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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi recently called for the expansion of the cultivation of oilseed crops, pointing out that most of these can be used to manufacture food oil and as alternative ingredients in the feed of poultry and livestock.

Norway shipped 81,645 tonnes of salmon worth NOK 8.8 billion (~US$839 million; NOK 1 = US$0.095) in last month, with the US, Poland, and France making up the top three export destinations, Fish Information & Services reported.

Ceva Santé Animale, (Ceva) is participating in this years VIV Asia show in Bangkok, Thailand.

Egypts Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation has released 137,000 tonnes of corn and soybean fodder valued at about US$67 million between 24 February and 2 March, Ahram Online reported.

Amid skyrocketing chicken and egg prices, Bangladeshs poultry producers have called for the government to fix prices as they claimed that the farmers are still incurring losses.

Namibias Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources recently supported flood victims in the countrys north by distributing over 2.5 tonnes of freshwater fish harvested from an aquaculture demonstration farm at Epalela.

Borregaard, headquartered in Sarpsborg, Norway, has recently signed an agreement with Hawkins, Inc. (headquartered in Roseville, Minnesota, the United States) for the licensed production and distribution of its range of SoftAcid products in North America.

Austrias pig inventory, as of December 2022, was 2.65 million head.

The chair of the Food Vision Beef and Sheep Group, Prof. Thia Hennessy, believes it will be "very challenging" for the agriculture sector to meet climate targets without reducing the suckler herd.

The first seven weeks of 2023 has seen a strong start to Irelands calf export numbers, with just over 13,000 calves exported as of February 19.