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AB Vista has welcomed Dr. Spenser Becker to the companys swine technical team to provide additional support and expertise to partners and customers in the pig industry, AB Vista announced this month.

The University of Queensland Australia and Australias Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) are working together for a project to develop slow-release biopolymer technology to reduce methane emissions from cattle, the University of Queensland Australia News reported.

Five Malaysian poultry producers have been given until December 19 by the Malaysian Competition Commission (MyCC) to refute allegations of involvement in a chicken cartel, The Sun Daily reported.

The Philippines Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Business Innovation through S&T (BIST) Program have funded a mobile lab, known as the Mobile Laboratory Unit (MLU), that is equipped with state-of-the-art animal health diagnostic technologies.

Production of red meat in Iran stood at 57,893 tonnes in the sixth month of the current Iranian calendar year (August 23-September 22), showing a 4% growth compared to the same month in the past year.

The University of Nebraska‒Lincoln will officially mark the construction of the Feedlot Innovation Center at the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center near Mead, Nebraska, the United States, during a groundbreaking ceremony on November 4.

Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group brought Southeast Asias largest chicken processing plant — which is located in Vietnam — fully online on October 25 as it begins exports to Japan.

Salmon farmers in British Columbia, Canada, appear to no longer be facing the imminent end of net-pen farming in the entire region following several tours of the region by the countrys Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard (DFO) Minister, Joyce Murray.

New figures published on October 26 showed a major decrease in carbon emissions stemming from Northern Irelands dairy sector.

A new consortium made up of African and European organisations has unveiled a project promoting the growth of East Africas aquaculture sector, with a focus on training fish farmers and other stakeholders across the farmed-fish supply and value chains.