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1764	Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association receives $460,000	Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association is to receive $460,000 to improve the effectiveness, quality and sustainability of the fish and seafood sector.	<p>The Canadian Government announced that the financial support comes from the $400 million Atlantic Fisheries Fund, jointly funded by the federal, provincial and territorial governments, focused on growing opportunities and increasing market value for sustainably sourced, high-quality fish and seafood products from Atlantic Canada.</p> <p>Through the funding, Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association will acquire data from two real-time monitoring buoys equipped with a suite of sensors. This data will be collected from the Passamaquoddy Bay and will provide real-time information that will be used to support decision making for both the aquaculture industry as well as other marine users such as fishers and tourism operators.</p> <p>According to the government, the Atlantic Fisheries Fund is to invest in a series of projects over the next seven years.</p> <p>The commercial fisheries and aquaculture industry, Indigenous groups, universities and academia and industry associations and organizations, including research institutions, may apply.</p> <p>The eligible projects to receive financial support from the Atlantic Fisheries Funds must focus on:</p> <p>- Innovation – to support research and development of new innovations that contribute to sustainability of the fish and seafood sector, and to create partnerships and networks that aim to promote and encourage innovations in the sector;<br />- Infrastructure – to adopt or adapt new technologies, processes, or equipment to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of the fish and seafood sector;<br />- Science Partnerships – fisheries and aquaculture industry based partnerships with academia and institutions to enhance knowledge and understanding of the impacts of changing oceanographic conditions and sustainable harvesting technology.</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-14 10:00:07	2025-07-30 05:18:16	Details Edit Delete
1766	Meat prices in Ukraine increased by 12% in July	Ukraine reports an increase in its consumer prices for meat and meat products by 12% in July 2018 compared to the same month from the previous year, Unian Information Agency reports.	<p>The State Statistics Service of Ukraine announced that between January and July this year, meat prices increased by a staggering 22.5% compared to the corresponding period from 2017.</p> <p>In comparison with June, prices in July for meat and meat products rose by 0.2%.</p> <p>Unian reports that the Ukrainian statistics institute has excluded Crimea, the city of Sevastopol and Donbas from its reports.</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-15 12:00:35	2025-08-01 13:11:34	Details Edit Delete
1769	Armenia's meat production rose by 1.2%	Armenia has witnessed an increase of 1.2% for its meat production in the first half of this year, reaching 19,510 tons, according to the country's Statistical Committee.	<p>In 2017, Armenia produced 19,286 tons of meat in the first six months.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the amount of meat products, including sausages, reached 5,239 tons in the first half, with an increase of 11.4% compared to the similar period from 2017.</p> <p>Furthermore, semi-finished meat products amounted to 480.4 tons, increasing by 28.8% in the mentioned period.</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-15 14:30:22	2025-08-01 13:33:03	Details Edit Delete
1770	Latvia reports swine fever outbreak in the Saldus Region	Latvian authorities have detected an African swine fever outbreak at a farm in the Saldus Region.	<p>The farm that was hit by the disease had four pigs. The Food and Veterinary Service of Latvia is now currently taking the necessary measure to prevent a spreading of the ASF. A protective zone has been established within a radius of three kilometers and also a surveillance zone within a ten kilometer radius, as reported by Latvijas Sabiedriskie Mediji.</p> <p>The pig producers living in the surveillance and protection area are forbidden to transport pigs from farm to farm and take them out of the protective zone.</p> <p>Other pets cannot be taken out of the area without a service inspector's permission.</p> <p>Latvia has first witnessed an outbreak of ASF in June 2014.</p> <p>The outbreak of the ASF on a farm, where the pig population reached 15,570, has become the largest in the country since 2014. The government has promised to allocate 367 thousand euros from the budget for unforeseen expenses.</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-16 06:50:25	2025-08-01 08:03:00	Details Edit Delete
1771	CPF boosted its revenue in Q2 through more exports	Thailand-based meat producer Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (CPF) has announced an increase in its sales of 8% in the second quarter of 2018 thanks to a rise of 16% in its overseas sales.	<p>CPF reported total sales of Bt136.353 billion ($4.09 billion) in the second quarter of this year.</p> <p>The companny announced that it activates in 16 countries that account for 68% of the total sales while the domestic sales account for 27% and export from Thailand for 5%.</p> <p>Top three markets which generated main revenue included Thailand (32%), China (26%) and Vietnam (16%) These markets account for 74% of CPF’s total sales. </p> <p>In Q2, CPF’s year-on-year net profit jumped by 45% to Bt5.894 Billion ($176.8 million), and sky rocketed by 93% when compared with Q1 of this year. The improved net profit was largely resulted from Vietnam’s performance bounced back to normal state.</p> <p>Mr. Sooksunt Jiumjaiswanglerg, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Agro-Industrial Business and Co-President of CPF, said the company’s performance has been affected by oversupply of pork and chicken meats in Vietnam. The price problem also affected Thailand in the mid of last year.</p> <p>However, prices of those two kinds of meat better adjusted to cover cost in April last year. Particularly, pork price in Vietnam has been corrected to normal level which was an important factor to push brighter result operation in Q2.</p> <p>It is forecast that increasing price will further carry to next year. Pork and chicken prices have been rising continuously from Q1. The better prices will also be a factor to spur better result operation for the remaining year.</p> <p>CPF also added that the currency crisis in Turkey, which accounted for 3% of CPF total sales, is unlikely to affect its performance as the operation in Turkey is now focusing on domestic consumption. Moreover, the company has made some improvement in financial structure in early 2018. Therefore, the decline in Turkish currency may result more exports.</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-16 08:01:35	2025-08-01 11:35:23	Details Edit Delete
1776	Cargill opens new aquaculture innovation center in Indonesia	Cargill has opened an aquaculture innovation center in Indonesia to help raise fish farming standards.	<p>The Technology Application Center (TAC), located at Ciseeng, Parung-Bogor, is a hub for freshwater aquaculture in Indonesia. Cargill says it will bring global aquaculture best practices and expertise from Cargill’s network of 12 such centers dedicated to aquaculture worldwide.</p> <p>The TAC will also provide a platform where local aquaculture farmers can come for training and discussions around feeding and other farm management practices.</p> <p>“Freshwater aquaculture in Indonesia is showing strong growth thanks to increasing demand for seafood in the country,” said Chad Gauger, managing director of Cargill Aqua Nutrition in South Asia. “This innovation center will support the development of the freshwater aquaculture industry by educating and training farmers on how to improve their productivity and income.”</p> <p>The center covers one hectare, with eight large ponds and a set of closed cement tanks for smaller trials in closed systems. The facility is designed to improve the feed performance of freshwater fish varieties including catfish, tilapia, pangasius and carp. It is the fourth TAC Cargill has opened in South Asia this year and brings the Cargill aqua nutrition TAC footprint in Asia to six locations (Thailand, India, Vietnam (2), Indonesia and China).</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-17 11:14:08	2025-08-01 13:16:03	Details Edit Delete
1777	Belarus bans beef imports from several regions in China	Authorities from Belarus have imposed temporary restrictions on the import of beef from 10 regions in China after some outbreaks of foot and mouth disease hit farms in these regions.	<p>According to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), in the provinces of Henan, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Shanxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Anhui, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Gansu, cases of foot and mouth disease have been reported, informs BelTA.</p> <p>The information appears on the website of the Department of Veterinary and Food Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture.</p> <p>Temporary restrictions were imposed on the importation from the Chinese regions of animals, meat, meat products and other raw materials, obtained from slaughter of cattle susceptible to the disease, raw materials, milk and dairy products received from the regions, susceptible to foot and mouth disease from large and small cattle.</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-17 12:01:20	2025-08-01 08:51:17	Details Edit Delete
1780	UK's pork exports down in June	UK's fresh and frozen pork exports went down by 7% in June compared to year-earlier levels, totaling 16,700 tonnes, according to HMRC data analyzed by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).	<p>Tom Forshaw, AHDB analyst, said the export value also fell by 9% to £22.6 million as average prices declined by 2% to average £1.35/kg.</p> <p>Forshaw says that UK's overal decline appeared due to a decrease in shipments to the country's most important importers.</p> <p>Shipments to China and Hong Kong both recorded notable declines, with exports down 19% (-630 tonnes) and 58% (-550 tonnes) respectively.</p> <p>Trade with Denmark and the Netherlands was also reported to be considerably lower than in June 2017, falling by 1,140 tonnes altogether. Product shipped to these destinations is likely often re-exported.</p> <p>Shipments to Ireland rose by 9% to 3,300 tonnes, while deliveries of fresh/frozen pork to Germany increased by 10% to total 3,100 tonnes.</p> <p>UK exported 36% more pork to the US, the shipments totaling 790 tonnes in June 2018.</p> <p>A number of smaller markets recorded a strong positive performance during the month too, including Poland (+290 tonnes) and Japan (+300 tonnes).</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-19 14:33:19	2025-07-29 22:08:19	Details Edit Delete
1781	NZ passes new NAIT Act amendments		<p>Dave Harrison, B+LNZ’s General Manager Policy and Advocacy, said: “Mycoplasma bovis has demonstrated that it is critical to be able to trace movements of animals between farms in the event of a biosecurity incursion and effective compliance forms an important part of that process.</p> <p>“The amendments today represent a good first step towards improving the NAIT system and provide greater clarity about enforcement.</p> <p>“Those farmers who work hard to comply with NAIT requirements have increasingly been asking for stronger penalties and compliance actions against those who put the industry at risk and this will give them confidence that some action is being taken.</p> <p>“Beef + Lamb New Zealand looks forward to working with the Government on further improvements to NAIT to ensure it meets New Zealand’s biosecurity interests and the needs of farmers.”</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-20 06:53:23	2025-08-01 16:06:16	Details Edit Delete
1782	Denmark's pig numbers reached the 2007 level	Denmark's pig herd reached 12.9 million head in July 2018, increasing by 3% compared to year earlier levels.	<p>Bethan Wilkins, AHDB analyst, says piglet numbers were 3.5% higher, at 2.6 million head, and slaughter pig numbers were almost 5% higher at 3.0 million head.</p> <p>Wilkins explained that the increase in the pig herd has been reflected in the slaughter numbers, which increased by 4% by the end of July.</p> <p>"This reflects previous expansion in the Danish breeding herd, encouraged by strong weaner and finished pig prices back in 2017."</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-20 07:21:40	2025-08-01 12:21:18	Details Edit Delete
1783	Cherkizovo to invest $119 million in its Penza enterprises	One of Russia's largest meat producers Cherkizovo Group has announced it will invest up to 8 billion rubles ($119 million) in its enterprises in the Penza region in the next five years.	<p>In the Penza region, Cherkizovo is the largest agricultural investor, Russian agency Prime reports.</p> <p>The Cherkizovo founder Igor Babayev said during a press conference last week that the region is a strategic partner of the group.</p> <p>"When we started working in the Russian agrarian sector, we went seriously to the Penza region, we managed to do a lot, but most importantly, we brought the process of creating pig farms to perfection ... I believe that what is being done now in the Penza region should be transferred to the scale of the whole country, "Babayev said.</p> <p>"Cherkizovo is implementing a number of large-scale projects in the Penza region, the regional government is also investing in this - engineering infrastructure, gas, energy, and these efforts pay off, the funds are directed to where they are needed, "Ivan Belozertsev, the head of the region, said in a statement.</p> <p>In the last 10 years, Cherkizovo's investments in plant growing, feed production, poultry farming, pig production and meat processing in the region of Penza amounted to nearly 10 billion rubles.</p> <p>"As a result of which the whole production chain of the vertically integrated holding is fully represented here - from growing grain to meat processing," Cherkizovo's press release read.</p> <p>Cherkizovo Group is one of the three leaders in the Russian markets of chicken meat, pork, meat processing products and is the largest producer of mixed fodders in Russia.</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-20 09:46:12	2025-07-31 15:24:10	Details Edit Delete
1784		Northern Ireland has delivered its first consignment of beef to the Philippines in 22 years.	<p>The shipment amounted to 24 tonnes of beef which recently reached the capital Manila. As reported by BBC, the beef will be used in the catering sector.</p> <p>The estimated beef trade in the next five years between Northern Ireland and the Philippines is estimated to reach 5 million pounds.</p> <p>In 1996, the Philippine authorities imposed a ban on beef from the United Kingdom after an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The lifting of the ban was announced back in 2017.</p> <p>Farmers Journal reports that prior to beef, pork chicken and lamb had already been cleared for export to this country.</p> <p>“We have been working in partnership with Defra and industry to identify new markets and opportunities for our local meat sector. This process began in 2015 and it is welcoming to note that the Filipino people will now have the opportunity to sample the fine quality beef produced by our farmers,” the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) deputy chief veterinary officer Dr Perpetua McNamee said.</p>	1		Market		2018-08-20 11:15:17	2025-08-01 06:22:11	Details Edit Delete
1785	Belarus exported 19.3% more beef in H1	Exports of fresh and chilled beef from Belarus have grown both in volume and value in the first six months of 2018.	<p>In the first half of this year, Belarus exported 55,000 tons of fresh and chilled beef, an increase in volume of 19.3% compared to year-earlier levels. In terms of value, the exports reached 204.27 million dollars, up 21.3% compared to the first half of 2017, as reported by reform.by.</p> <p>According to data released by Belstat, in June, the exports of beef reached a volume of 8.6 thousand tons and were close to the level reported in May.</p> <p>Russia received 52.8 thousand tons of meat from Belarus in the first half of 2018, which is 17.1% more than in the corresponding period from 2017. In terms of value, exports increased by 19.4% to $ 198 million.</p> <p>Belarus further exported to Russia another 3.6 thousand tons of frozen beef in June. Since the beginning of the year, exports have increased by 15.2% to 20.8 thousand tons, and in value terms - by 24.1% to $ 76.9 million.</p> <p>The share of the Russian market accounts for 87.9% of the supply of Belarusian frozen beef. Since the beginning of the year 18,300 tons were sent to this country, or 14.6% more than a year ago. Revenue increased by 23.8% to 69.15 million dollars.</p> <p>In June, Belarus continued to ship its beef to China, which received another 40 tons of Belarusian products. In May-June, 75 tons of beef were delivered to China. Another 39 tons of meat were sold to Hong Kong and 266 to Vietnam during the first half of the year.</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-20 12:58:14	2025-07-29 14:07:37	Details Edit Delete
1786	Iran reports a 4% decline in its meat production	Iran has produced 429,000 tons of red meat in the fiscal year March 2017-2018, 4% less than in the previous fiscal year, according to the Statistical Center of Iran.	<p>Beef and veal accounted for 52% of the country's total meat production, reaching an output of 223,000 tons, as reported by the Financial Tribune.</p> <p>Lamb and mutton production followed with 162,000 tons, which accounted for 37.6% of the total meat production.</p> <p>Iran produced 34,000 tons of goat meat in the mentioned period, which accounted for 7.8% of the total. While meat from other livestock reached 11,000 tons.</p> <p>The Statistical Center of Iran announced that based on a survey from 2012, there were 380 official slaughterhouses operating throughout the country, which resulted in the slaughter of about 12 million livestock species.</p> <p>Compared to the previous fiscal year, the country's meat production reported a decrease of 4%. The sheep and lamb production reported an 8% reduction, for goats the decline was 3%, for cattle and calves - 2%, for buffalo - 8%. Meanwhile, the production of camel meat increased by 37%.</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-20 14:20:48	2025-08-01 07:57:29	Details Edit Delete
1787	Tyson Foods is buying Keystone Foods for $2.16 Billion	Tyson Foods is acquiring Keystone Foods business from Marfrig Global Foods for $2.16 billion.	<p>The latest investment in Keystone is part of its growth strategy and expansion of its value-added protein capabilities.</p> <p>The acquisition includes six processing plants and an innovation center in the U.S. with locations in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Furthermore, Tyson Foods will also own eight plants and three innovation centers in China, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Australia.</p> <p>Tyson Foods expects the acquisition to be accretive to GAAP EPS in the third year and accretive to adjusted EPS in the first year excluding transaction-related costs as well as the incremental depreciation and amortization associated with the transaction.</p> <p>The company expects to generate annual synergies of approximately $50 million by the third year of the acquisition, driven by operational efficiencies, procurement savings, distribution and supply network optimization and other opportunities.</p> <p>“Keystone is a leading global protein company and will be a great addition to Tyson Foods,” said Tom Hayes, president and CEO of Tyson Foods. “This acquisition will expand our international presence and value-added production capabilities and help us deliver more value to our foodservice customers. Keystone provides a significant foundation for international growth with its in-country operations, sales and distribution network in high growth markets in the Asia Pacific region as well as exports to key markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. We look forward to serving customers with these additional capabilities and to welcoming Keystone’s dedicated team members to the Tyson Foods family.”</p> <p>Keystone Foods is based in West Chester. The company supplies chicken, beef, fish and pork to some of the world’s leading quick-service restaurant chains, as well as retail and convenience store channels. Its portfolio includes chicken nuggets, wings and tenders; beef patties; and breaded fish fillets.</p> <p>Keystone Foods employs nearly 11,000 people and has an annual revenue of $2.5 billion and Adjusted EBITDA of $211 million in the last 12 months ending June 30, 2018, excluding non-controlling interest and other adjustments.</p> <p>During the same period, the company generated approximately 65% of its revenue from U.S.-based production and the remaining 35% from its Asia Pacific plants.</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-21 09:57:25	2025-08-01 09:53:12	Details Edit Delete
1788	WH Group shuts down one of its plants due to an ASF outbreak	Chinese pork producer WH Group was forced to shut down its operations at one of its major slaughterhouses after it detected an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF).	<p>The People's Government of Zhengzhou Municipality has ordered the producer to temporarily close its facility for a period of six weeks starting from August 16, 2018.</p> <p>This was the second case of ASF found in Zhengzhou of Henan province on August 14, when 30 hogs were reported dead out of a cart of 260 live hogs which were all supplied by an independent supplier to WH's Zhengzhou Slaughtering Factory. The company was forced to cull all of its animals at its slaughtering facility.</p> <p>The group said in a statement that the temporary closure of the Zhengzhou Slaughtering Factory was part of the epidemic prevention and control measures of the People’s Government of Zhengzhou Municipality. In light of the detection of African swine fever, Zhengzhou Shuanghui has taken active steps in order to prevent further spread of the swine disease including, among other things, setting up of a specialized body, euthanizing all live hogs at the Zhengzhou Slaughtering Factory and temporarily closing down the Zhengzhou Slaughtering Factory.</p> <p>The group announced that no other cases of African swine fever or other epidemic swine disease have been detected at its other slaughtering factories.</p> <p>Furthermore, WH Group said the operation of Zhengzhou Shuanghui only accounts for an insignificant portion of the entire operation of the Group and there will not be any disruption of the supply of pork and related products as a result of the temporary closure of the Zhengzhou Slaughtering Factory.</p> <p>According to Bloomberg, on Monday, WH Group's shares fell as much as 7%.</p> <p>The Chinese authorities have recently reported that a third case of ASF on Sunday. Bloomberg reports that this may be a cause of concern regarding the need to toughen inspection of meat imports. The outbreak was found in the eastern province of Jiangsu. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture announced that it is investigating whether the ASF cases are related.</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-21 10:28:07	2025-07-31 22:24:26	Details Edit Delete
1789	Ukraine produced 2.6 million pigs for slaughter so far this year	Ukrainian producers sold 2.61 million pigs for slaughter in the first seven months of this year, 0.25 million less compared to the corresponding period from 2017.	<p>The Association of Pig Breeders of Ukraine referring to a Gosstat report said that the average live weight for pigs sold for slaughter is slightly higher and is situated at 107 kg compared to 106 kg a year earlier, as reported by AgroPortal.</p> <p>The association added that the pork supply in live weight reported between January and July was weaker compared to the previous year.</p> <p>In the first seven months, Ukraine produced 280.5 thousand tons of pork in live weight, which, according to the association, was 7.6% less than in the similar period from 2017.</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-21 11:26:05	2025-08-01 12:54:15	Details Edit Delete
1790	USDA is acquiring $60 M worth of chicken and beef	The United States Department of Agriculture has announced last week it will purchase approximatively $60 million worth of beef and chicken products to support food nutrition assistance programs.	<p>The purchased chicken products include whole bagged chicken, consumer split breast, and dark meat parts.</p> <p>Through this purchase, the USDA wants to encourage the continued domestic consumption of these products by diverting them from the normal channels of trade and commerce.</p> <p>“These purchases are part of the normal operations of administering Section 32 and are not related or associated with the authority or administration of possible purchases under Section 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation related to trade mitigation,” USDA's statement read.</p> <p>USDA made the announcement just after it had already said it will also purchase $50 million worth of milk for welfare programs.</p> <p>“Today’s announcement will help in balancing the supply and demand situation in the market. As such, it will provide continued and improved employment in the poultry industry, underpin steadier family farm grower incomes, and enhance better feed demand for the on-coming expected bumper harvest of corn and soybeans," National Chicken Council President Mike Brown said in a statement.</p> <p>“It is a real victory for chicken producers, rural America and U.S. agriculture. But the real winners are the actual recipients of these programs that provide high-quality and nutritious chicken to financially-stressed families, group feeding kitchens, disaster-relief operations, schools and consumers needing food assistance,” Mr. Brown added.</p> <p>All the purchases are made through USDA's web-based supply chain management system. The contractors must meet the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) vendor qualification requirements to be able to sale their products.</p>	1		Industry		2018-08-21 12:35:59	2025-08-01 09:22:03	Details Edit Delete
1791	Further growth for Japan's broiler meat production in 2018	Japan's broiler meat production has reached 648,300 metric tons (mt) in the first five months of 2018, increasing by 3% compared with the corresponding period from 2017, according to official estimates from the Animal and Livestock Industries Corporation (ALIC) analyzed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).	<p>In 2017, the country's total chicken slaughter was 772,480 birds yielding 1.661 million mt of meat, up 2% from 2016.</p> <p>According to USDA, 93% of chicken meat production came from broilers, while 6% came from spent hens and 1% from others such as local breeds.</p> <p>The total number of broiler producers was 2,270 in February 1, 2018, down 1.7% from 2017, according to data released by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF).</p> <p>USDA explained that Japan saw a growth in broiler meat production despite an overall decline in the number of operations. The decline was mainly in the smaller producers' category who's flocks were subsumed by mid to large sized operations. The large producer with 200,000 birds or more have increased by 2%. Meanwhile the number of operations with less than 200,000 birds dropped 5%.</p> <p>The Japanese broiler industry has went through a period of consolidation, as explained by USDA. Producers were able to introduce higher yield breeds which pushed the average broiler weights up 5.5% in the last decade, reaching 3.0 kg in 2017.</p> <p>FAS/Tokyo expects these trends to hold in 2018 and estimated that the overall chicken meat production to reach 1.695 million mt in 2018, increasing by 2% compared to 2017.</p> <p><strong>Japanese chicken meat imports on the rise</strong></p> <p>Japan imported 433,967 mt of chicken meat in the first five months of this year, up 11% compared to the similar period from 2017.</p> <p>In 2017, the country's total chicken meat imports reached 1.056 million mt of which 54% was raw meat and 46% was processed chicken products.</p> <p>Thailand and Brazil are Japan's main chicken meat suppliers and accounted for 80% of the country's total chicken imports in 2017. Most of the remaining volumes in that year was covered by the imports of processed chicken products from China.</p> <p>USDA says that because of a high demand the domestic production is unable to match it and Japanese processors are increasingly turning to imported chicken for further processing.</p> <p>FAS/Tokyo expects this trend to be maintained and forecasted that the Japanese chicken imports will grow to 1.080 million mt in 2018, up 2% from 2017.</p> <p><strong>USDA's outlook for the Japanese chicken meat market in 2019</strong></p> <p>USDA expects the chicken meat production in Japan to grow steadily and the country to further consolidate its industry.</p> <p>FAS/Tokyo projects overall production to grow 2% to 1.730 million mt in the following year. Meanwhile, it also expects consumption to reach 2.835 million mt, up 2.5% from 2018.</p> <p>Furthermore, it is expected that chicken meat imports will continue to rise as the demand will also grow, with an increase of nearly 3% to 1.110 million mt with ending stocks remaining stable at 222,000 mt.</p> <p><em>Photo Source: Pixnio</em></p>	1		Industry		2018-08-21 13:41:37	2025-08-01 02:54:06	Details Edit Delete
1792	Japan lifts the ban on poultry imports from Missouri, USA	The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries recently announced it has canceled the temporary import suspension measures for poultry and poultry meat imports from the Missouri state in the United States.	<p>The Japanese authorities have decided to lift the ban after they received confirmation that the state of Missouri is avian influenza free.</p> <p>"We have confirmed the cleanliness of the same disease in poultry in the same province by the information of the epidemic measures etc. of avian influenza in the state provided to the country by the United States Government. For this reason, we canceled the temporary import suspension measures as of today," the ministry's statement read.</p> <p>Japan has imposed temporary restrictions on the import of poultry and poultry meat from Missouri in 1990 when the state was hit by a low-pathogenic avian influenza (H7 subtype) outbreak.</p> <p>According to the statistics released by the US Department of Agriculture (2017) (2017), the proportion of Missouri in the total production of the United States is about 3.3% for broilers, about 2.9 for eggs %.</p> <p><em>Photo Source: <a href="https://flic.kr/p/asqrbS">Flickr/USDA photo from Lance Cheung</a></em></p>	1		Industry		2018-08-21 13:57:09	2025-08-01 12:31:03	Details Edit Delete

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