domestic shortage in the country, Bernama reported.

The PwC Climate Index (West) is an annual audit of how the 50 largest companies in western Norway conduct their sustainability initiatives and environmental reporting; for 2022, only three out of 50 companies were placed in the top category, and Skretting Norway is one of them, Skretting said.

Cattle producers in the United States need to pay close attention to their animals as winter approaches, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension livestock specialists said.

Turkeys chicken meat production increased in October compared with the same month of 2021, but milk output dropped, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) shows.

Brazilian meat industry group ABPA said major chicken processors such as JBS SA and BRF SA will increase production and exports in 2023, Nasdaq reported.

The Aomori Prefectural government in Japan had started on December 15 to cull some 1.37 million chickens raised at a poultry farm in the city of Misawa, where an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed.

Pork consumption in Brazil broke a historical record in the first half of 2022.