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| 7610 | HORMEL BLACK LABEL bacon brand team to consumers: Think beyond breakfast | The makers of the HORMEL® BLACK LABEL® brand offer the widest selection of flavored bacon in the industry, and today, they are proud to announce the latest addition to their portfolio of tasty options. For a limited time, consumers are invited to indulge their bacon cravings with the all-new HORMEL® BLACK LABEL® Garlic Rosemary flavored bacon, available at US retailers nationwide while supplies last. | <p><span lang="DE">"The </span><span lang="DE">HORMEL</span><sup><span lang="DE">®</span></sup><span lang="DE"> BLACK LABEL</span><sup><span lang="DE">®</span></sup><span lang="DE"> brand is boldly pushing the boundaries of bacon beyond breakfast with our latest limited-edition flavor", said Aly Sill, senior manager of the </span><span lang="DE">HORMEL</span><sup><span lang="DE">®</span></sup><span lang="DE"> BLACK LABEL</span><sup><span lang="DE">®</span></sup><span lang="DE"> brand. "By introducing these limited-edition flavors, we are bringing a new generation of consumers into the bacon category by offering a selection of options that no other brand can match".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">According to recent research, Millennial and Gen Z shoppers continue to demand new, exciting and sophisticated flavors, yet the same consumer group tends to ignore bacon as a common ingredient in non-breakfast recipes. The </span><span lang="DE">HORMEL</span><sup><span lang="DE">® </span></sup><span lang="DE">BLACK LABEL</span><sup><span lang="DE">®</span></sup><span lang="DE"> brand team is attempting to bridge that gap, inviting younger consumers to enjoy bacon beyond breakfast with the introduction of their latest flavor innovation.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"This complex flavor profile is best served wrapped around a juicy steak or in a creamy pasta carbonara", Sill said. "Breakfast bacon is a classic and time-honored tradition, of course, but the culinary potential of bacon stretches far beyond breakfast. Try our limited-edition Garlic Rosemary flavored bacon today, and you’ll see - and taste - what we mean!"</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Garlic Rosemary flavored bacon is just the latest in a recent line of limited-time flavor offerings from the </span><span lang="DE">HORMEL</span><sup><span lang="DE">®</span></sup><span lang="DE"> BLACK LABEL</span><sup><span lang="DE">®</span></sup><span lang="DE"> brand; Ranch Bacon and Apple Cider Bacon have also been offered in the last year. This flavor-forward approach will continue into the future, Sill said, as more exciting innovations from the </span><span lang="DE">HORMEL</span><sup><span lang="DE">®</span></sup><span lang="DE"> BLACK LABEL</span><sup><span lang="DE">®</span></sup><span lang="DE"> brand are set to be unveiled in the coming months.</span></p> | 1 | Retail | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-02 00:15:58 | 2025-08-06 09:04:41 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7611 | Pilgrim’s, a JBS Company, reports best EBITDA in its history | The company reported EBITDA of $655.9 million in Q2. Over the past 12 months, the margin increased by 8.6 percentage points as a result of the strengthening of categories. | <p><span lang="DE">Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, controlled by JBS, achieved its highest-ever EBITDA for a quarter in Q2 2024, reaching $655.9 million, compared to $248.7 million in the same period in 2023. The EBITDA margin stood at 14.4% (US GAAP) in Q2 2024, an increase of 8.6 percentage points from the previous year. These results reflect the strengthening of the fresh products and prepared foods categories.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"We designed our portfolio to capture market opportunities while minimizing downside risks. We maintained discipline in executing our strategies and focused on controlling what we can control",</span><span lang="DE"> said Fabio Sandri, CEO of Pilgrim’s® Pride Corporation.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In the second quarter of this year, Pilgrim’s reported net sales of $4.6 billion, a 5.8% increase over the past 12 months. With an operating margin of 9.7%, the company recorded net income of $326.5 million, a 17% improvement compared to Q2 2023.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In operations, poultry protein became competitive due to factors such as competitive grain costs, controlled poultry costs and supply, and increased demand. Leveraging this market opportunity, Pilgrim’s enhanced the expansion of Case Ready and Small Bird brands with major customers. In the same context, the company expanded the potential of big bird, poultry cuts used as raw materials by other companies.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In prepared foods, Just Bare brand net sales grew by double digits, outperforming the category, while Pilgrim’s products also performed well. Diversification through brands and innovation accelerated, with Richmond and Fridge Raiders growing nearly double digits and over 85 new products launched.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Beyond the United States, where the company diversified its portfolio into different poultry sizes, Europe saw margin expansion due to progress with major clients and operational excellence. In Mexico, the company’s performance improved due to sustained balance in supply and demand fundamentals, growth with clients, and continued brand momentum.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">According to Sandri, Pilgrim’s has been agile in adapting to consumer preferences, maintaining close customer relationships, achieving operational excellence, and expanding production, all of which create opportunities to further market presence and diversify the portfolio. "Europe’s performance demonstrates the strength of our strategies and the agility of our team, while Mexico continues to drive above-market growth for our clients and brand offerings", he explained.</span></p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-02 00:20:45 | 2025-08-06 08:54:35 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7612 | First use of virtual “pig glasses” for a better understanding of animals | Since 2021, Vion has been using VR goggles that depict the way cattle’s eyes function, allowing users to experience the visual perception of the animal’s environment. Now the counterpart for pigs’ eyes has followed for the first time. | <p><span lang="DE">Recently, Vion used the virtual pig goggles developed by Peter Menzel, Managing Director of C.O.M. GmbH Wetzlar, and Benito Weise, Coordinator of Inter-company Training at the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture, for the first time at the Crailsheim site. The prototype of the "pig glasses" was completed in spring 2024 and has now been tested for the first time in a slaughterhouse. Vion is now extending its commitment to greater animal understanding to pigs. The VR goggles allow users to experience the environment from the animals’ perspective. Innovative software simulates the specific visual perception of the animals and transfers this to the VR goggles. "The perception of pigs differs significantly from that of humans and also from that of cattle. Pigs have a wider field of vision, their visual acuity is lower than that of humans and they react more sensitively to movement", explains Dr Veronika Weber, veterinarian and Director Quality Assurance & Operations Vion Germany, the background to the animal VR goggles.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Pigs, like cattle, are dichromats and see in the blue, yellow and green range. But what makes a decisive difference when wearing the VR pig glasses is the height of the eyes. They are only 30 centimetres above the floor. This results in a completely different field of vision to that of humans or cattle. Once you have experienced for yourself how animals perceive their environment, you can understand and deal with them much better. This automatically improves animal welfare", adds Peter Menzel , Managing Director of C.O.M. Computer Output Management GmbH.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Vion uses these innovative glasses to train employees and animal welfare officers and to optimise construction measures in slaughterhouses. In Crailsheim, Vion’s combined slaughterhouse, both variants were used: for the first time for pigs and again for cattle. "The effect of the VR glasses was simply incredible. All the participants said afterwards that they now had a much better understanding of the animals and the way they move. I couldn’t wait to finally try out the pig goggles myself and I’m really impressed"/ says Dr Veronika Weber.</span></p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-03 00:05:17 | 2025-08-06 18:42:40 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7613 | Retailers call for government to act quickly on UK deforestation regulations | Defra ministers are being urged to act quickly to remove the crippling uncertainty over UK requirements for sourcing soya next year, informs the National Pig Association (NPA). | <p><span lang="DE">The UK Forestry Risks Commodities (UKFRC) legislation, which will introduce a </span><span lang="EN-GB">"</span><span lang="DE">due diligence requirement on certain forest risk commodities", including soya, was among the regulation interrupted by the general election was the, It is proposed that it will prevent soya coming from land illegally deforested or converted to farmland.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">All the leading UK retailers, as part of the Retail Soy Group, have now called on the new government to move rapidly to introduce the legislation and align it more closely with similar EU legislation, the EU Deforestation Regulation, due to come into force at the start of next year.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In a letter to Defra secretary Steve Reed, the retailers said deforestation and land conversion continue to take place across many global supply chains.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"While the UK’s legislation does not mirror the EU’s in its entirety, the continued delay and absence of the UKFRC is contributing to further market confusion and is hindering retailer efforts to deliver on our shared commitment to eliminate deforestation and land conversion. Further inaction puts the UK at risk of becoming a dumping ground for deforestation-connected commodities", the retailers warned.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">With less than six months to go until the EUDR is due to come into force, the UK retailers called on the government to act on five recommendations, the first of which is to introduce the UKFRC legislation within its first hundred days in office to at least deliver some clarity on its timings and details.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">They called for clarity on whether the food sector in Northern Ireland needs to comply only with the UKFRC or with the EUDR, as well, and asked the government to align UKFRC more closely with EUDR, particularly when it comes to demonstrating deforestation-free sourcing, in order to promote frictionless trade between the UK and key trading partners.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"At the minimum, UKFRC guidance would benefit from an explicit recognition that an EUDR-compliant supply chain is considered sufficient due diligence within the UKFRC"/ the retailers said.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The letter urged the government to work with retailers to highlight the areas where further clarity will accelerate supply chain transformation.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">While the retail concerns appear to be largely focused on disruption to UK-EU trading relations, the pig sector is facing its own concerns, which include the uncertainty over the availability and price of soya next year. Significant premiums have been reported on soya purchased for early 2025 compared with end of 2024.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">NPA chief executive Lizzie Wilson agreed with the need for regulatory clarity at UK level. "There is huge uncertainty for producers about the availability and price of soya going into 2025, and we echo these calls for clarity over the UK regulatory timings and details.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Once we have this clarity, we also urge all parties to take a sensible approach to implementation that takes full account of the availability of verified soya and avoids shortages that lead to dramatic prices hikes. We also reiterate that if retailers wish to press ahead with voluntary measures that go beyond regulatory requirements, they should cover the extra costs associated with this".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">A Defra spokesperson said the UK is "committed to taking action to ensure that UK consumption of forest risk commodities is not driving illegal deforestation" and that the department would set out its approach to implementing the UKFRC "in due course".</span></p> | 1 | Industry | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-03 00:17:42 | 2025-08-06 12:52:53 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7614 | Abiec sees advances for the Brazilian agricultural sector with decree that modernizes self-control | During his visit to Cuiabá, accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Carlos Fávaro, President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva signed, last week, decree 12.126, which regulates the self-control programs of private agents regulated by the legislation related to agricultural defense and the Program to Incentive Compliance in Agricultural Defense, and is aimed at the sectors of animal origin, edible and non-edible, and products intended for animal feed. | <p><span lang="DE">According to the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporting Industries (Abiec), this measure is considered a milestone in the modernization of self-control for agricultural products in Brazil, since the implementation of management tools by indicators allows official veterinarians of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) to focus their efforts on processes that present some level of criticality to public or animal health.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"With this decree, the Brazilian government is positioning the sector on the same level as first world countries, which historically find greater knowledge, trust and credibility in public-private cooperation", says Antônio Jorge Camardelli, president of the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporting Industries (Abiec). According to Camardelli, these changes will enhance the value of federal agricultural tax auditors, allowing them to dedicate their qualifications to risk-based inspections.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">According to Camardelli, the advances provide greater security to national consumers and to those from more than 190 countries that receive Brazilian products daily. "On behalf of Abiec, we would like to congratulate Minister Carlos Fávaro and the entire Mapa team for implementing the program, which will bring more transparency to the sector, ensuring our leadership in the global animal protein scenario", he concluded.</span></p> | 1 | Industry | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-04 00:09:22 | 2025-08-06 09:49:58 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7615 | AHDB: Effects of the contracting herd in the US are felt globally | The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released its latest quarterly outlook for global red meat production and trade. Global beef production for 2024 is forecast to reach 60.7 million tonnes, 1.3% above 2023 levels. | <p><span lang="DE">Beef production in the United States continues its downward trend. For 2024 as a whole, current forecasted production is -1.2% below 2023’s lowered levels, with the USDA outlook indicating further declines into 2025. However, the outlook has improved slightly compared to previous estimates, supported by good carcase weights. Retail beef prices have reached record highs due to robust demand. In turn, farmgate prices have been especially strong.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Import levels in 2024 are predicted to reach a record high, to increase by 11.2% year-on-year (YoY). Benefitting from this market so far this year has included Australia, Uruguay, Argentina, Canada, Brazil and New Zealand. The depletion in US domestic production is expected to lead to a 4.3% YoY reduction in exports over the whole of 2024.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Record production is forecasted for 2024 (+3.7% YoY) and good rainfall has helped to shorten cattle finishing times, allowing for a larger exportable surplus. Subdued prices have reflected the good supply.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">April’s beef exports were the largest on record, with China being the largest destination for Brazilian beef. However, the CEPEA reported that supplies reduced in the first few weeks of July. Forecasts of a dry La Niña winter in Brazil is likely to dampen pasture raised beef supplies and feedlots are reportedly holding fewer animals, which may hinder exports somewhat in the second half of 2024. Although, record slaughter rates are expected to raise 2024 exports as a whole by 13.9% YoY.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Australia's production is forecasted to increase by 11.1% YoY in 2024, which reflects the ongoing rebuilding of the national herd over the past few years. The growth in the cattle herd is set to stabilise in 2024, according to the Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) latest Cattle Industry Projections, as the herd enters a "maintenance phase". Robust youngstock numbers are expected to contribute to further production growth in 2025.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Although exports to China have reduced so far this year, overall exports have increased substantially thanks to demand from the US market. The decline in US production is expected to create further demand and develop the upward price direction. New Zealand cattle prices have been subdued but good feed levels have supported margins.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Chinese production is forecasted to see growth of 3.6% YoY. Large inventories, driven by strong growth in imports in 2023 and weaker-than-anticipated economic growth this year, have led to lower prices. These market drivers could dampen demand for imported product.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">So far in 2024, beef production in both the EU and UK has been higher year-on-year, with most major EU producers reporting growth. Meanwhile, farmgate cattle prices have generally persisted at historically high levels, pointing to robust consumer demand and competition for cattle. EU beef exports have grown significantly against last year, driven particularly by Turkey, helping to keep product moving through the EU marketplace.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">European Commission forecasts from earlier in the year suggested a 2.3% reduction in total 2024 production due to smaller herd inventories. However, the higher kill rates through the first part of the year could increase this outlook. Heifer and cow slaughter have been particularly elevated, which against a backdrop of declining breeding herd numbers could point to future tightening in the supply base. Indeed, Irish prime slaughter is projected to reduce by around 2% for 2024 as a whole based on cattle inventory.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Market drivers in the northern hemisphere have generally supported cattle prices so far in 2024, with the UK being no exception. AHDB latest beef market outlook forecasts UK beef production to be relatively stable this year at 903,000 tonnes, with slight growth in prime kill and lower cow kill. Similar to trends in the EU and Ireland, prime cattle slaughter was up YoY during the first half of the year, with robust prices pointing to sustained demand. However, data on youngstock populations points to supplies tightening up in the final quarter and into 2025.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">This, coupled with supply dynamics in Ireland and the EU could suggest underlying support for cattle prices generally, as long as consumption remains stable. </span></p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-04 00:20:52 | 2025-08-06 18:51:19 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7616 | ABPA projects a production of 15.1 million tons of chicken meat in 2024 | The Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA) projects that the year 2024 will be positive for chicken meat production in the country, with an estimated growth of 1.8% in the volume produced, reaching 15.1 million tons this year and with initial prospects of up to 15.35 million tons in 2025 (+2.3% compared to 2024). | <p><span lang="DE">Annual protein consumption this year should remain at the same levels as last year, around 45 kg per capita/year, with the possibility of increasing to 46 kg per capita/year in the following year (+2% compared to 2024 ).</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In turn, chicken meat exports are expected to grow by up to 2.2% this year, with estimates of selling 5.25 million tons abroad in 2024, with expectations of reaching 5.35 million tons in 2025 (+ 1.9% compared to 2024). </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"In relation to the projections released at the end of last year, we are estimating a slight reduction. Even so, the projected volumes of chicken meat production and exports are expected to once again renew the record in 2024, in a year that is certainly more positive for poultry farming when compared to the last two years and even with the challenges of the isolated case of Newcastle that it is already being surpassed by Brazil" explains the president of ABPA, Ricardo Santin. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE"> </span>Brazilian pork production could grow by 1% in 2024, reaching a volume of 5.2 million tons, with domestic per capita consumption stabilized at 18 kg per inhabitant/year. For 2025, initial forecasts indicate the possibility of an increase of up to 1%, eventually reaching 5.25 million tons (+1% compared to 2024), maintaining per capita consumption at around 18 kg per inhabitant/year.</p> <p><span lang="DE">Pork exports are expected to end 2024 with a record volume of up to 1.325 million tons, growth of up to 7.7% compared to the previous year. For 2025, the initial projection indicates exports of up to 1.375 million, an estimated increase of up to 3.8% compared to 2024.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"In an international context in which the main exporter, the European Union, has systematically reduced its exports, Brazil has been gaining ground in the international market. Combined with recent market openings or expansions achieved, projections indicate record volumes in this year 2024, with diversification of the markets purchasing our pork", highlights ABPA's markets director, Luis Rua. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Egg production in Brazil could reach 56.9 billion units in 2024, growth of up to 8.5% compared to last year. The Association's projection also indicates that by 2024 consumption will also grow by 8.5%, totaling 263 units per inhabitant/year. For 2025, the initial production estimate is up to 57.5 billion units, an estimated growth of 1% compared to 2024.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Exports are expected to decline by up to 20%, with 20 thousand tons expected. However, in 2025, a resumption of growth in exported volume is expected, with 22 thousand tons exported and an increase of 10%. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"We had a first half of the year with very strong demand in the domestic market, which reduced the sector’s export momentum. We estimate a record per capita consumption in our country in 2024", highlights the president of ABPA.</span></p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-05 00:12:55 | 2025-08-06 13:41:28 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7617 | Italy: Amadori group closes the 2023 budget with revenues of 1,780 million Euros | With almost 70 million Euros of investments in one year in the integrated supply chain, from production processes to logistics, the Italian Amadori group closes the 2023 budget positively, with revenues of 1,780 million Euros (+2.5% compared to 2022) and EBITDA of 126 million Euros (7.1% of turnover). The new Strategic Plan 2024 - 2028 has been launched, to affirm Amadori as "The Italian Protein Company" in the coming years. | <p><span lang="DE">In a constantly evolving macroeconomic and international framework characterized by profound changes, Amadori closed the financial year ending on December 31, 2023 with good performances and economic-financial results that confirm the solidity of the Italian agri-food group: revenues of 1,780 million Euros , EBITDA of 126 million Euros , net result of 28.5 million Euros and net equity of 377 million Euros .</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Overall, the company's turnover</span><span lang="DE"> growth stood at +2.5% , thanks to the increase in volumes and sales prices of value products, in addition to the significant investments in the Italian integrated supply chain , which is confirmed as the main strategic response to ensure competitiveness. Among the actions aimed at developing and enhancing the supply chains is the strategic partnership, in October 2023, with Forno d'Oro - a company specialized in the production of poultry cold cuts with a high service content - which has led the group to increase operational flexibility and further strengthen its supply chain.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">With reference to sales performance, the GDO channel recorded a substantial stability (+0.7% in value), the Normal Trade channel grew by +2.3% in value and the Out of Home channel continued its growth, with Italian “Out of Home” consumption exceeding pre-Covid levels in absolute value in 2023, thus representing one of the main development channels for Amadori.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Investments were confirmed and increased during the year, bringing the commitment to strengthen the presence along the entire integrated supply chain to approximately 70 million euros , which at the end of 2023 employs a total of over 9,300 people and is made up of 19 production sites (including food processing plants, primary logistics platforms, feed mills and hatcheries), to which are added 16 distribution centers including branches and agencies and approximately 800 farms, both directly managed and under agreement.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Thanks to its Italian supply chains, integrated and attentive to sustainability, Amadori aims to offer a varied, quality protein diet characterized by different "colors": from poultry meat ("white" proteins), to eggs and egg products ("yellow"), from pork meat ("pink" proteins, marketed through the Lenti brand , acquired in 2022) to the Amadori "Veggy" line ("green" proteins, based on legumes). A wide range of products that demonstrates the path undertaken by the group, to evolve its offer of "natural" proteins and become the most sustainable and innovative Italian Protein Company, as summarized by the new corporate brand "Amadori - The Italian Protein Company" , through an offer suitable for all consumers.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In line with this vision, the new Strategic Plan 2024-2028</span><span lang="DE"> has been launched , which sets medium-long term objectives and outlines the path that will guide the company in its evolution into a cultural and market leader.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Among the various areas of growth is included, among others, the development of the presence in the “Out of Home” sector: in 2023, restaurant chains in Italy recorded double-digit annual growth (around 11%) and represent an important opportunity to support business growth.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"The 2024-2028 Strategic Plan will be a path in which our efforts will focus on the main directions of strengthening Brand Reputation , the search for operational efficiencies and the valorization of internal resources, in addition to the reduction of dependence on exogenous factors, through significant investments. These objectives converge towards a single paradigm: concentrating resources on the creation of value" - declares Denis Amadori , CEO of the group.</span></p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-06 00:05:16 | 2025-08-06 09:53:17 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7618 | Scotland: New industry report highlights resilience and growth potential | The ongoing resilience and economic importance of the red meat sector to rural Scotland was highlighted at Quality Meat Scotland’s (QMS’s) presentation to stakeholders across the supply chain at Turriff Show (5 August 2024), following the release of its Read Meat Industry Profile report. | <p><span lang="DE">The report also highlights that there are significant opportunities for the £2.8 billion Scottish red meat sector to further increase its contribution to Scotland’s economy and to food security across the UK. In 2023, turnover from red meat processing in Scotland is estimated to have risen for a fourth consecutive year, lifting 1% to £975 million. And, despite cost-of-living challenges, people in Scotland spent around 8% more on red meat in 2023 – particularly more affordable cuts.</span></p> <p><strong><span lang="DE">Addressing attendees from across the red meat supply chain at the agricultural show, QMS Chair, Kate Rowell, said:</span></strong></p> <p><span lang="DE">"It is great to be here in Turriff today – the North East is an area with high shares of agricultural output activity despite making up less than 12% of Scotland’s agriculture area. Aberdeenshire is the main destination for store cattle for finishing in Scotland, with around 32% of male cattle aged between one and two reported in June 2023. In addition, it accounted for around one-third of Scotland’s abattoir production in 2023, 63% of the breeding sows and 11% of the lamb crop.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"The latest profile data highlights that there continues to be a strong appetite for beef in Scotland, with 86% of households buying beef compared to 83% in Great Britain as a whole. This popularity is offset by supply from a further reduction in the suckler herd, with beef cow numbers down by 2.5% year-on-year in December which is a trend we must tackle head on".</span></p> <p><strong><span lang="DE">Iain Macdonald, QMS’s Market Intelligence Manager and author of the 2024 Red Meat Industry Profile, said</span></strong><span lang="DE">:</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Despite a more favourable market for store and finished cattle and a slight reduction in the number of store animals moving to England and Wales from the 2022 peak, it is a concern that Scotland’s beef herd continued to decrease in the second half of the year. There was also an annual fall in calf registrations of 2.7%, and this will result in a fall in prime beef output once these cattle reach peak slaughter age in 2025.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"We know from modelling work that there is significant economic potential in Scotland’s iconic beef sector, but action to stabilise the beef breeding herd, boost productivity and to reduce the outflow of store cattle is needed to reverse the decline and support recovery.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"This could support an extra £73.6 million of output and £16.9 million of GVA from the sector in 2030 compared to 2023".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In the sheep sector, annual average market prices edged closer to the highs seen in 2021, with the Spring of 2023 hogg prices fixed at record levels over a number of weeks.</span></p> <p><strong><span lang="DE">Iain added:</span></strong></p> <p><span lang="DE">"There was a notable spike in lamb prices around Easter and Ramadan despite strong availability of hoggs due to the delayed sale of the 2022 lamb crop, highlighting a strength of demand. Once the 2023 lamb crop began to reach the market, prices received support from a lower supply - driven by a reduced lambing rate due to the impact of a dry autumn in 2022 on ewe condition at mating.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"In addition, while there was some increase in lamb imports to the UK from Australia and New Zealand in the second half of the year, UK export demand remained strong due to a declining EU sheep flock, ensuring a tight domestic market".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In 2023, Scotland’s pig sector continued to recover slowly from the financial crisis of 2021/22.</span></p> <p><strong><span lang="DE">Iain added:</span></strong></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Farmgate pig prices remained at record levels following a rebalancing in 2022 as production ran at a significantly lower level, while input costs fell back from their peak, supporting increased margins.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"However, the scale of the previous crisis had a lasting effect, limiting confidence and the pig herd stabilised rather than rebounded. A similarly tight supply in the EU underpinned import prices, supporting the competitiveness of home-produced pork in the domestic market, but exports slumped due to the lack of supply in the home market".</span></p> <p><strong><span lang="DE">Iain concluded:</span></strong></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Overall, the red meat supply chain faced a challenging year in 2023 with elevated input costs and rising interest rates to deal with, as well as issues with recruiting skilled and affordable labour to replace leavers. The positives are that red meat processing sales continued to increase and that people in Scotland spent more on red meat despite a cost-of-living crisis, highlighting its continued importance in supporting healthy balanced diets.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Looking forward, transformation in beef production away from the current trajectory is paramount to harnessing the full economic potential of this highly valued produce at home and beyond. This becomes particularly important when considering that the UK is a net importer of beef, and this gap is only going to grow much wider in the coming years if domestic production contracts in line with existing trends while a growing population puts upwards pressure on consumption. This could mean higher imports from countries with different levels of production standards and where weather extremes are likely to increase over time due to climate change.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Meanwhile, it is vital that Scotland’s specialist sheep and pig sectors retain the confidence to keep investing in products which contribute so significantly to Scotland’s rural economy and to food security across the UK".</span></p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-06 00:10:55 | 2025-08-06 09:04:07 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7619 | MIA: China demand for red meat remains soft | All key red meat export markets, apart from China, showed positive growth during June, according to an analysis from the Meat Industry Association (MIA). | <p><span lang="DE">New Zealand exported red meat worth $914 million during the month, a two per cent increase on June 2023.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The US was again the largest market, with exports up 14 per cent to $303m. There were also increases to Japan, up 53 per cent to $61m, the UK up 66 per cent to $53m, and Canada up 94 per cent to $51m.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">China was the second largest market but fell 38 per cent to $176m.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">MIA chief executive Sirma Karapeeva said that while the China market remains soft, with some recovery expected in 2025, other key markets were seeing positive returns.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"The US was the most valuable sheepmeat market for the month. This was the first time since July 2017 that China hasn’t been the largest market by value for sheepmeat.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Beef exports to China were also down but overall exports remained steady due to strong demand from the US, Japan and Canada.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"These trends were also reflected in the data for the second quarter and for the year to the end of June with the value of exports down for China but increasing to most other key markets".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Sheepmeat exports totalled 29,829 tonnes in June, up 22 per cent from a relatively low level last June. Value only increased by eight per cent, to $294m, due to the lower value of exports to China.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The US imported NZ sheepmeat worth $62m, with China dropping by 39 per cent to $52m.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Beef exports increased one per cent by volume to 50,907 tonnes and three per cent by value to $470m.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Beef exports to China were down 44 per cent to $83m but exports to the US rose 16 per cent to $221m, 101 per cent to Japan to $46m and 112 per cent to Canada to $35m.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Fifth quarter exports were unchanged from last year at $150m.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">During the second quarter, overall red meat exports fell by one per cent, to $2.9 billion but the value of most markets increased.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The US was the largest overall market up 17 per cent to $894m, China was down 40 per cent to $638m, Japan increased 77 per cent to $185m and the UK by 56 per cent to $167m.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Sheepmeat volumes increased by four per cent to105,658 tonnes, but value fell four per cent to $1.02bn.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The value of sheepmeat exports to most markets was up compared to quarter 2 2023, apart from China, which was down 44 per cent to $228m.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Beef volumes rose by one per cent to 148,064 tonnes, with value up by three per cent to $1.36bn.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">A 42 per cent drop in beef exports to China to $274m was offset by continued good demand in the US, up 17 per cent to $634m, a recovery in exports to Japan, up 133 per cent to $137m, and a big increase in demand from Canada, up 154 per cent to $73m.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Fifth quarter exports were down three per cent to $518m. Decreases in exports of casings and tripe, down 12 per cent to $94m, and meat and bone meal, down 11 per cent to $57m, were partially offset by a large increase in exports of blood products up 92 per cent to $65m.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Overall exports for the 12 months to the end of June, were down seven per cent from 2022/23 to $9.9bn.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">China remained the largest market for the year but exports were down 32 per cent to $2.86 bn. It accounted for 29 per cent of all exports compared to 39 per cent last year.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The US took 27 per cent of total exports compared to 21 per cent last year, with an increase of 16 per cent to $2.66bn.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The next three largest markets were Japan, up 13 per cent to $490m, the UK, up 45 per cent to $456m, and Canada, up 58 per cent to $370m.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Sheepmeat volumes increased by three per cent to 389,509 tonnes, but the weak China market saw value fall nine per cent to $3.59bn.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Volumes to China were down 14 per cent to 187,970 tonnes, and the value was down 33 per cent to $1.05bn.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Exports to North America and the UK increased by volume and value. Volumes to the EU were largely unchanged but value fell by 10 per cent.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Beef volumes also increased by three per cent to 511,736 tonnes. However, value fell by four per cent to $4.42bn, largely due to China, where exports were down 35 per cent to $1.27bn.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">This was partly offset by growth into the US, up 30 per cent to $1.74bn, Canada up 106 per cent to $209m, and recovery to Japan up 27 per cent to $328m.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The value of beef exports to the US was also significantly higher than to China. While New Zealand exported only 9,000 tonnes more beef to the US compared to China during the year, the exports to the US were worth $470m more, which is highlighted by the respective free on board (FoB) value of $9.29/kg vs $7.12/kg to the two markets.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">After a full year of the free trade agreement (FTA) operating, the UK was one of the top 10 beef markets for 2023/24, the ninth largest by volume at 3,881 tonnes and eighth largest by value at $48m.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Fifth quarter exports were worth $1.93bn for the year, down 13 per cent from 2022/23.</span></p> | 1 | Retail | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-06 00:15:57 | 2025-08-06 19:31:26 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7620 | Paraguay: More than 10 000 tons of meat were sent to the US in the first half of the year | According to the latest report from the National Animal Health and Quality Service (Senacsa), Paraguay demonstrates its ability to compete in demanding markets after having exceeded the initial projections of meat exports to the United States for 2024. | <p><span lang="DE">In December, the first shipments of Paraguayan red protein were made to the US market. The meat industry estimated that approximately 10,000 tons would be shipped in this first year.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The figures, which show that the initial expectations of the local meat sector were exceeded, were reflected in the latest report from the official veterinary service, which reported that from January to July, the United States bought 11,480 tons of Paraguayan meat for a value of US$ 52 million.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In addition, it ranked fifth among the largest destinations for the country's flagship product.</span></p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-07 00:05:18 | 2025-08-06 12:17:59 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7621 | UK-wide ‘Make it Lamb’ collaboration set to celebrate lamb’s versatility and naturally delicious flavour | 1 September sees the start of the annual ‘Love Lamb Week’ initiative celebrating lamb’s naturally delicious flavour and versatility, encouraging the nation to try lamb in different ways. | <p><span lang="DE">This year’s ‘Make it Lamb’ campaign is a collaboration between all four UK red meat levy boards, led by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), with the support of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC; Meat Promotion Wales) and the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC). Activities are running UK-wide featuring the farm-to-fork story along with simple, tasty recipe content.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The campaign will include a wide range of promotions, from farm-gate banners and magazine and newspaper advertising, to retailer and butcher promotional packs and social media influencers providing recipe inspiration.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Participating levy boards and campaign collaborators such as Red Tractor, the National Farmers Union (NFU) and the National Sheep Association (NSA) will be using a distinctive campaign logo, digital assets and toolkit to ensure consistent, high impact messaging about the benefits of lamb to encourage consumers to enjoy it as part of a healthy, balanced diet. Additionally, a stakeholder pack will be shared with the wider industry, including retailers and processors, to allow for participation in the campaign through the use of digital assets across their own individual platforms.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">HCC’s Head of Strategic Marketing and Connections Laura Pickup said: "Love Lamb Week is an excellent opportunity for us to engage consumers here in Wales, as well as in other parts of the UK, by collaborating with the other levy boards in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">“This new consumer-facing initiative, which celebrates everything amazing about lamb, will ensure a wide-reaching, category raising national campaign during Love Lamb Week with a consistent look and feel that also allows for tailored regional messaging.”</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Philippa Gill, HCC’s Campaigns Executive, added: "Lamb is such a versatile and high-quality product with many different cuts to discover. Throughout this campaign week we will promote the many ways that lamb can be enjoyed, ranging from simple weeknight dinners through to traditional Sunday roasts".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Each levy board will be celebrating the 'Make it Lamb' campaign with focussed activity:</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In Scotland, QMS will have a Scotch Lamb focus on its industry facing and consumer facing (Make it Scotch) social media channels, and will be working with social media influencers to promote Scotch Lamb and the ‘Make it Lamb’ campaign. The Make it Scotch website will have a lamb focus for the week, bolstered by consumer PR across a wide and varied range of press and digital media.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In England, AHDB will feature half a million ‘Make it Lamb’ stickers on British lamb packs across five major retailers. It will run social media advertisements on the @SimplyBeefandLamb Instagram and Facebook channels featuring well-known foodie influencers. Advertisements will also appear in national print press. Promotional kits containing recipe leaflets, sticker sheets, posters and children’s activity sheets will be mailed to about 1,500 subscribed butchers and farm shops. Free marketing resources can also be ordered from the AHDB website (while stocks last).</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The National Farmers Union (NFU) will be supporting the campaign with sheep farmers from the iconic upland areas and rolling English lowlands highlighting the importance sheep play in shaping the nation’s landscape.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In Wales, Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) will run a digital advertising campaign, including promotions on ITV Wales and S4C, a PR consumer campaign about lamb’s versatility working with diverse media outlets, and engaging with parent influencers to showcase the versatility of Welsh Lamb on its social media channels including Instagram @pgiwelshlamb . A strong focus will also be placed on how it plays an important nutritional part in children’s diets, providing inspiration for back-to-school meals. In addition, details will also be shared through HCC’s dedicated education newsletter.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In Northern Ireland, Livestock & Meat Commission (LMC) will be launching its schools programme with a focus on lamb, as well as working with influencers on social media and developing accompanying radio activity. The Commission will also be hosting retailer sampling events in collaboration with industry stakeholders which will facilitate conversation with consumers and provide insight to the farm-to-fork supply chain of Farm Quality Assured lamb. In addition, LMC will also commission consumer research on the lamb sector.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">A range of recipes showcasing lamb and its versatility will be featured during the week, including lamb madras tostadas, mini air fryer lamb hotpots with fresh mint sauce, Scotch Lamb tacos with zaatar and baba-ghanoush and Scotch Lamb skewers with coriander pesto.</span></p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-07 00:10:41 | 2025-08-06 17:08:06 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7622 | Seara showcases cases and trends for the protein market at SIAVS 2024 | In addition to talks by the company’s executives about the market, the brand's booth will feature projects on technical training, social inclusion, and environmental preservation. | <p><span lang="DE">Seara, a JBS brand present in 90% of Brazilian households, addresses socio-environmental inclusion and trends in the protein market at the International Animal Protein Show 2024 (SIAVS). The brand will bring over 800 people to the event, including partner producers, employees, and agribusiness leaders. In addition to executive participation in panels on sustainability and market trends, the brand’s booth will showcase the results of programs such as SuperAgro, which recognizes top-performing integrated producers; Mulheres SuperAgro, which trains women entrepreneurs leading farm management; as well as work on environmental and animal welfare and a model of the Value Chain.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">José Antônio Ribas, Executive Director of Agropecuária and CIEX at Seara, will speak on the "Future of Proteins" panel on August 7. "Our leadership position in the sector is only possible due to the work of a committed and efficient production chain. We have invested in social initiatives that value our partners. An example is the SuperAgro program, which recognizes the work of the best integrated producers", he notes.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The booth will feature resources that facilitate interaction with the public, presenting the five domains of animal welfare in a fun and engaging manner. It will practically demonstrate the procedures performed by Seara during the production process. Additionally, the booth will include a model of the Value Chain, illustrating the production journey. The aim is to visually and interactively represent Seara’s sustainable trajectory for all participants. Environmental welfare projects will also be highlighted, with the public able to use tablets to access information about each program related to the theme.</span></p> | 1 | Events | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-07 00:15:29 | 2025-08-06 15:29:14 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7623 | MLA: Making More From Sheep relaunched | The well-respected sheep industry resource Making More From Sheep (MMFS) has been relaunched with significantly updated and new information for sheep producers. | <p>MMFS is a one-stop-shop for Australian sheep producers and has been updated to include the latest sheep industry research, tools and information on husbandry and management, including resources, videos, apps, technologies, podcasts and fact sheets.<br /><br />MMFS began development by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) and Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) in 2006, with its first release to industry in 2008. Since then, AWI and MLA have continued to invest in the development and update of MMFS as a key resource for the Australian industry. The MMFS offering has now expanded to include 12 Modules, animal health fact sheets and presentations and conference recordings, and for the first time ever in 2024, the Making More From Sheep eLearning course, which is housed on both the AWI and MLA eLearning platforms.<br /><br />AWI National Extension Manager, Emily King, said “The MMFS package of resources really is an essential guide for sheep production. The key production principles are covered in the modules but core to its usefulness is the linking to hundreds of other industry resources and workshops to delve deeper into any specific topic.<br /><br />"The 12 Modules are the backbone of MMFS and cover all aspects of sheep production – sheep and human wellbeing and welfare, wool, lamb and sheepmeat production, sustainability, productivity and profitability across breeding, reproduction, pasture and feedbase, generated from years of research and on-farm experience".<br /><br />MMFS Modules can be used as a standalone resource to look for information for something specific or used as a whole in a manual style application. The best-practice principles covered in MMFS support a sustainable and profitable sheep and wool operation, helping to reduce costs and optimise production while minimising risk in an ever-changing environment.<br /><br />The MMFS package of resources is part of AWI and MLA’s continuing commitment to delivering on-farm knowledge and technology to help producers increase the long-term sustainability and profitability of sheep and wool production, paving the way for a successful industry for the next generation.<br /><br />MLA General Manager, Research, Development & Adoption, Dr Jane Weatherley, said that the MMFS relaunch comes at a timely moment in the Australian sheep industry.<br /><br />"The MMFS relaunch is a key component of MLA’s adoption and extension programs and another tool to assist on-farm decision making", Dr Weatherley said.<br /><br />"With the Australian sheep and wool industries facing a number of big changes in coming years, the relaunch of this program will help keep producers up to speed on the latest technologies and knowledge in order to keep producing happy and healthy sheep".</p> | 1 | Industry | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-08 00:05:17 | 2025-08-06 16:48:12 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7624 | QMS: Evidence a key enabler for environmental and economic agriculture resilience | “One of Scotland’s great assets is its red meat industry, which has a great story to tell,” says John Gilliland. | <p><span lang="DE">Each month Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) releases an informative and fascinating podcast for industry, with red meat experts inside and outside of the organisation exploring what is happening with market trends, industry development projects, and the wider work of QMS to make Scotland the choice for premium red meat.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In this month’s podcast, host Jane Craigie spoke with John Gilliland OBE, a farmer from Northern Ireland (NI) who is also a strategic advisor, practitioner and innovator in Climate Smart Farming, and is involved with Land Management and Policy Development. John has spent the last decade understanding the metrics behind carbon and agriculture, including what’s on his own farm, and working with QMS, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and the EU’s Soil Mission Board.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">John is now working with AHDB and QMS on the recently launched £2.5 million Environment Baselining project – with 170 beef and sheep farmers - to find ways for the British red meat industry to realise the potential for carbon, wider sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions reduction.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">John was also guest speaker at this year’s QMS Highland Show Business Breakfast where he cited the United Nations’ (UN) goal of delivering net zero human hunger amidst rising global temperatures, and a fair, just transition for the farming and food industry.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In series 11, episode nine of the QMS podcast, John explains that: "60% of what Scotland produces is exported, making the country a net exporter of food and meaning that as an industry we must look at the UN agenda through a global lens. Our weather is becoming more extreme, yet the UK is expected to fare better than other countries, giving agriculture the opportunity to grow food from an animal source to support a balanced human diet, where other nations may struggle to do so".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Knowing this is helpful, he says, "however measuring environmental change is essential to validate the journey of carbon reduction, as well as investment by government, in agriculture and the environment".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">John’s journey down this path started in earnest in 2014, when he was invited to run a research farm by livestock nutrition company Devenish. John studied ruminants within the landscape by examining soil, trees, hedges, water quality, and biodiversity. He later discovered the effects of behavioural and management changes on the carbon levels of trees, hedges and soil, through the project ARCZero, which John leads, and focuses on producing accurate, individual, whole farm carbon balance sheets, and finding ways to accelerate the move towards net carbon zero farming.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">This work led to a multi stakeholder group tasked by the NI government in 2014 with creating a Sustainable Land Management Strategy. A culminating report was published in 2016 and contained recommendations, which included building a baseline of fields across NI at two-hectare intervals, and a database on soil, water, biodiversity and land use to empower farmers to deliver change. It is this work that has fed into the QMS/AHDB Baselining Project.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In the podcast John says:"If you give farmers good information about their farm, they make good use of it, make constructive changes to reduce environmental footprint and find better economic resilience".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The scheme was rolled out as the NI Soil Nutrient Health Scheme SNHS), with the objective of testing the vast majority of the 650,000 fields used for farming in NI, to help farmers manage their nutrient applications, and is currently half-way through completion. 92% of farmers who are eligible have taken up the scheme. John explains that talking with farmers, not at them, and respecting them as individuals and individual businesses, is key.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">John discusses with Jane why it is important to baseline farms and to make decisions that are evidenced and don’t create perverse outcomes, saying: “Baselining, changing behaviours and baselining again is important; we need to illustrate the value of our farms to public good.”</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">He adds: "Integrity is a public good, for both food production and environmental and human health. Delivering a public: private partnership with integrity will help our society and agricultural businesses. As an industry, we need to understand what Treasury needs from this, they have the final say. What is the economic impact of them investing in the agriculture and environmental sectors".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">John commended the important work being achieved synergistically by AHDB and QMS, who spend levy payers’ money correctly and give leadership. In Scotland, 22 farms from nearly 100 applicants will be involved, with an announcement on who has been selected due this autumn.</span></p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-08 00:10:39 | 2025-08-06 08:26:40 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7625 | ABPA announces record pork exports during opening of SIAVS | The International Animal Protein Exhibition (SIAVS) began this week, in São Paulo (SP). With the participation of over 100 Brazilian brands from companies and cooperatives that produce and export poultry, pigs, cattle, eggs and fish, the presence of delegations from around 50 countries and an extensive program of symposiums and panels, the event is considered one of the largest meetings of the sector in the world. | <p><span lang="DE">At the opening ceremony, ministers, three governors, parliamentarians and representatives of the national production chain were present. In his opening speech, Ricardo Santin, president of the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA), organizer of the event, announced the record of more than 120 thousand tons of Brazilian pork exported in the month of July alone.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Santin also highlighted the importance of pig farming and poultry farming for the national economy. Together, the segments are responsible for a gross annual production value that exceeds R$350 billion, in addition to generating more than 10 million jobs, both direct and indirect. Over the last 30 years, the chain has also generated R$1.5 trillion in tax revenue from exports.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"We provide wealth, employment and income, and we boost the development of regions that are today a reference because of the strength of this production chain", said the president of the entity. With an optimistic speech, reinforcing the resilience and strength of Brazilian agriculture, Santin also listed the main challenges and opportunities for the country to further expand its representation on the global stage through agribusiness.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">This Tuesday, hours before the opening of SIAVS, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) officially declared the end of the state of animal health emergency in Rio Grande do Sul due to Newcastle disease, identified in the municipality of Anta Gorda on July 17 .</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Present at the event, Minister Carlos Fávaro took the opportunity to highlight the organization of the segment and the partnership between the Brazilian state and entities such as ABPA to quickly resolve the case. "It has been just over 20 days since we identified this situation and it has been resolved", he said. "This shows the importance of the organization and structure we have in the animal protein chain", he added, also highlighting transparency throughout the process.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The commitment to biosecurity was also one of the differences mentioned by the president of ABPA. However, according to him, progress needs to be made on other fronts. At the end of the event, the entity delivered to the minister and other authorities present a document with the sector's intentions for Brazil to increase not only its international competitiveness, but also the productivity and efficiency of production in the field.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In the 2024 edition, for the first time SIAVS integrates all links in the animal protein chain, with the inclusion of representatives from the beef, fish and milk chain — in partnership with the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporting Industries (ABIEC) and the Brazilian Fish Farming Association (Peixe BR).</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In addition to Minister Carlos Fávaro, the opening ceremony was attended by the Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture, Paulo Teixeira, the governors of Rio Grande do Sul, Eduardo Leite, of Santa Catarina, Jorginho Mello, and of Paraná, Ratinho Jr.; the senator and former minister Tereza Cristina, the president of the Parliamentary Front for Agriculture, deputy, Pedro Lupion; the Secretary of Agriculture of São Paulo, Guilherme Piai; the Secretary of Agrarian Development of Pernambuco, Cícero Moraes; between others.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The opening lecture was given by economist Eduardo Gianetti, who analyzed the current scenario and the global challenges that open up opportunities for agribusiness and the Brazilian animal protein sector.</span></p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-08 00:15:35 | 2025-08-06 15:51:04 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7626 | Danish Crown sells stake in Agri-Norcold | Danish Crown and TA-Logistics A/S have sold Agri-Norcold, which is one of Denmark's largest operators in freezing, frozen goods handling and food storage. The buyer is Constellation Cold Logistics, which is among Europe's leaders in the industry. | <p><span lang="DE">The market for cold storage logistics in Europe has been consolidated in recent years. After several inquiries, the ownership group behind Danish Agri-Norcold therefore decided earlier this year to explore the possibilities of a sale to one of the leading pan-European operators.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">After a thorough process, Danish Crown and TA-Logistics A/S have sold Agri-Norcold's total activities to fast-growing Constellation Cold Logistics, which with the acquisition will have activities in eight Western European countries.</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB">"</span><span lang="DE">It has been important for us to find a buyer who will develop Agri-Norcold's activities, because the company will also be a key business partner for Danish Crown in the future. Conversely, it is not a natural part of our core business to be a co-owner of a company within cold storage logistics, so as part of our ongoing strategic work to focus Danish Crown's business, we have therefore chosen to sell our ownership stake in Agri -Norcold", says Jais Valeur, Group CEO of Danish Crown.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Danish Crown has been a co-owner of Agri-Norcold in various ways since 1978. In 2012, TA-Logistics A/S bought 57 percent of the company, when the two former co-owners wanted to sell their shares.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Over the years, we in the ownership group have run and developed Agri-Norcold based on a desire for mutual value creation between the management and the ownership group. We have succeeded in this through trusting cooperation on a daily basis and, not least, a fantastic and dedicated effort from both management and employees in all departments. We owe them a thank you for that, and I have no doubt that Agri-Norcold will continue to be a fantastic supplier to Danish Crown", says Jais Valeur.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"It is positive for Danish Crown's shareholders that with this transaction we are taking another step towards focusing the company on our core business. It is part of the strategic work that we as the board and management are currently engaged in, which is about making Danish Crown's business even sharper going forward. That work will continue on several fronts in the coming months", says chairman of the board of Danish Crown Asger Krogsgaard.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Agri-Norcold has its headquarters in Aalborg and operates 10 frozen goods terminals in Denmark, all of which are located close to the main Danish traffic arteries. Together, they have a capacity of up to 900,000 cubic meters of frozen storage and 266,000 pallet spaces. Agri-Norcold also has its own packing plant, and the company's largest frozen warehouse in Vejen is also Northern Europe's largest.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"At Agri-Norcold, we have been very satisfied with the commitment that our two owners have had in the company for more than 10 years. It has been a privilege for us to have two such strong owners behind us in a very competitive market. At the same time, we understand that cold storage and logistics operations are not </span><em><span lang="DE">core business</span></em><span lang="DE"> for Danish Crown, and that a new strategic direction means goodbye to them as owners. We very much look forward to continued close cooperation with Danish Crown as one of our largest customers", says Agri-Norcold's CEO, Jan B. Nielsen.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Constellation's purchase of Agri-Norcold is expected to be completed before the end of September 2024, and it has been agreed between the parties that the purchase price will not be published.</span></p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-08 00:20:32 | 2025-08-06 15:39:27 | 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 | 2025-08-06 16:27:50 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7628 | Increasing carrying capacity while decreasing feed gaps | With season variability and lower rainfall throughout south-west WA, pasture management is becoming crucial to increasing growth and reducing feed gaps throughout the regions, informs Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA). | <p><span lang="DE">An MLA Donor Company (MDC) funded project ‘Maximising potential stocking rate through pasture management techniques’ started in July 2023 to help tackle these challenges. The five-year project – coordinated by AgPro Management – is aiding in identifying pasture and livestock management techniques and tools to increase potential stocking rates. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The project has had a staggered roll-out approach, with 12 producer groups established throughout the Great Southern Wheatbelt, Great Southern High Rainfall and West Midlands/Geraldton areas. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">These groups are part of a two-year MLA Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) program, which focuses on showcasing different pasture and animal management tools and increasing potential stocking rates. MLA resources are readily used within the program, with the WA pasture paramedic tool playing a key role for many producers. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The Gray family has taken part in the MDC program from their property, Tarin Rock, located 350km south-east of Perth. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The Grays run a mixed sheepmeat and cropping enterprise which includes a self-replacing Merino and crossbred flock, wheat, barley, canola, lupins and oats. They have a total of 9000ha of arable farmland (including leased) with 6,500ha cropped, 700ha fodder and 1,800ha pasture. Of the 700ha of fodder 200ha has been seeded to Volga vetch and 500ha to Dalkeith subterranean clover and Kingbale oat mix. The 1,800ha of pasture consists of a mix of 50% Dalkeith sub-clover, 30% capeweed and 10% volunteer ryegrass/barley grass. In the last five years, they have also put a focus on improving pasture production for hay and sileage. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Tahryn, one of the three Gray siblings to take part in the program, says her role on-farm is predominantly focused on their sheep. They join 2,700 Merino ewes to Merino sires, 500 Merino ewes to terminal sires for their stud, and 300 ewes to terminal crossbreed sires annually. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">According to Tahryn, the annual rainfall received on the property has been much lower over the past decade than what’s been previously recorded – encouraging the siblings to utilise their involvement in the program to focus on improving their pastures’ carrying capacity and ability to adapt to variable seasonal climates. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">By default, Tahryn says they have focused on increasing feed-on-offer availability year-round through both sileage and hay. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"The aim has been to reduce the impact of poor seasons and increase the carrying capacity of our paddocks", she said. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">In 2022, the Gray siblings made the call to change from their regular cycle of April lambing to June. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"This was an opportunity to allow the ewes to lamb onto lusher pastures and limit the need of supplementary feeding", Tahryn said. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">However, due to a late break in the season this year and an even lower-than-average rainfall, Tahryn is still supplementary feeding this winter while she waits for pastures to bulk up. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"We’ve tried a variety of pasture mixes in the past, such as combinations of vetch, barley, clover and oats, to increase pasture quality and quantity, giving us early season growth and fodder crops", she said. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"In good pasture production years, this has been grazed several times before being cut for sileage, and then used for weaning paddocks. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"These silage pits have been substantial, and prior to our decision to close these pits in 2022 to leave to them to grow, we were able to utilise them when needed in summer and autumn", she said. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Tahryn found cutting sileage to be beneficial in filling the feed gap, with quality fodder and reducing weed seeds throughout the property. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">For many grassfed sheep producers in WA, ryegrass and sub-clover are the ‘backbone’ of their annual pastures, and the Grays’ pastures have been no exception.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">While the addition of cereals and legumes has been game-changing for the Grays, Tahryn said adding King Bale oats to Dalkeith sub-clover has been the best for filling the feed gap. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"They are usually grazed once they are established in June/July, to give clover-dominant pastures a chance to grow", she said. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">“By filling this early-winter feed gap using fodder crops, our carrying capacity has increased over the growing season. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"After grazing the cereal, the sheep are then rotated through to allow all pastures to be spelled, maximising total growth, and therefore, biomass produced". </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The Grays don’t use set stocking rates for their paddocks, but rather monitor carefully based on growth stages and ground cover to limit the risk of erosion and ensure paddocks aren’t overgrazed. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"We don’t use any specific tools, but someone is always visually checking the paddocks when mustering/checking livestock, spraying or adding fertiliser to pasture paddocks or when driving by", she said. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"To make this work, communication between the family has been a key part of our system".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">With this year’s annual rainfall sitting lower than ever, Tahryn said they have relied heavily on the lupin and barley stored to supplement feed. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"At the beginning of June, we had used 75% of our lupin and barley mix and were getting ready to open the silage to ensure there was no roughage in the paddocks", she said. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Having been hand fed for six months now – which is a little longer than normal for WA – the ewes have also required calcium lick supplementing. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Recently, we made the call to start moving our mobs into the cereal fodder pastures ahead of lamb marking", she said. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"We’ve done this to give the clover-dominant paddocks a rest for 6–8 weeks, in hopes we will see some good regrowth that can be used for weaning".</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Luckily for the Grays, rain finally fell as they closed off their paddocks to rest and pasture regrowth has started to occur. However, Tahryn said factors such as the current industry environment and lower annual rainfall means they aren’t looking to increase their stocking numbers just yet. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Before winter ends, we plan to conduct feed tests on our new pasture mix, as well as the sileage we have coming out of the pits", Tahryn said. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"It will be really interesting as we haven’t opened the pits for about three years, and the oats were smashed by the sheep, so we need to see if that matches with good feed value".</span></p> | 1 | Industry | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-09 00:10:49 | 2025-08-06 15:43:46 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7629 | New Zealand scraps clean, green policies to boost economy | Environmental policies would have made dairy and meat too costly to produce. | <p><span lang="DE">New Zealand's green credentials are at risk as the government rolls back environmental reforms in a bid to boost a flailing economy and fulfill promises made to its voters, reported Reuters . </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Since taking power last year, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's centre-right coalition announced it will reverse a ban on oil and gas exploration, push the pricing of agricultural emissions back five years and encourage more mining.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">This is part of a government shift in priorities towards increasing exports to support an economy that grew just 0.3% in the year to March 2024, its lowest growth for the same period since the pandemic hit in 2020, and that has a current account deficit at 6.8% of GDP.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Exports make up nearly a quarter of New Zealand's economy.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"The economic situation for me, is arguably the worst of the set of circumstances that I can remember in my adult life", Resources Minister Shane Jones said. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"So when the opportunity arose to champion the re-emergence of the mineral sector it was driven by quite a brutal understanding of what our economic situation is", he added.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The agricultural sector including fishing contributes 5% to the economy, and accounts for about 80% of total exports. The farmers who helped Luxon's government come to power had said the environmental policies that the coalition government are reversing would have made dairy and meat too costly to produce.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">But while farmers and companies have cheered the changes, environmentalists criticized the coalition for what they said were shortsighted policies.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"They are not looking at both sides of the ledger here, and the economic impacts of wrecking the joint for a few quick bucks for the government of this day, and therefore putting at risk the prosperity of future generations of New Zealanders", said Nicola Toki, chief executive of environmental organization Forest and Bird.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Last week, the national carrier Air New Zealand dropped its 2030 emissions target, citing delays in new aircraft and the high prices of environmentally friendly fuel. The opposition Green Party said it was concerned that the government's “low ambition approach to climate change” would encourage more companies to follow suit.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">A report from the government Climate Commission released last week said there were significant risks to New Zealand meeting its 2030 and 2035 domestic emission targets and its promised reduction in methane from animals and waste.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">It noted any shortfall in meeting these targets would increase the need for more offshore mitigation to meet the nationally determined contribution. Treasury last year forecast mitigation could cost as much as NZ$23.5 billion ($14 billion).</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The government has said it is working on a climate change plan that includes the planting of more trees, increasing renewable energy supply and investing in cutting edge technology to reduce emissions.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Climate Minister Simon Watts said the government expects to meet the 2030 target but admitted more work was needed to meet the 2035 target.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"The Government is committed to meeting our climate change targets, but the way in which we do this will be different to former New Zealand Governments", he said. “This Government is using a least-cost approach to meet our climate targets. "We will not shut down sectors that are boosting our economy and exports". </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Environmentalists, however, say this is not enough.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">University of Otago Climate Change Research Network co-director Sara Walton said New Zealand would face significant reputational and financial damage for not meeting the targets.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"It's more important than ever for companies to be reducing their emissions in order to remain competitive internationally in terms of supply chains", said Walton.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">After the rural vote helped the three party coalition government sweep to power last year, the government promised to pull agriculture from the emissions trading scheme.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Agricultural emissions would still be taxed from 2030 but rules around protecting “significant natural areas” to support biodiversity are being suspended. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Other sectors the government is targeting are energy and mineral resources. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">It has said it would allow oil and gas exploration again, which former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern banned in 2018 , in a bid to reduce imports of coal, boost fuel exports and keep energy prices for the public and small businesses low. </span></p> <p><span lang="DE">The government has also set a target to double mineral exports to NZ$2 billion over 10 years and has announced a stocktake of its resources.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">It has also proposed a fast track consenting process that would allow the likes of mines to circumvent current resource consents if they can win ministerial approval.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Cindy Baxter, chair of environmental group Kiwis against Seabed Mining, is worried this will allow a controversial seabed mining project to go ahead on New Zealand's west coast.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"It's a beautiful piece of ocean with reefs and sea life… which could be absolutely destroyed by seabed mining", Baxter said. </span></p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-08-09 00:15:51 | 2025-08-06 08:35:55 | Details Edit Delete |
