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| 1225 | Ukraine may soon launch beef exports to Turkey | Ukraine could soon export its beef to Turkey as the country's State Service on Food Safety has discussed with Turkey's General Directorate of Food and Control on taking the final steps for obtaining the necessary veterinary certificate for the export, as reported by Novoe Vremya. | <p>Representatives of the competent authorities of both Ukraine and Turkey have recently met to discuss the current procedural issues regarding the access of Ukrainian beef exports to the Turkish market.</p> <p>Ukraine's Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement that "it was decided that the principal issues related to the harmonization of the veterinary certificate for the export of Ukrainian beef to the Republic of Turkey will be finalized next week."</p> <p>In April, a technical mission from Turkey visited Ukraine in order to assess the system of state control over the domestic beef production. Turkish inspectors visited a number of facilities that are interested in exporting their products to Turkey.</p> | 1 | Market | 2018-05-08 13:27:10 | 2025-08-11 23:14:15 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 3020 | Kazakhstan looks to increase its meat exports | Israel, Turkey, Kuwait, Oman, Japan, South Korea, and the countries of the European Union are targeted for horse and lamb meat exports. | <p>Kazakhstan is looking to increase the presence of its meat and livestock exports in other markets than the traditional ones such as China and Russia. Countries from the Persian Gulf are the first targeted but Israel, Turkey, Japan, South Korea, and the countries of the European Union are also in focus, declared the Minister of Agriculture, Saparkhan Omarov, according to New Europe.<br />Kazakhstan is already exporting meat products to Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait and recently agreed on veterinary requirements for the supply of live sheep, frozen and chilled lamb, beef, eggs and cattle to Saudi Arabia.<br />According to Omarov, over the past year, exports of agricultural products from Kazakhstan to China increased by 30.4% and amounted to $258.2 million. Exports to the Gulf countries – Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Bahrain – increased 4.1 times ($ 3.6 million), to Iran – 2.1 times ($328.9 million), to Europe by 14.6% ($303.6 million).</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-06-21 02:14:30 | 2025-08-11 23:14:23 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 7627 | FAO: Screwworm menace affecting animals in Senegal | Senegal’s farmers and vets had never seen anything like it before, according to a news article from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). An infestation tore across the country, inflicting myiasis, a parasitic invasion of a wound by maggots. All mammals, including humans, can fall victim to them. So it is little wonder that the suddenness and severity of the screwworm outbreak set off alarm bells. | <p><span lang="DE">"The novelty and the violence of the cases were the trigger" for the country to request a mission by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), says FAO Senior Veterinarian, Frederic Poudevigne, who was part of the Emergency Management Centre (EMC) mission team. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The Screwworm fly lays its eggs in pre-existing wounds of live animals or humans. In Senegal, thousands of animals were affected during the rainy season of July to December 2023 and while some were treated with larvicides or more homemade cures, others were so seriously affected that they died. Adding to the impact on farmers’ livelihoods was the time spent inspecting animals and the cost of veterinary consultations and products.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">As part of their joint mission, FAO, the Joint FAO/International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Centre and the Senegalese authorities visited seven of the country’s 14 departments, collecting a total of nearly 2 000 reports of cases from farmers and vets. Only 16 cases were previously known by the animal health authorities. Though Screwworm can also affect humans, no confirmed cases were found in Senegal. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Besides supporting the country in planning its response, one of the key tasks for the experts was to establish which species of Screwworm was behind the outbreak – a question which would have important implications for the response and for future outbreaks.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">A preliminary diagnosis of two samples sent to the national veterinary laboratory in Dakar pointed to the New World Screwworm (<em>Cochlyomyia hominivorax</em>) as the culprit. This would have meant the first introduction of a highly aggressive and invasive American species in Sub-Saharan Africa. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Back in the early 1990s, a serious New World Screwworm outbreak was successfully halted in Libya in less than three years by an emergency programme led by FAO and the IAEA. The response focused on the effective Sterile Insect Technique (SIT). In SIT, insects are bred in captivity and irradiated at the pupa stage with gamma radiation to sterilize them. The sterile flies are then dispersed and their mating with fertile wild flies produces no offspring, helping to reduce and eventually eradicate this parasitic population.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Confirming the DNA tests that ruled out New World Screwworm, the Senegal mission together with a senior expert from the IAEA analysed the available samples and confirmed the involvement of the Old World Screwworm (<em>Chrysomya bezziana</em>) instead. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The Old World Screwworm species is endemic to a great portion of the African continent, meaning the ecological impact is far less than that of an invasive species. Unfortunately, the SIT cannot be used for the Old World Screwworm, so authorities must instead rely on preventive measures including insecticides and larvicides. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The Screwworm’s sudden appearance in Senegal remains a mystery given that there have been no reports of it in the country for over 60 years. Moreover, as mysteriously as it appeared, the wave of Screwworm myiasis decreased in Senegal in January 2024, at the end of the rainy season. But the possibility of a higher number of cases cannot be ruled out when the next rainy season begins; the moisture could cause the flies to reemerge from the soil, having completed their life cycle and remained dormant in pupa form. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Amid these concerns and the lack of evidence demonstrating how the infestation evolved, the FAO One Health team conducted extensive interviews with farmers, vets and hospital staff. Based on these field assessments, together with laboratory analyses and data collection, the experts came up with a series of recommendations to mitigate the impact of a potential recurrence.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">These include measures at national level to step up surveillance of livestock imports from countries where Screwworm is endemic; make the best treatment available to all and put in place a stockpile if needed; ensure awareness of the population, including farmers, vets and public health workers on Screwworm diagnosis and treatment systematically in both animals and humans.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Luckily, field practitioners, vets and farmers have a well-established national messaging network that offers strong potential for surveillance and reporting, allowing for early warning should new outbreaks occur. Senegal’s official One Health Platform, under Presidential oversight, is also keeping the various actors in contact with each other, coordinating messages that cut across animal and public health sectors.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Senegal is also one of the countries where FAO’s Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) has long been active in supporting the management of animal health emergencies and would be able to support to in the management of samples from affected animals, if needed. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">As Poudevigne sums it up, "It’s not as dramatic as an infectious disease, but in the absence of SIT, it’s all about prevention and communication".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The FAO-IAEA mission has underlined the crucial importance of taking early action and ensuring that samples are brought immediately to laboratories for analysis. These measures will help ensure that Senegal will be in a better position to confront any future outbreak of Screwworm and can doubtless also hold lessons in other countries where a similar threat might emerge.</span></p> | 1 | Industry | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-09 00:05:57 | 2025-08-11 23:14:25 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7696 | JBS Green Offices will accelerate the commercial requalification of thousands of small producers in Pará | The company, in partnership with the state government, has already initiated actions and services to regularize and requalify rural producers. | <p>JBS, one of the largest food companies in the world, will support the government of Pará in the environmental regularization of more than 4,000 small rural producers, making the structure of the Green Offices, a JBS program that aims to regularize socio-environmental liabilities of rural properties, available to them. Continuing the commitments announced at COP-28 in Dubai, the company joined the Pará Sustainable Territories Platform. In addition, JBS has already retrained, through a partnership with the state's Forest Restoration System (Sirflor), 12 cattle ranchers, who have returned to the formal cattle supply chain.</p> <p><span lang="DE">Managed by the Pará State Department of Environment and Sustainability (SEMAS), the Sustainable Territories Platform integrates the public and private sectors, as well as the Third Sector, with the aim of strengthening low-carbon socioeconomic development actions in the state. Sirflor is a program developed in partnership with the MPF, the Pará State Government and private companies for the commercial requalification of producers.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Through the Green Offices, JBS specialists mapped producers in the state of Pará who were blocked from purchasing systems due to environmental liabilities and guided them on the new process for requalification. The Company then supported the producers in all stages of regularization within Sirflor.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Aimed exclusively at cases of deforestation identified by PRODES (the Satellite Monitoring Project for Deforestation in the Legal Amazon), the tool identifies the area of environmental liability, which must be isolated by the producer for regeneration work. A qualified technician then issues a report that verifies the measures and the producer pays a compensation fee for environmental damages. Only then does the producer receive the Declaration of Commercial Legality (DLC), valid for 1 year and renewable. With this DLC, the producer is authorized to resume selling animals to industries. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">For Fábio Dias, Friboi’s Livestock Director and JBS Brazil’s Regenerative Agriculture Leader, the partnership represents another important step forward for the entire production chain, as it supports and guides producers, in addition to retraining them for more sustainable livestock farming. “ All of this contributes even more to our strategy of transparency in each action, offering services with operational and managerial guidance and support to our suppliers. With this, everyone wins, ” highlighted Dias. </span></p> <p><strong><span lang="DE">The new livestock farming in Pará</span></strong></p> <p><span lang="DE">This months, the Government of the State of Pará, together with representatives from the entire sector, held the event 'The new livestock farming of Pará', which aimed to discuss sustainable opportunities for livestock farming in the Amazon. On the occasion, which was attended by Governor Helder Barbalho, around 12 rural producers who were requalified with support from JBS received the DLC. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">During the ceremony, Fábio Dias highlighted the importance of aggregating knowledge, in addition to reintegrating rural producers through engagement, support and mutual partnership between industry, producers, and other private and public actors. It is worth mentioning that producers will have periodic monitoring of their regeneration areas through inspections and satellite images, and that the procedures generated in Sirflor anticipate steps that producers would take during the process of analyzing the CAR for their property, allowing greater agility for CAR approval. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Because of a problem with a piece of land that was merged with my property, I was unable to sell to JBS. That’s when I was told about the Green Offices, which could help me, free of charge, find a solution to the problem. JBS specialists analyzed the area, advised me on the next steps and resolved the entire situation. I thought it would take too long, but the entire process was very quick and now I can supply the company again. I am very grateful for the initiative", says cattle rancher Carlos Lúcio, from Cumaru do Norte (PA), who received the DLC. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Since the creation of the Green Offices program in 2021, the program has already regularized more than 12,500 farms and directed 4,700 hectares for forest restoration, with 20 units throughout Brazil. Currently, a team of more than 30 specialists is dedicated to the project and JBS expects to expand its services and support formats to more producers by the end of 2024.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In addition, this year, the Company began operating Green Offices 2.0, its newest hub for providing socio-environmental services to rural producers. The system offers assistance on three different fronts: Green Environmental Office, for environmental regularization and free reinsertion of farms into the production chain; Green Technical Assistance Office, for supporting the improvement of soil productivity on small family farms, aiming at pasture recovery, improvement in water availability and quality with actions to protect and recover springs; and Green Management Assistance Office, which provides training and tools aimed at improving management and productivity for producers to perfect the management of their production and properties. </span></p> | 1 | Industry | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-27 00:15:24 | 2025-08-11 23:14:33 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 412 | Accles & Shelvoke launched new stunning tools for halal slaughter | <p>The concussion tools use convex or flat-faced head attached to the end of a bolt, which causes a concussive blow to the head of the animal by transferring the power of the cartridge into a percussive force of the bolt.</p> <p>The stunning tools are operated by defined strengths of cartridges to deliver the required energy and concussion force to match the stunning requirements of the various animals for slaughter.</p> <p>This method is compliant with religious stunning requirements, as the animal is otherwise unharmed and can be bled accordingly.</p> | 1 | Technology | 2017-11-16 07:00:29 | 2025-08-11 23:14:38 | Details Edit Delete | |||
| 3537 | China pushes for pig production recovery | The Minister of Agriculture urged local authorities to prevent a recurrence in African swine fever outbreaks. | <p>China's minister of agriculture hopes to achieve the pig production recovery goal for this year and sent a message to relevant departments to prevent a recurrence in African swine fever outbreaks.<br />In a statement on the ministry’s website, Han Changfu, minister of agriculture and rural affairs, said that biosecurity measures adopted in 2019 were efficient and urged the authorities to strengthen on-the-ground checks of the data on pig production and make sure the data is reliable, informs <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-swinefever/china-agriculture-minister-urges-authorities-to-prevent-recurrence-of-african-swine-fever-idUSKBN1ZJ0AI">Reuters</a>.<br />Since December 2019, 200,000 tonnes of frozen pork were released from state reserves to compensate for a supply shortage in the market.<br />Last year, China has recorded the lowest pork output since 2003, 42.55 million tonnes (down 21.3% from 2018), according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The African swine fever has reduced the pig inventory in the country by more than 40%, according to official data, although there are voices in the industry that claims the decline is far larger.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2020-01-21 06:26:20 | 2025-08-11 23:14:48 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 7883 | New US pork products launched for foodservice sector in Colombia | At the launch event in Medellin, 83 Colombian traders viewed new product and packaging ideas for eight U.S. pork products. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">New product ideas with the U.S. Boston butt were launched with importers, distributors and processors in four major Colombian cities.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">As part of the industry’s strategy to introduce new U.S. pork cuts into the Colombian market, USMEF held October launch events in Medellin, Bogota, Cali and Cartagena for new product ideas developed from the Boston butt. USMEF highlighted the quality attributes of the cut while discussing its market potential with Colombian importers, distributors and processors.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The Boston butt’s versatility, a key to the cut’s market potential, was on display with a presentation of eight innovative product ideas: Ribs, steak, meatballs, sausage, cubes, pulled pork, ground pork and burger patties.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"The trade’s response to the product ideas was outstanding but the work has really just begun", says USMEF Colombia Representative María Ruíz. "We will work closely with the companies who have interest in developing these new products".</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The new product with the most immediate potential in Colombia’s foodservice sector may be the Boston butt burger. Ruiz and USMEF Latin America Representative Homero Recio had brainstormed the potential of a ground pork burger and invited certain Colombian processors to USMEF’s Global Processing Seminar in Nebraska to help develop a such a product.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"Three Colombian importer/processors joined us at the seminar in Nebraska where we developed a ground pork burger from the Boston butt. We have since tested it in Colombia and it has a flavor that consumers like and we believe it can be profitable for foodservice and retail. We are now promoting it to the trade as BBB, for Boston butt burger", says Ruiz.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Funding support was provided by the National Pork Board, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council and USDA’s Regional Agricultural Promotion Program.</p> | 1 | Retail | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-11-04 00:25:07 | 2025-08-11 23:14:51 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 5460 | New record high for FAO Meat Price Index | "Food prices remain close to their recent highs, reflecting persistent market tightness and posing a challenge to global food security for the most vulnerable,” warns FAO Chief Economist. | <p>April came with a mixed picture in the global food market, as the world food commodity prices decreased after a large jump the previous month, led by modest declines in the prices of vegetable oils and cereals, UN's FAO reported. However, despite the drop reported in vegetable oils and cereals, meat prices have reached a new record high, according to FAO.<br />The FAO Food Price Index averaged 158.5 points in April 2022, down 0.8% from the all-time high reached in March. The Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a basket of commonly-traded food commodities, remained 29.8% higher than in April 2021.</p> <p>The FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index decreased by 5.7% in April, shedding almost a third of the increase registered in March, as demand rationing pushed down prices for palm, sunflower and soy oils. Uncertainties about export availabilities out of Indonesia, the world’s leading palm oil exporter, contained further declines in international prices.</p> <p>“The small decrease in the index is a welcome relief, particularly for low-income food-deficit countries, but still food prices remain close to their recent highs, reflecting persistent market tightness and posing a challenge to global food security for the most vulnerable,” said FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero Cullen.</p> <p>The FAO Cereal Price Index declined by 0.7 points in April, nudged down by a 3% decline in world maize prices. International wheat prices, strongly affected by continued blockage of ports in Ukraine and concerns over crop conditions in the United States of America but tempered by larger shipments from India and higher-than-expected exports from the Russian Federation, increased by 0.2%. International rice prices increased by 2.3% from their March levels, buoyed by strong demand from China and the Near East.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the FAO Sugar Price Index increased by 3.3%, buoyed by higher ethanol prices and concerns over the slow start of the 2022 harvest in Brazil, the world’s largest sugar exporter.</p> <p>The FAO Meat Price Index increased by 2.2% from the previous month, setting a new record high, as prices rose for poultry, big and bovine meat. Poultry meat prices were affected by disruptions to exports from Ukraine and rising avian influenza outbreaks in the Northern hemisphere. By contrast, ovine meat prices averaged marginally lower.<br />The FAO Meat Price Index averaged 121.9 points in April, up 2.7 points (2.2%) from March and setting a new record high. The continued price strength stemmed from higher world poultry, pig and bovine meat prices. The poultry meat price increase was driven by solid demand amidst tight global supplies. Meanwhile, pig meat prices rose further, although less steeply than in March, on the prolonged low supply of slaughter pigs in Western Europe and high internal demand in large producing countries. World bovine meat prices increased moderately, reflecting high export volumes from Brazil, despite the low slaughter cattle supply. With this increase, bovine meat prices reached a new record high. Regarding ovine meat, the pandemic-related lockdowns and port delays in China eased the country’s meat purchases, pushing prices marginally lower.</p> <p>The FAO Dairy Price Index also was up, by 0.9%, on the back of persistent global supply tightness as milk output in Western Europe and Oceania continued to track below their seasonal levels. World butter prices rose the most, influenced by a surge in demand associated with the current shortage of sunflower oil and margarine. </p> | 1 | Market | 2022-05-09 09:28:43 | 2025-08-11 23:14:52 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 7490 | Marel: Elevating meat processing with advanced grading solutions | Experience enhanced meat grading accuracy and efficiency with Marel's advanced carcass grading solutions, ensuring consistent quality and operational excellence in the processes. | <p><span lang="DE">Today's meat processing industry is rapidly changing. Your challenges drive our innovation, and our integration of the VBG 2000, VBS 2000, and VCS 2000 carcass grading systems is a testament to our commitment to enhancing your operational efficiency and product quality. These advancements are tailored to empower you to overcome the industry's most pressing challenges including, tightening margins, labor scarcity, and the demand for higher food safety and sustainability.</span></p> <p><strong><span lang="DE">Precision and consistency for pork and beef grading</span></strong></p> <p><span lang="DE">Your quest for uniformity and accuracy in pork and beef carcass grading is met with our VCS 2000 and VBS 2000 systems. By automating the grading process with high-speed imaging and analysis, we eliminate the inconsistencies inherent in manual evaluations. This shift increases consumer confidence in your product quality and value, and streamlines your operations, directly addressing your need for efficiency and reliability in every piece of meat processed.</span></p> <p><strong><span lang="DE">Enhancing precision with the VBG 2000</span></strong></p> <p><span lang="DE">The VBG 2000, specifically designed for precision in rib-eye evaluation, supports your goal of delivering unparalleled product quality. Grading approximately 95% of all North American-fed cattle with unmatched accuracy, this system significantly contributes to building and maintaining a strong brand reputation and customer trust, which are crucial for your business's success and growth.</span></p> <p><strong><span lang="DE">Addressing efficiency, data-driven decisions, and compliance</span></strong></p> <p><span lang="DE">Our carcass grading solutions offer a strategic advantage in an environment where operational efficiency, data-driven decision-making, and regulatory compliance are crucial to your success. Our technologies are developed with your needs in mind, providing tools to enhance performance, reduce dependency on labor, and ensure compliance with food safety and sustainability standards. This approach helps you navigate the challenges of increased input costs and positions you to respond proactively to consumer demands for traceability and sustainable products.</span></p> <p><strong><span lang="DE">A partnership focused on your success</span></strong></p> <p><span lang="DE">Our mission extends beyond offering new technologies; it's about providing solutions that resonate with your operational realities and market demands. From automating processes to tackling labor shortages to ensuring your products meet the highest food safety and sustainability standards, we support your journey towards more efficient, sustainable, and profitable operations.</span></p> <p><strong><span lang="DE">Innovating together for a sustainable future</span></strong></p> <p><span lang="DE">Marel's advanced carcass grading solutions for pork and beef are crafted to enhance your meat grading processes' accuracy, consistency, and efficiency, enabling you to deliver superior quality products and achieve operational excellence. </span></p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-06-29 00:05:44 | 2025-08-11 23:15:23 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 3542 | Greece to promote sheep and goat meat in 3 countries | A new EU sponsored promotion campaign - "Signed by Nature" - will target consumers and professionals from Greece, Germany and Sweden. | <p>Greece producers of sheep and goat meat will have the opportunity to promote their products through a new EU sponsored promotion campaign worth €2,586,466. The main markets targeted by the “Signed by Nature” program are Greece, Germany and Sweden, according to the Greek National Interprofessional Meat Organization (EDOK Hellas). The program will run for three years and aims to increase awareness by 5% and to make sure that consumers and professionals associate the sheep and goat meat sector with the values and heritage it holds, <em></em>informs <a href="https://greekfoodnews.com/a-new-program-for-sustainable-goat-sheep-meat-production-in-europe/">Greek Food News</a> magazine,.<br />"Animal breeding is a critical part of the European Union, as it believes breeders to be the true guardians of food production systems with responsibility for protecting the environment. It attaches great significance to their activities in the primary sector of the economy. The need for sustainable development – a sustainability that can be achieved in all economic sectors, from primary to tertiary– is timelier than ever these days,” stated Mr. Eleytherios Gitsas, President of the Greek Interprofessional Meat Organization, in a press conference.<br />The subject of sustainable production is seen by the EU and the Greek Interprofessional Meat Organization as a very high priority, as it includes health, nutrition, food waste, environmental protection and animal welfare, and the "Signed by Nature" program also intends to promote these values in the markets targeted by the promotion campaign.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2020-01-22 07:59:45 | 2025-08-11 23:15:26 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1884 | Jamaica Broilers acquired a feed mill in Georgia | Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) has announced it has acquired a feed mill in Georgia for an undisclosed sum. | <p>Jamaica Broilers has closed a deal with Wincorp Properties, a subsidiary of Crystal Farm Mills, to take over the feed unit, Loop News reported.</p> <p>The company has already bought two other feed mills in Iowa and Pennsylvania as part of its expansion strategy.</p> <p>According to Loop News, the company has been growing its operations in all of the three markets where it is present, Jamaica, the US and Haiti.</p> <p>Group Senior Vice President – Finance & Corporate Planning, Ian Parsard, told Loop News that the company expects a growth of 15% based on the new acquisition.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-09-10 10:51:41 | 2025-08-11 23:15:33 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1291 | Modest earnings for Danish Crown but a new strategy is announced | A challenging global pork market caused modest earnings reported by Danish Crown in the first half of FY 2017/2018. | <p>The financial results reported by Danish Crown in the first half of the Fiscal Year 2017/2018 are positive but still modest due to a decrease in prices, admitted Jais Valeur, Group CEO of Danish Crown. Earnings have increased by 1.5%, from 1,026 million DKK (€137.7 million) to 1,041 million DKK (€139.7 million). The same increase is reported in the number of pigs slaughtered in Denmark, announced the company. Nevertheless, the average price per kg paid to farmers was 0.76 DKK (€0.10) lower than last year.<br />"We're generally satisfied with our results, with all of our processing companies reporting growth. Soko?ów is doing well in Poland, Tulip Food Company is posting increased earnings on export, and things are moving in the right direction for Tulip Ltd. The aggregate results of the processing companies for the half-year are up 171 million DKK (€ 22.9 million) on the same period last year.<br />The decrease in the price paid to our owners is regrettable, as we're actually seeing satisfactory demand for our products. This decrease is first and foremost due to the low USD exchange rate, which has both eroded the prices received for our exports to Asia and strengthened the competitive power of the US abattoirs in China, Japan and Southeast Asia", declared Valeur.<br />However, the company has a strategy that can push up the price per kg of pork paid to farmers by approximately 0.60 DKK compared to an EU index. The focus is on developing the business in Danish Crown's four domestic markets in northern Europe and in Asia. In addition, the focus globally is on the categories of natural casings, bacon, canned products and pizza toppings.<br />The prices for Danish beef have been rising, and the average price per kg paid to farmers is approximately 10% higher than last year. However, earnings in Danish Crown Beef are being adversely affected by a general decrease in the number of slaughter animals in Denmark and a sluggish beef market in Germany.<br />One of the Danish Crown's subsidiaries who is having a significant growth in both revenue and earnings is DAT-Schaub, a processing company for natural casings for sausage production. Until 2021, DAT-Schaub plans to become a global leader in the supply of natural casings. "This area of our business has already been expanded to include activities in Spain and South America as well as production facilities in China, and more developments are on the way", added Jais Valeur.</p> <p> </p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-05-21 11:25:54 | 2025-08-11 23:15:36 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 8477 | Danish Crown: Solid result in a challenging half-year | Danish Crown ends the first half of 2024/25 with visible progress. The bottom line is improving, and the competitiveness of the pig market in Denmark has improved during the half-year, but the goal is far from being reached. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">In Danish Crown, the first half of the 2024/25 financial year has been characterized by the recovery plan that was launched in the fall of 2024. Across the group and especially in the core business, the organization and costs have been adjusted, and this can be seen in the financial statements. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">As a result of a number of focused initiatives and the restructuring of the core business, distribution and administrative costs decreased by DKK 94 million, although there were extraordinary one-off costs of approximately DKK 100 million in connection with the organizational adjustment during the period. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Earnings (EBIT) during the period increased from DKK 1,281 million in 2023/24 to DKK 1,310 million. This is an increase of 2.3 percent despite the extraordinary restructuring costs. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Group CEO Niels Duedahl says about the half-year financial statements: </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"Strengthened earnings, positive free cash flow and reduced debt confirm to us that we have taken steps in the right direction. It is crucial that we have created an overview and taken control of the company, but we are still focused on restoring earnings, and we are far from reaching our goal when it comes to our competitiveness on the listing". </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"We have taken important steps forward in the parts of the business that were in deficit last year. Our slaughterhouse in Essen has contributed positive earnings in the last quarter. We have closed our factory in Pinghu, China, and entered into a conditional agreement to sell the factory. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Progress on the bottom line </strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Compared to the first half of the 2023/24 financial year, revenue decreased from DKK 33,519 million to DKK 32,436 million – a decrease of 3.2 percent. This is partly due to lower global pork prices and partly to a decrease in pig supplies to Danish Crown's Danish slaughterhouses. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">However, through focused efforts, margins have been increased, and normalized operating costs have been decreasing. As a result, net profit has been increased by DKK 47 million from DKK 764 million to DKK 811 million, which is an increase of 6.2 percent. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"Financially, we are in a better position than last year, which is important for the work of restoring our competitiveness on the listing. The financial leverage at the end of the first half of the year is 3.0 compared to 3.6 a year ago. The improvement comes through both increased earnings, reduced working capital and a balanced investment level. Therefore, we have reduced our net debt by 12 percent (1.7 billion kroner)", says Group CFO Anders Aakær Jensen and continues: </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"Towards the end of the half-year, we have seen increasing selling prices for pork globally. Combined with the relative earnings improvement and a decision to aim for a residual payment of 70 øre for all categories, we are now paying a more competitive price to our owners. For the suppliers of pigs, the current price means that we have reached a level where it is once again a profitable business to supply pigs to Danish Crown". </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Higher settlement for cattle </strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In Europe, there has been strong demand for beef since the New Year. This is reflected in the payments to the Danish farmers who supply cattle to Danish Crown. They have received an average of 13 percent more for their animals than last year. Danish Crown Beef has a continuous focus on raising the degree of processing of Danish beef and on getting closer to consumers. This has been successful, but on the other hand, the German cattle slaughterhouses and Scan-Hide, which processes cattle hides into raw leather, have not delivered satisfactory earnings. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The group's portfolio companies are delivering on a solid level overall. There is progress in the Polish company Sokołów, while Swedish KLS and ESS-FOOD are performing stably. DAT-Schaub's earnings, on the other hand, are affected by a weak global market for heparin. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"Overall, the subsidiaries must continue to raise earnings, and we are working on this purposefully together with the management of the four companies. We see opportunities to improve earnings in our core business. At the end of the first half of the year, we chose to divide our core business into the three units so that we can work systematically and purposefully to unleash our full potential", says Niels Duedahl. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The three units are Danish Crown Industry, which operates the slaughterhouses and sells pork to industrial customers, Danish Crown Foods, which is responsible for production and sales to retail and foodservice customers, and Danish Crown UK, which produces and sells to customers in the UK. The Danish Crown Group employs a total of 24,500 people. </p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2025-05-19 00:15:26 | 2025-08-11 23:15:36 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 5661 | Education team strive for top marks this school year | As the summer holidays draw to a close, the health and education team at Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is preparing for another academic year jam packed with valuable learnings around red meat production and consumption for Scotland’s young people. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">Returning to schools all over the country will be the standout meat voucher scheme, back for the 2022/23 session in the form of ‘Tasty Little Weeks’. To showcase the versatility and quality of the Scotch brands, Specially Selected Pork will be spotlighted in the first term, followed by Scotch Lamb in the second to coincide with exciting promotional campaigns, and culminating with Scotch Beef in term three.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Home economics departments will be able to claim vouchers worth up to £180 to support these sessions, which are redeemable at their local Scotch Butcher Club member. The aim is that schoolchildren get a flavour of the different red meats produced sustainability and in abundance here in Scotland, while learning how to prepare delicious and nutritious dishes.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Recipe cards and helpful worksheets connected to the Curriculum for Excellence will also be supplied, and for the first time in two years, the health and education team will be back in schools delivering live cookery sessions. They will also be joined by a new team of freelance cookery demonstrators, collaborating to help teach secondary age children about cooking with red meat and the journey it makes from farm to fork.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Alix Richie, health and education manager at QMS is looking forward to what the next academic session has in store:</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">“Between the return of in-person events and launch of new teaching resources, we’ve had a busy year so far supporting the next generation to understand where our food comes from.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">With our expanding team and new schemes, we’re excited about the year ahead, delivering insightful sessions that cover everything from the high welfare standards to which our animals are reared, to the sustainability credentials of Scotch red meat and how it can be enjoyed as part of a healthy, balanced diet.”</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Alison Bankier, home economics teacher at Duncanrig Secondary School in East Kilbride has been claiming QMS’ meat vouchers for six years. She said:</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">“The meat voucher scheme has allowed us to experiment with the Scotch brands, developing delicious dishes that align with our broader curriculum objectives, and allowing us to practically engage children about the red meat food system here in Scotland.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Student feedback has been very positive, and I would encourage any teacher to grasp this great opportunity and get involved.”</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2022-08-24 04:10:24 | 2025-08-11 23:15:43 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7553 | Germany: Organic grilling costs 80 percent more than a conventional one | Meat and sausages are still the most popular grilled food among Germans. But the demand for vegan alternatives is increasing. However, those who opt for organic products have to dig deeper into their pockets. An organic grill basket costs 80 percent more than a conventional one, according to a new study by the German Economic Institute (IW). | <p><span lang="DE">Meat, grilled vegetables, salad and bread: these are the classic ingredients that end up on the plate during the barbecue season. If consumers value organic quality, they have to pay significantly more for a barbecue evening. IW economists have now determined how big the price differences are between a conventional, an organic and a vegan barbecue plate. To do this, they put together and compared shopping baskets with typical barbecue ingredients such as meat, grilled vegetables, salad, side dishes and sauces for four people. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The result: At an average of over 48 euros, an organic grill basket is a full 80 percent more expensive than the classic alternative with conventionally produced food (26.86 euros). Organic meat is particularly expensive: an organic sausage costs an average of 5.32 euros and an organic beef steak 5.98 euros more. But the costs for grilled side dishes, especially vegetables such as peppers (+2.28 euros), tomatoes (+2.03 euros) and salad (+1.37 euros), are also higher in organic quality. Those who use vegan products get off cheaper: a plant-based basket is still a little more expensive (+22 percent) than one containing meat, but it is significantly cheaper than the organic version. Per person, you pay more than 12 euros for the organic version, around 6.70 euros for the conventional version and around 8.20 euros for the vegan version. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"The high prices are responsible for the fact that organic products have not yet become a mass phenomenon in 2024. Not everyone can afford organic food", says IW economist Adriana Neligan. The reason for this is the additional costs for species-appropriate animal husbandry and environmentally friendly cultivation methods. A larger supply through more agricultural land could significantly reduce production costs. "Organic must become an even more attractive business model. Otherwise, we will not succeed in achieving the goal of converting 30 percent of agricultural land to organic by 2030", says Neligan. "Clearer communication and more transparent presentation of the advantages of organic products could also encourage behavioral changes towards more sustainable purchasing decisions", adds IW economist Jennifer Potthoff. </span></p> | 1 | Retail | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-07-16 00:20:26 | 2025-08-11 23:15:53 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 6158 | Partnership to cut hide waste and support small meat processors | A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalized between the Leather and Hide Council of America (L&HCA), and the New Mexico-based Flower Hill Institute will expand efforts to increase the utilization of hides from smaller meat processing facilities for the leather industry. | <p>Earlier this year, the USDA announced a commitment of $1 billion in loans, grants, and other resources to create a more resilient, diverse, and equitable meat and poultry processing system in the United States. As a part of the commitment, USDA established a network of organizations to provide technical assistance to ranchers and farmers seeking to access those resources. Flower Hill Institute, an Indigenous-led nonprofit organization, entered into a cooperative agreement with USDA Agricultural Marketing Service to coordinate the technical assistance network.<br /><br />Members of the Flower Hill staff and other organizations within the network have been working with L&HCA for the past several months to find markets for hides collected from smaller meat processors.<br /><br />Roger Fragua, executive director of the Flower Hill Institute, explained that the onward sale of hides will not only remove hides from landfill and bring one of man's original upcycled materials to market but also provide important increased revenue for smaller meat processing enterprises.<br /><br />"Meat processing businesses operate on tight margins. Large processors capture value from every part of the animal, including hides. Unfortunately, smaller processors often have to pay to have hides, and other byproducts, hauled away," Fragua said.<br /><br />"Sadly, nearly five million hides are put into landfills or otherwise destroyed each year. We have been working with the Leather & Hide Council to address this and are pleased to formalize our partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding," he added.<br /><br />L&HCA President Steve Sothmann added, "Many leather manufacturers are seeing strong increases in demand for products that have verified attributes, such as being sourced from tribal ranchers, or from ranchers engaged in regenerative agriculture. Smaller processors are handling many of these types of hides, so we want to help them capture that value and, at the same time, reduce waste."</p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-02-21 00:20:56 | 2025-08-11 23:15:56 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 4220 | SPAR is strengthening the Hungarian meat market with another plant | <p>“The most important goal of SPAR is to deliver quality products from controlled raw materials - as many local as possible - to the customers' tables. This is no different in the fresh meat and meat products segment, where we can continuously adapt the production of our products to the changes of consumer needs through our own Regnum Meat Factory in Bicske. Due to increased demand in the recent period, we have decided to expand our production capacity. The SPAR Group has been expanded with a high-capacity, high-quality unit, which further strengthens our position in the domestic meat market, ”said Gabriella Heiszler, Managing Director of SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft.</p> <p>The Perbál plant will be called Regnum Meat Factory Perbál in the future. The products manufactured here will be available in SPAR's own network and in all franchise stores, and the production processes of the Perbal plant will be coordinated with the activities of the Bicske meat factory. Several major improvements will be made to the new plant in the near future, including the modernization of cooling technology. From a quality management point of view, as in the existing plant, the processes in Perbál will be operated according to the ISO 22 000 system: the planned date for obtaining the certification is the next two years.</p> <p>“The Perbal plant will continue to operate in SPAR’s food production business from 2 November. Our product range is constantly expanding and by the end of the year, the first SPAR products will arrive from Perbál to the entire SPAR network. The approximately 200 employees working here will be able to continue working, now within the SPAR Group. Together with them, the SPAR team in the food production business will be strengthened by about 600 professionals. With the expansion, our own branded product range will become larger and the Hungarian product range will be strengthened. Last year, we produced 40,000 tons of meat products, and from 2021 our capacity will increase significantly, ”added Ferenc Horváth, the food industry manager of SPAR Magyarország Kereskedelmi Kft.</p> | 1 | Retail | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2020-11-06 07:40:18 | 2025-08-11 23:16:03 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 474 | Japanese consumers hold beef in high esteem | <p> </p> <div class="adn ads"> <div class="gs"> <div id=":lb" class="ii gt adP adO"> <div id=":kd" class="a3s aXjCH m16021f0cb0171c7c"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_quote"> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <div class="m_-8509534860208001336m_2393071200243482860gmail_signature"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <p>A great source of national pride in Japan is Wagyu beef, selectively bred locally for more than 150 years, and now known and exported all over the world. Wagyu beef’s defining quality is the high level of intramuscular marbling, adding tenderness and flavour which is highly appreciated by Japanese beef consumers. Of the two types of domestic beef, Wagyu is viewed most highly, but its price makes it inaccessible for many, so <em>Kokusan</em> (non-Wagyu) beef is eaten more often.</p> </div> <div>Rather than thinking of different types of beef by their feed type (grainfed and grassfed), or production system, Japanese consumers generally classify beef in terms of origin – by country, and domestically by region and breed. Organic beef is well-known, but is seen by some as lacking tenderness. </div> <div> </div> <div> <p>Despite the strength of the local industry, Australian beef has built very high levels of awareness and consumption in the Japanese market. Ninety-eight percent of beef buyers have heard of Australian beef, 95% have eaten it before, and 52% have eaten it in the past month – higher than any other imported beef.</p> <p>Australian beef is known for its consistent quality and impeccable safety record – a vital factor in a market still conscious of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) crisis in the mid-2000s. At least some of this success can be attributed to the strength of the True Aussie Beef brand, launched in Japan in 2014 and growing in strength every year.</p> <p>Australia’s main competitor is the USA, although New Zealand and Canadian beef have also seen increases in consumption year-on-year. Australian and American beef share a large amount of consumers, but those surveyed tend to see American beef as a cheaper commodity while Australian is more premium. However, American beef is positively regarded for providing a wide range of cuts to suit consumer needs.</p> <p>In Japan, the biggest driver of growth in beef is being a “family favourite”. This is related to a number of factors, including quality and safety, but also availability, ease of preparation, and providing nutrition for the whole family.</p> <p> This is best encapsulated in the Japanese term ‘<em>genki</em>’, meaning something close to ‘healthy’ or ‘energetic’ in English – it insinuates vitality. For a number of years, MLA has worked hard to ensure True Aussie Beef is seen as helping Japanese families feel ‘<em>genki</em>’, and is committed to the ongoing promotion of Australian beef in this valuable market.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2017-12-04 17:26:38 | 2025-08-11 23:16:10 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 4006 | China's meat imports in June surpass $2 billion | Compared with the same month last year, the increase in meat imports is 82%. | <p>China's meat imports in June have reached the highest volume and value since the beginning of the ASF crisis. More than 600,000 tonnes of meat have entered Mainland China (excluding offal) in June for more than $2.1 billion, says Beef to China trade platform. In terms of volume, meat imports have increased by 12% Month-on-Month (MoM) and 82% Year-on-Year (YoY). In value, the increase was of 11% MoM and 78% YoY, respectively.</p> <p>Mainland China imported a total of 3.48 million tonnes of meat in the first half of 2020, with an import value of $12.5 billion, respectively up 89% YoY and 112% YoY. In terms of countries of origin, Brazil, the US and Spain were the top 3 sources for Mainland China’s meat imports during this period, and Mainland China’s meat imports from these 3 countries mentioned above all showed more than 200,000 tonnes of YoY increment, with YoY growth of 112%, 530% and 134%, respectively.</p> <p>According to some experts from Europe and Australia, China is about to account for 40% in the global meat trade and that rate is expected to expand next year due to a deficit in animal protein created by the ASF crisis.</p> | 1 | Market | 2020-08-04 11:16:30 | 2025-08-11 23:16:10 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 1198 | Tyson Foods invests $2.2m in Israeli startup | Tyson Ventures, the venture capital arm of Tyson Foods, is investing $2.2 million in a startup based in Israel to develop affordable meat in a laboratory. | <p>Future Meat Technologies is a Jerusalem-based biotechnology company that is looking to produce cost-efficient, non-GMO directly from animal cells. The process of growing meat in a laboratory that does not imply raising or harvesting of live animals. The startup will develop a new generation of manufacturing technology that enables the cost-efficient production of fat and muscle cells, the core building blocks of meat.</p> <p>Tyson Ventures is investing in this startup alongside with the Neto Group, one of the largest food conglomerates in Israel, S2G Ventures, a Chicago-based venture capital fund, BitsXBites, China’s first food technology venture capital fund, and Agrinnovation, an Israeli investment fund founded by Yissum, the Technology Transfer Company of The Hebrew University. New York based HB Ventures also joined the round.</p> <p>“It is difficult to imagine cultured meat becoming a reality with a current production price of about $10,000 per kilogram,” said Prof. Yaakov Nahmias, the company’s founder and Chief Scientist. “We redesigned the manufacturing process until we brought it down to $800 per kilogram today, with a clear roadmap to $5-10 per kg by 2020.”</p> <p>“This is our first investment in an Israel-based company and we’re excited about this opportunity to broaden our exposure to innovative, new ways of producing protein,” said Justin Whitmore, Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Chief Sustainability Officer of Tyson Foods. “We continue to invest significantly in our traditional meat business but also believe in exploring additional opportunities for growth that give consumers more choices.”</p> <p>Future Meat Technologies expects to use the funds to establish its engineering activities and increase its biological research. The company is currently recruiting engineers, chefs and scientists.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-05-03 06:47:54 | 2025-08-11 23:16:14 | Details Edit Delete |
