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Pig farmers in Belgium will again be exempted from contributing to the countrys budget fund for the health and quality of animals and animal products.

European traders said Nonghyup Feed Inc, a South Korean livestock feed producer, has purchased an estimated about 68,000 tonnes of animal feed corn in an international tender for up to 138,000 tonnes, Nasdaq reported.

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) has urged the Malaysian authorities to probe all of the countrys poultry farms over food safety standards after neighbouring Singapore recalled Malaysian eggs due to the presence of salmonella enteritidis (SE), Free Malaysia Today reported.

The Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group), a major Thai conglomerate, has purchased the biggest chicken processing plant in Southeast Asia, based in Vietnam, as it starts exports to Japan, Nikkei Asia reported.

The Zimbabwe governments efforts to rebuild its national cattle herd numbers are affected by increased cattle slaughter as farmers look to sell to meet rising expenses due to higher cost of living, together with the possibility of cattle diseases and drought, The Herald reported.

Egypt plans to plant wheat and other strategic crops in the Republic of Congo to cover its food needs following an acute water shortage in Egypt, Al-Monitor reported.

Germanys federal government had recently approved a draft law on the labeling of food products of animal origin according to the way in which the animals are raised.

Brazils grain production may reach 312.4 million tonnes in the 2022/23 harvest — a volume, if confirmed, would surpass a record set in a recently closed season by 41.5 million tonnes when 270.9 million tonnes were harvested, according to the 1st Grain Crop Survey 2022/23 released this month by the National Supply Comp ...

Transitioning away from open net fish farms in Canada needs not to be rushed, said the British Columbia Salmon Farmers Fishing Association (BCSFA).

Soybean prices have been falling sharply in Brazil in early October, influenced mainly by lower foreign demand.