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| 6026 | The future is looking bright for Welsh hill sheep businesses | The future is looking bright for Welsh hill sheep businesses, thanks to state of the art technology used to performance record animals, says one young farmer. | <p><span lang="DE">Hybu Cig Cymru - Meat Promotion Wales’s Hill Ram Scheme, supported by Welsh Government and EU funding, is proving crucial to upland and hill farmers as DNA technology looking at lamb parentage, Estimated Breeding Values (EBV) and fat and muscle depth are all being used to help farmers select quality rams to put to their flocks.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Experienced farmer, Bedwyr Jones of Nant Gwynant is a Hill Ram scheme leader flock and is part of the push to record data of key livestock traits to help Welsh farmers produce the quality meat consumers are looking for. At the same time the scheme is ensuring an efficient flock of hardy native breeds best suited to the environment of Wales’ upland hillsides.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">28 year old, Ryan Williams who share farms in Ffestiniog, Gwynedd says that the scheme has ensured that his finished lambs are ready two kilos heavier since buying Hill Ram recorded rams from Bedwyr Jones.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"I am delighted with the way these rams have been performing," explains Ryan who farms at Ty Isaf, Ffestiniog in a share farming system with Bini and Dr Huw Jones. As part of the farm business, they sell Bini Organic meat boxes supplying customers locally and further afield.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"We’ve made no changes to our system here," said Ryan who says that he has learnt a lot during the process and is grateful to Bedwyr and his family for opening the door to showcase his farm and his stock.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"You can see where these Welsh mountains lambs are produced at Gwastadanas, Bedwyr works with nature on these upland hills and mountains and produces quality lambs. For me, that’s crucial to our business too as we graze up on the Mignaint moorland."</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Bedwyr established himself at the Nant Gwynant farm, 25 years ago and says that technology and DNA testing is supporting traditional farming methods to produce better quality lambs for the market.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">Bedwyr and his family are improving the genetic merit of their flock, producing lambs from grass to meet market requirements and breeding rams with known quality performance.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"This year’s annual ram sale at Gwastadanas was one of the best yet," explains Bedwyr, who together with wife, Helen, son Aron and their three other children farm 4000 acres at their Nant Gwynant beef and sheep farm, with land reaching up to the summit of Yr Wyddfa.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"What we’ve found over the three years we’ve been part of the Hill Ram scheme is that you see small improvements each year. The lambs’ potential improves year on year in weight gain and quality. We select the best breeding rams, manage the flock better because of the data that we glean and use the technology to our advantage."</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"This is an extra string to our bow. Of course, we still look at the wool, the teeth, the feet and fertility, but the DNA lineage, the weight gain, the back fat measuring works hand in hand with our traditional farming methods.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">"Since starting the work with HCC’s Hill Ram Scheme and performance recording the stock, our rams, on average have been selling between £180 and £200 a head better. To a farm business, that is when you clearly see the proof of the pudding is in the eating," Bedwyr Jones concluded.</span></p> <p><span lang="DE">HCC’s Hill Ram Scheme is one of three 5-year projects in the Red Meat Development Programme which is funded by the Welsh Government Rural Communities – Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government.</span></p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-01-17 04:17:46 | 2025-08-11 01:59:47 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 8058 | The future is in place for Danish Crown's slaughterhouse in Essen | After exploring various options and analyzing a number of scenarios, Danish Crown is now focusing on making the slaughterhouse in Essen, Germany, a profitable business. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">It has been no secret that the group management of Danish Crown has spent many hours solving the challenges at the loss-making slaughterhouse in Essen, Germany. Everything from a divestment, to closure, to a turnaround plan has been in play, and after Group CEO Niels Duedahl visited the slaughterhouse, he and the rest of the management have assessed that the slaughterhouse can be turned into an asset for Danish Crown.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">’’We have been losing money in Essen for several years. We have managed this to some extent in recent months. At the same time, I am convinced that Per Fischer Larsen and his team, in close cooperation with the factory management in Essen, can rethink where and how we sell the raw materials from Essen that we do not process ourselves and sell to customers all over the world. In short, we know where to invest so that the slaughterhouse will contribute to Danish Crown's earnings,’’ says Niels Duedahl.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In the most recent financial year, the slaughterhouse made a loss of approximately DKK 200 million, but operations have improved significantly since the beginning of the new financial year on October 1. This must now be built on with concrete initiatives that can boost earnings.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">’’I am convinced that the slaughterhouse in Essen will play an important role in Danish Crown in the future. It is our assessment that access to raw materials can become a key competitive parameter in the coming years. Therefore, it makes a lot of sense for us to have our own slaughterhouse in Germany, where we also have a number of processing plants that need a continuous supply of raw materials,’’ says Niels Duedahl </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The slaughterhouse in Essen employs 1,400 people and has the capacity to slaughter 72,000 pigs per week on its 45,000 square meters. In addition, Danish Crown operates three processing plants within a radius of 100 km from Essen.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-12-25 00:10:41 | 2025-08-11 00:42:27 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 2083 | The French consumers want more ready-to-eat products and look for fast service | <p><strong>EuroMeatNews: How much beef did France produce so far this year? How are the volumes compared to previous years?</strong></p> <p><strong>Guy Hermouet:</strong> France is the European country with the largest number of cattle: 18.9 million head of cattle of which 4.04 million meat breed cows and 3.79 million of dairy breed cows. <br />France produced in 2017 1.5 million tonnes of beef. For 2018, the production is slightly increasing: +2%, because of the strong draught this summer that has reduced forage availability for the winter period and has brought more cattle to slaughter. <br />France also exported 1.6 million head of cattle in 2017, being the number one cattle exporter in Europe. Of this, more than 980,000 head of cattle are sent to Italy and more than 490,000 to Spain.</p> <p><strong>EMN: How much of France’s meat production is exported? Which are the main export destinations?</strong></p> <p><strong>GH:</strong> 15% of our national production is exported, which represents 222,000 tonnes in 2017. This export volume has been stable for several years.<br />France exports around 43,000 tons of beef offals around the planet, an extra source of income for French companies.<br />Our main market remains the European Union, which accounts for 93% of our exports (mainly to Italy – 74,000 tonnes; Greece – 44, 000 tonnes and Germany – 42, 000 tonnes).<br />Third Countries represent 15,000 tonnes in 2017. This percentage is small but it is increasing rapidly every year. Between 2013 and 2017, our exports to Third countries have increased by around 10% each year. Main Third Country clients are Hong Kong, Israël, Turkey, Algeria, and Tunisia.</p> <p><strong>EMN: What can you tell us about French consumer trends in the last couple of years? How is the domestic meat consumption compared to other EU countries?</strong></p> <p><strong>GH:</strong> In France, like in other European countries, the meat consumption is in fast change. The French want to eat more ready-to-eat products and look for fast service.<br />This has some consequences on the meat sector, which is compelled to take into account new retail forms: for example, the drives or smaller shops, closer to the housing areas. It also has consequences on the style of meat eaten: burgers, tartares, carpaccios, nibbling pieces of meat for aperitif.<br />Finally, consumers are now interested in the production conditions of their food. Our meat sector is aware of this and will be taking into account, even more, the environmental, welfare and consumer health aspects. Concerning the beef consumption data, France’s consumption has a slow tendency to decrease (- 1,7% in 2017) but since the beginning of the year 2018, the tendency is to increase slightly: +2,3%. The following chart shows meat consumption evolution in Europe from 2005 to 2017.</p> <p><strong>EMN: How much beef did France import in the first half of 2018 compared with the similar period from 2017? Which were the main suppliers?</strong></p> <p><strong>GH:</strong> From January to July 2018, France imported 191,500 tonnes of beef, compared to 2017 (same period): 185,000 tonnes, which means an increase in imports of +3,6%: the restaurants have been selling more beef based meals<br />(burgers, steaks). The main countries from which we import are: the Netherlands for beef and veal meat, much appreciated in France<br />(46,000 tonnes, +3%), Germany mainly adult cow meat, which is red meat (34,000 tonnes, +4%), Ireland (32,000 tonnes, +1,3%) and Poland in 4th rank (20,500 tonnes). We import very small quantities of beef meat from Third Countries (only 5,500 tonnes since the beginning of the year, of that 1,600<br />tonnes are from Switzerland).</p> <p><strong>EMN: What new markets is the French meat industry targeting?</strong><br />GH: The French meat industry has been working closely for a long time with its first clients in three European countries: Italy, Germany, and Greece.<br />Due to historical context, the French meat industry is also very close to North African countries like Algeria and Tunisia. In the last two years, the industry has started to target the Israeli market as the Israeli authorities wish to increase the European quota for fresh meat from 10,000 to 12,500 tonnes this year and will be increasing it up to 18,500 tonnes. This is a real opportunity for French beef and INTERBEV has started in 2018 a new European communication campaign with the help of European funds.<br />Also, since 2017, the French industry wishes to develop its sales in Asian countries. French companies have started to collaborate closely with Hong Kong importers and to develop their sales in this country (5,000 tonnes of beef and offals in 2017). In order to help business, INTERBEV has a strong communication plan now in Hong Kong around “French Beef a Taste of Terroirs” (targeting professionals, importers, local chefs and, since September 2018, final consumers with a French beef festival in restaurants and supermarkets).</p> <p><strong>EMN: Are French meat producers taking any steps to reduce the usage of plastic in packaging for their products?</strong><br /><strong>GH:</strong> The French meat and cattle Industry is globally committed in a process to improve every day the sustainability of its production through improvement of nutrition facts, environmental impact (i.e.: decrease of GHG production of cattle farms through the Life Beef Carbon European Program, regular discussions with French environment NGOs but also innovation in packaging) animal welfare (regular discussions with French welfare NGOs, guidance of good practices already used and new ones in process). Our global sustainable production framework is called PACTE (Pacte pour un Engagement Societal) in which<br />we promote the following values within our industry: Progress; Future; Discussions with NGOs and civil society; ransparency; Expertise.<br />INTERBEV has received in June 2018 the level 3 (out of 4) of RSO (Sustainable Development of Organizations) norm also called ISO 26000.<br />EMN: What is INTERBEV’s strategy to support the meat industry? <br />GH: A year ago, the French President, Emmanuel Macron, asked agribusiness interprofessional associations to establish ambitious plans to implement future strategies specific to each sector. Since then INTERBEV Bovins went into operation to establish and to put into action a sector plan focusing on the upscaling of the offer from the beef meat herd to ensure the<br />consumer:<br />• The quality of the product when tasting it; <br />• The superior societal qualities (environment, animal welfare and nutritional quality); <br />The fair prices for the breeders. Prices have to take into account production costs. The goal is to achieve 40% of<br />the offer in “Label Rouge” quality Label within 5 years.<br />On export aspects, it is important to increase France’s exports of meat in Europe and Third Countries. In Europe, we have<br />collective brands such as Charoluxe (in Germany) and Bovillage (in Greece) that are carried out by French companies and that are supported by INTERBEV to keep up the good image of French meat amongst meat buyers. New campaigns will be set up in Italy, Germany, and Greece in 2019 in order to better address the European market which is more and more concerned about transparency, cattle production, environment and animal welfare.<br />In Third Countries, INTERBEV’s actions are numerous:<br />• Helping French Government to negotiate the access to new markets : sanitary negotiations; <br />• Giving French companies an overview of different markets: market studies and reports;<br />• Helping French companies to develop their business abroad: organization of professional events and BtoB meeting;<br />• Promoting the new identity for French Beef “French Beef, a Taste of Terroirs”, with promotional plans in China, Hong Kong and Japan.<br />A communication plan supported by the EU: “Taste the Best, European beef”, set up by INTERBEV for 3 years in Algeria and Israel.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2018-10-23 06:41:41 | 2025-08-11 07:32:43 | Details Edit Delete | |||
| 4245 | The food processing market is growing | Over the next four years, Africa and the Middle East will show significant growth. | <p> With an overall global value of over 75,200 million euros and a growth forecast of 5.5% by 2024, the economic data of the segment show an upward trend thanks to the forecast of 85,992 million euros in 2024.<br />Africa and the Middle East are leading the restart, with a 20-24 CAGR expected at + 7.1%, Eastern Europe at + 6.6% and Western Europe at + 4.9%, a trend that translated into millions of euros means respectively 1,709; 3,387 and 31,004.<br />Positive news even if we enter into the detail of the process machines for food and beverage, expected to grow in the period 2020-2024. The food processing machinery, in fact, is expected to grow by 5% with a leap from 32,904 million euros in 2019 to 40,936 million in 2024. Furthermore, in the milk and beverage processing machinery category, the acceleration expected for 2024 is even more significant with the CAGR at + 6.3% for a market value that in 2024 will reach over 20,200 million euros, according to data processed by Ipack Ima Business Monitor in cooperation with MECS. </p> | 1 | Technology | 2020-11-12 09:36:15 | 2025-08-11 06:29:29 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 508 | The fishing quota for the Black Sea turbot has been raised to 32% | The fishing quota regarding the Black Sea turbot for Romania and Bulgaria has been raised for the first time since the two countries have adhered to the European Union. For 2018, the quote will be 114 tons, up by 32% compared to the current quota, according to Bulgaria's Ministry of Agriculture. | <p> </p> <p>For sprat, the catch limit of 11,475 tonnes will be maintained, of which 70% is allocated to Bulgaria and 30% to Romania.</p> <p>The Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH) has adopted a series of regulations that limit catches for certain fish stocks in the Black Sea affecting Bulgaria and Romania. The Council's decisions will be applied starting with 1 January 2018.</p> <p>In previous years, the European Commission has unsuccessfully tried to achieve a 15% reduction of the quota for flounder in the Black Sea in order to ensure sustainable fishing, but each time the fishing quotas for turbot for Bulgaria and Romania have remained unchanged following the arguments raised by the authorities from Sofia and Bucharest.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2017-12-13 12:00:14 | 2025-08-10 20:13:34 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 514 | The fishing catch limits in the Atlantic and North Sea for 2018 have been set | Following negotiations at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 11 - 12 December, the EU ministers have reached an agreement regarding the fishing catch limits for 2018 in the Atlantic, North Sea and the Black Sea, the European Commission announced in a statement. | <p>The negotiations were based on the Commission's proposal for Total Allowable Catches (TAC), presented by Commissioner Karmenu Vella.</p> <p>The agreement reached by the EU ministers will bring 53 catch limits (TACs) to Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) levels in 2018, 9 more than in 2017. In 2009, only 5 stocks had catches set at MSY.</p> <p>"We are now more than half-way to the 2020 deadline to ensure that all stocks are fished sustainably. With today's agreement two-thirds of fish in the Atlantic and the North Sea will be subject to sustainable catch limits next year. I would like to pay particular tribute to our fishermen, who year by year undertake considerable efforts. Each year we move closer to our objective of sustainable fisheries and this will bring substantial long-term reward," the European Commissioner said.</p> <p>The agreement on fishing opportunities is worth over €5 billion, benefiting more than 50,000 fishermen.</p> <p>The European executive announced that it is for the first time at EU level when an agreement was reached to close eel fisheries for three months during their migration period.</p> <p>Moreover, Member States committed to additional actions to protect the eels throughout its lifecycle and in all sea basins.</p> <p>"These measures are crucial, both for the recovery of the stock and to safeguard the communities who depend on this fishery," the EC's statement read.</p> <p>For sea bass, an improved package was agreed which should allow the stock to start recovering following years of decline. The package recognizes the responsibility of commercial and recreational fishermen alike.</p> <p>The European Union is pursuing sustainable fisheries not only in home waters, but worldwide though bilateral partnership agreements and its work in international and regional fisheries management organizations. Sustainable fisheries were also among the key topics at the EU-hosted Our Ocean conference, 5-6 October 2017 in Malta, which generated important private sector engagements to advance sustainable seafood consumption.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2017-12-14 11:17:38 | 2025-08-11 05:38:55 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 6281 | The first Spanish ham food truck that has succeeded in the USA | The interprofessionals ASICI and INTERPORC have developed a joint promotional action in the United States called “ Slices of happiness”, a campaign carried out in New York and Washington DC that confirms that Spanish Ham is synonymous with happiness, smiles and joy. | <p>The campaign toured the New York city, during March 19 and 20, giving away happiness in the form of ham to the lucky tourists who were walking through the city, as well as the residents of the Big Apple. And since happiness has no borders, Spanish Ham was also distributed in Washington DC, on March 22 and 23.</p> <p>The objective of the initiative was to make known in North America the multiple benefits that Spanish Ham provides, since its consumption produces high levels of tryptophan ( the hormone of happiness ), this makes SPANISH HAM a great ally to reduce anxiety and stress, being extremely beneficial for improving mood.</p> <p>This emotion generated by the brain is worth sharing with the whole world, which is why from Spain we wanted to give happiness to Americans through Spanish Ham, one of the star products of our gastronomy. </p> <p>This campaign, highly successful in terms of participation in the North American country, is the result of the first collaboration between the ASICI and INTERPORC associations.</p> <p>These actions have been carried out throughout last week in these cities, beginning on Monday, March 20, International Day of Happiness, when a press conference was held - tasting breakfast on the terrace "NUBELUZ by José Andrés" with local media to present all the details of the campaign, in which Pedro Calvo-Sotelo, consul for cultural affairs of the Spanish Embassy in New York, participated; Bruno Fernández, director of the Spanish Commercial Office in New York of ICEX Spain Export and Investment; and Víctor Rivera, chef at NUBELUZ by José Andrés.</p> <p>For Víctor Rivera , chef at NUBELUZ by José Andrés, "ham is very special in the kitchen at NUBELUZ and in all of José Andrés' restaurants; It is part of our DNA. Bringing this product to diners' tables is a way to connect with them and invite them to live the restaurant experience". "Personally, ham gives me a lot of happiness. Not only because of what I learn from it, but because of the pride of using this magnificent product in our kitchen".</p> <p>For his part, Bruno Fernández, director of the Spanish Commercial Office in New York of ICEX Spain Export and Investment, stated that "Spanish Ham is a top quality product. For the sector, the United States is a market that has to bet on, since there is more and more demand and growth in the rate of consumption of this product. Currently, it is the first export destination outside the European Union".</p> <p>To conclude, Pedro Calvo-Sotelo, consul for cultural affairs of the Spanish Embassy in New York, added that "every Spaniard knows the secret of happiness", indicating that "New York is the magnet that attracts the best of Spain. Of course in gastronomy, as is the case with ham, but also in other areas such as music or art".</p> <p><strong>Food truck on route of happiness</strong></p> <p>In the first days, the campaign traveled through the most important streets of New York City, passing through iconic points such as Central Park, Wall Street, WTC, Times Square, Brooklyn Bridge, Chelsea Market, China Town, Rockefeller Center, and many other places in the Big Apple.</p> <p>Along the same lines, a couple of days later, the "Slices of Happiness" route also reached Washington DC , where the <em>food truck</em> of happiness was in emblematic places such as the Capitol, the Washington National Cathedral, the Jefferson Memorial, the Library of the Congress, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, and many more.</p> <p>In total, during the four days more than 5,000 trays of "Spanish HAM" were distributed to value this product that is the star of the Spanish gastronomy, a symbol of tradition, exquisiteness and flavor.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-03-28 00:25:52 | 2025-08-09 19:53:40 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 1978 | The first solar-powered abattoir to be built in Australia | The $217 million investment is to be set in Queensland and it will have a capacity of 2,400 head of cattle a day. | <p>Authorities in Australia's Queensland state have approved a major solar-powered abattoir, touted as the first of its kind in the country, in a move to boost a pillar industry facing increasing challenges such as drought, reports <a href="https://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/29/c_137501788.htm">Xinhua</a> news agency.<br />The meat processing plant it will cost $217 million and the construction is planned to begin next year. The project is initiated by Asia Pacific Agri-Corp and its partners and will be developed in the Gladstone and consists of a solar farm and the abattoir. The region is considered vulnerable in terms of energy need for better water management amid efforts to keep the business sustainable through dry weather.<br />Queensland is Australia's main producer and exporter of beef, with the meat processing sector alone employing about 18,000 workers, according to state agriculture figures.</p> | 1 | Technology | 2018-09-30 08:45:47 | 2025-08-11 04:05:37 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 260 | The first shipment of Japanese beef reaches Taiwan after 16 years | After 16 years of restrictions, the first shipment of beef from Japan reached Taiwan, after the Taiwanese authorities lifted the ban earlier last month, Japan Times reported. | <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Kanpai Group imported 200 kilograms of beef from the Miyazaki Prefecture which were distributed to businesses such as the Regent Hotel and the Breeze Center supermarkets.</p> <p>Taiwan imports almost 95% of its beef. The US is the main supplier, followed by Australia and New Zealand.</p> <p>In 2000, Japan exported a small amount of beef and beef products to Taiwan, 4 tons respectively, representing just about 0.01% of the total amount of beef imported by Taiwan.</p> | 1 | Market | 2017-10-02 07:00:00 | 2025-08-10 17:16:30 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 4542 | The first Jamon Business Meeting to be held by ORES | The commercial branch of the cooked and cured foods division of the Vall Companys Group will be showcasing more than 200 products and new and innovative ranges. | <p>ORES, the commercial branch of the cooked and cured foods division of the Vall Companys Group, is organizing the first Jamon Business Meeting; an event that aims to showcase the very best of Spanish charcuterie to operators in the retail and foodservice sectors across the whole of Europe. The first Jamon Business Meeting, organised by ORES, will be held online on 13, 14 and 15 April, and aims to give international markets a closer insight into the finest cooked and cured products from Spain.ORES, which stands for Origins of Spain, offers a catalogue of more than 200 references and 12 brands of products made from the four Iberian, two Duroc, and Large White breeds of pig. All of them come from seven geographical regions famed for their long-standing tradition and leadership in pork production, such as Jabugo, Guijuelo, Teruel, Valdepeñas and Vic, among others.<br />At the first Jamon Business Meeting, ORES will be presenting its most recent innovations: formats that meet the needs of an increasingly diverse consumer base, which were created with the determination to adapt to every individual consumer and consumption opportunity.A prime example is our new EasyBox format with single servings. Each box contains five sachets of 50 grams, the ideal amount for daily consumption; hence avoiding food waste. This packaging also reduces the use of plastic by 28.8% and cardboard by 74.4% compared to the current format.<br />As part of Spain’s leading agri-food conglomerate, the Vall Companys Group, ORES enjoys total control over the quality and traceability of all its products. These rigorous and exhaustive controls start in the genetics lab and continue through the breeding and raising of the animals and finally the cutting and packaging processes. Everything, from start to finish, to guarantee optimum quality and food safety. This virtual trade fair is set to become a key opportunity for exploring new lines of business and meeting the needs of consumers of charcuterie products, guaranteeing the time-honored flavour, origin and quality of these products in new, practical and innovative formats.</p> | 1 | Events | 2021-03-17 12:36:20 | 2025-08-11 08:10:51 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 224 | The first ever autonomous poultry-robot launched at SPACE 2017 | Tibot Technologies launched the first autonomous poultry-farming robot at a conference from this year's edition of SPACE, one of the most important international livestock expos. | <p> </p> <p>The robot called Spoutnic animates the chicken coop and frees the farmer many passages within the batch, makes poultry more active and therefore more fertile and healthier, and allows controlled egg laying, according to Tibot's statement.</p> <p>Tibot decided to launch its robot after a period of 8 months of experimenting in a dozen farms in the west of France. The robot Tibot rotates 6 hours a day in a building destined for chicken breeding.</p> <p>"We have increased our experiments with a variety of species and strains and in different configurations of farm buildings to ensure that our robot meets the expectations of poultry farmers. Our pilot breeders were fantastic! " Said Yanne Courcoux, Managing Director. Sputnic has proven to be a true solution to the problems common to all poultry farmers, in breeding chickens (two strains), turkey breeds and turkeys.</p> <p>According to Tibot’s website, the Spoutnic “produces light and sound stimuli which prevent the birds from developing any habituation to the presence of the robot,” and it changes its behavior enough so that birds never quite grow accustomed to it.</p> <p>A pioneer in poultry robotics, Tibot Technologies aims to automate certain painful and repetitive tasks in order to<br />improve the working conditions of the poultry farmer while increasing the profitability of his livestock and animal welfare.</p> <p> </p> | 1 | Technology | 2017-09-22 15:50:54 | 2025-08-11 05:25:37 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 7519 | The festivals and summer holidays make the Danes tear the blue cans off the shelves | Sales of Danish classic Faaborg Leverpostej have exploded. In the last two weeks, more than four times as much has been sold as in the same period last year and 10 times more than the week before the government's call to the Danes to increase preparedness. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">Festival guests and Danes on summer holidays in Europe have for many years benefited from the classic blue can from Faaborg Leverpostej. But this year, even more Danes have put the classic liver pâté into the shopping basket. After the government announced that Danes should have a contingency plan in case of crises, sales have exploded.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">’’The call for increased preparedness came to the back of most people's minds, and precisely for canned liver pate, we are in the middle of the normal high season, because many Danes take the little blue classic with them to festivals and summer holidays. Therefore, we have produced everything we can, but if demand continues at the current level, it may be difficult to keep up over the summer. When we get to mid-August, we can increase production to what the retail trade wants, so we ensure that there is always Faaborg liver pâté on the shelves in all supermarkets,‘‘ says Peter Bendixen.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">One of the challenges has been to obtain enough cans for the increased production, and this has prevented Danish Crown from immediately ramping up production further.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">At Danish Crown's canning factory in Vejle, which produces Faaborg Liver paste and preserves under brands such as Jaka and Tulip, they are now gearing up to keep up with demand.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">"We have worked hard to meet the customers' wishes and needs, and we are turning all the levers we have so that we can meet the massive demand that we have seen since Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen's announcement a few weeks ago", says Stig Pedersen, factory manager in Vejle.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In order to deliver Faaborg Leverpostej to customers, Danish Crown will ramp up production of Faaborg Leverpostej in July and August, so that up to 600,000 cans can be delivered to the Danish supermarket chains.</p> | 1 | Retail | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-07-06 00:28:35 | 2025-08-11 01:50:26 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7477 | The excellence of Spanish pork will be showcased at Food Taipei 2024, Taiwan | The Spanish Interprofessional Agri-Food Organization for White Pork (INTERPORC) will participate in Food Taipei 2024, the most important agri-food exhibition in Taiwan, to be held from June 26 to 29 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center. | <p>Organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), this event will attract numerous professionals from the agri-food sector in Asia and will be held in conjunction with Foodtech & Bio/Pharmatech Taiwan, Taipei Pack and Taiwan Horeca.</p> <p>INTERPORC’s presence at this fair is part of its international promotion strategy to increase the presence of Spanish pork in Asia. The specific objective is to strengthen Spain's solid position in this market thanks to the quality of its products, the sustainability of its production and its high animal welfare standards.</p> <p>Since the Taiwanese market opened up to Spanish pork in 2014, Spain has become one of its main suppliers. In 2023, 30,125 tonnes of pork products worth 108.3 million euros were exported to this country. These figures place Spain as the second supplier in the market and Taiwan in the18th place in the ranking of destinations for Spanish pork.</p> <p>INTERPORC will be present at the event with a 90 m², with the participation of six leading companies in the Spanish white pork sector: Faccsa-Prolongo, Friselva, Grupo Jorge, Famadesa, Costa Food and Olot Meats. The pavilion will also include an institutional area and another one for showcooking and ham-carving demonstrations.</p> <p>During the fair, the Interprofessional will organise three daily cooking shows with a local chef who will prepare recipes using Spanish white pork. Jesús García, champion of the INTERPORC SPAIN 2019 International Ham Carving Competition, will hold ham carving demonstrations and offer tastings to the public.</p> <p>In addition, in order to promote exports and strengthen commercial relations, INTERPORC, together with TAITRA, has organised B2B meetings between the Spanish pork companies attending the fair and various Taiwanese importers.</p> <p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="/files/pictures/article/Captura.jpg?1719313574781" alt="Captura" width="300" /></p> | 1 | Events | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-06-25 08:07:02 | 2025-08-11 06:55:26 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 7945 | The evolution of the sheep meat market in Latin America | In the global meat market, sheep meat from Latin America has played a fundamental role in the region's exports, especially in countries such as Uruguay, Argentine and Brazil. In 2024, sheep meat exports have experienced a year of contrasts, with fluctuations in prices, adjustments in shipped volumes and the redefinition of strategic destinations. Despite some challenges, such as the drop in demand from China, which has historically been one of the main buyers of sheep meat, the market has shown signs of resilience and growth in other destinations, such as Brazil and the Middle East. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">One of the most relevant data in the current context is that, despite the recent decrease in the export price, the ton of exported sheep meat has maintained an average higher than that of 2023, reaching US$ 4,814 per ton, according to preliminary data provided by the National Meat Institute (INAC) of Uruguay. This figure represents a decrease compared to the previous week, where the price was US$ 5,264, but still reflects an upward trend in the annual average. Indeed, the average for the last 30 days has risen to US$ 4,363 per ton, marking the third consecutive month with prices higher than those recorded in the previous year.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The global sheep meat market is strongly influenced by various factors, both internal and external. Variations in the export price are a reflection of multiple dynamics, from supply and demand in international markets to political and economic decisions in producing countries. In this context, demand from countries such as China, Brazil and Middle Eastern nations plays a key role in determining the direction of exports.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">China has historically been one of the most important destinations for Latin American sheep meat, but 2024 has presented significant challenges. According to INAC data, the turnover for sheep meat exports to China has fallen by more than 70% compared to 2023, which has considerably affected the total volume exported. While in 2023, around 12,000 tons were exported to this destination, in 2024 exports have dropped to just 3,500 tons, representing a reduction of more than 60%. This drop can be attributed to several factors, including a decrease in demand in the Chinese market due to the economic slowdown and global trade tensions that have affected the country's domestic economy.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Despite the drop in exports to China, the sheep meat market has found new horizons in other regions. Brazil, as one of the main consumers and producers of meat in Latin America, has shown a steady growth in demand for sheep meat. In November 2024, business with Brazil started strongly, shipping volumes 21% to 23% higher than the previous year. This positive trend is also observed in the Middle East market, where demand for sheep meat remains robust, especially in countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which have shown an increase in their purchases compared to last year.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The fluctuation in sheep meat export prices is also closely linked to the global economic situation. Despite trade tensions, protectionist policies in certain countries and global economic instability, sheep meat prices have managed to remain above the values recorded in 2023. The annual average for 2024 has exceeded US$ 3,880 per tonne, compared to US$ 3,874 in the same period of 2023, reflecting a small but significant increase in prices. This increase can be attributed to the recovery of certain markets, as well as favourable weather conditions in some producing countries, which have allowed a constant supply of high-quality sheep meat to be maintained.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">While 2024 has presented certain challenges, preliminary data and current trends suggest that the Latin American sheep meat market remains competitive and has growth potential in the medium and long term. Projections for the coming years indicate that, although export volumes to China could remain low, exports to alternative markets, such as Brazil and the Middle East, will continue to expand. In fact, the increase in business with these destinations could largely offset the loss of volume to China.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">One of the main objectives for sheep meat producers in Latin America is to diversify their export markets. While China remains a key player in the export chain, other markets such as Brazil, the Middle East and some African countries are showing increasing interest in sheep meat. The key will be to strengthen trade relations and establish free trade agreements or bilateral treaties that facilitate access to these markets.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">As sheep meat markets continue to evolve, Latin American producers must focus on innovation and continuous improvement of their production processes. This includes the use of advanced technology in meat production and processing, as well as the adoption of more sustainable and efficient practices in resource management. Improving meat quality, product traceability and compliance with international regulations will be critical to maintaining and increasing competitiveness in global markets.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Climate change also presents a significant challenge for sheep meat production in Latin America. Variations in climatic conditions, such as prolonged droughts or excessive rainfall, can affect livestock quality and pasture production, which in turn influences meat supply. Producers will need to adapt to these changes by implementing sustainable management strategies and diversifying their supply sources.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Despite the challenges, sheep meat exports from Latin America continue to be an important source of income for producing countries.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">The sheep meat market in Latin America is constantly evolving, adapting to changes in global markets and facing internal and external challenges. While the drop in exports to China has temporarily affected volumes and turnover, growth in other markets and rising export prices offer a more optimistic outlook for the future. Market diversification, innovation in production processes and adaptation to climate change will be key to ensuring the sustainability and success of the sector in the coming years.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-11-24 00:12:02 | 2025-08-11 06:53:33 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 8436 | The evolution of robotics at Marel | The RoboPacker is Marel’s latest innovation in advanced robotics, designed to efficiently pack protein products and ready to become the perfect companion for food processors worldwide. RoboPacker is a logical result of Marel’s evolution in robotics, which started in 2014 with the first RoboBatcher. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">For over ten years, Marel robots have reduced labor dependency and increased throughput by taking over the manual tasks of product positioning, packing, and styling into trays. In addition to enhancing efficiency, they also contribute to improved food safety standards. </p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Marel’s robotics journey began in 2014 with the introduction of the RoboBatcher Flex, a ground-breaking robotic solution that automated batch processing in the food industry. Following that first advance, Marel continued to push robotic innovation into the future, adding to the RoboBatcher family with the RoboBatcher Thermoformer in 2017, and RoboBatcher Box in 2019. <br />The new gripper technology has expanded the range of products that the robotic arm can handle in the poultry industry. It can now pick up items such as fillets, drumsticks, tenderloins, and legs, each using a specific gripper designed for that product.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Positioning and catch-weight packing</strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In 2024, the RoboOptimizer advanced food processing robotics from packing to positioning. By accurately aligning each fillet to its optimal and traceable position on the belt, it significantly reduces the need for manual labor. It eliminates loading issues and provides downstream control, ensuring products are efficiently routed to their destinations. This makes the RoboOptimizer especially well-suited for end-to-end optimization of orders for Quick Service Restaurants (QSR).</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">And now, in 2025, the RoboPacker builds on Marel’s legacy and decades of expertise, taking robotization to the next level and revolutionizing the packing of catch-weight poultry products.<br />With its vision unit, the RoboPacker detects the dimensions and position of each product, while also estimating its weight. It processes this data to place the product in trays accurately. The robot will style the products in every single tray, offering a range of styling patterns such as yin-yang, fishbone, woven, as well as customer specific. All jobs can be defined and adjusted easily on the HMI that sets new standards controlling and adapting the machine to fit the needs of poultry processors.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Seamless integration</strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">As the trend toward automation continues in the food processing industry, it is essential to ensure that new solutions can integrate seamlessly into existing production lines.<br />Typically, Marel's robots are not standalone machines; they easily collaborate with other systems in the secondary processing line, such as the I-Cut 122, the SensorX and the LegPositioner. The combination of the RoboBatcher and the I-Cut 122 is commonly referred to as the ‘Robot with a Knife’. This pro-active system calculates and makes intelligent decisions by real-time comparing and controlling incoming product weights and the order recipes. This integration adds value to off-cuts, instead of giving away the overweight. It chooses exactly the fillets which best match the described recipes.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Another collaboration involves the RoboOptimizer and the I-Cut 122. This integration can create a QSR line, which can be configured as either a Cubing Line or a Strips and Sandwiches Portioning Line. Whether it’s breast meat or leg meat, skin-on or skinless, Marel has the QSR solution to add most value by creating perfect fixed-weight whole-muscle fast food. Each individual product gets the right shape and the right weight to pick up the same amount of coating and end up as the perfect QSR product. In these configurations, the robot takes over the manual task of providing the proper infeed for the portion cutter. The robot arm precisely aligns each individual product to its optimal position on the belt, typically saving the effort of two operators on average.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Robots to transform food production </strong></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">With the RoboPacker, Marel continues its robotic journey to provide poultry processors with cutting-edge solutions that ensure reliable, careful product handling, adapt to needs, improve operations, and save labor. The RoboBatchers, RoboOptimizer and RoboPacker aren’t just machines; they are part of Marel’s commitment to transforming food production with smarter, more efficient solutions. </p> | 1 | Technology | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2025-04-29 00:05:38 | 2025-08-11 04:19:07 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 4951 | The European Poultry Meat sector commits to develop a Sustainability Charter | 150 representatives of the industry agreed to publish the document at the beginning of 2022, informs AVEC. | <p>During the General Assembly of AVEC – The European Poultry Meat Association – members committed to develop a Sustainability Charter which will be published at the beginning of 2022.<br />150 representatives from the European Poultry Meat Sector met on September 10 2021 in Berlin, where the German member of AVEC, BVG – Bundesverband der Geflügelschlachtereien e.V. -hosted the 63rd AVEC General Assembly.<br />The debates focused on the sustainability of the sector, in the context of the Green Deal and EU Farm to fork strategy, with a lively exchange between first-class speakers from both authorities and academia.<br />The General Assembly concluded with a major announcement, as AVEC’s President, Paul Lopez, presented the so-called “Berlin Declaration” in which the European poultry meat sector commits to develop a “Sustainability Charter” to be published at the start of 2022. Through this commitment, AVEC intends to demonstrate that European Poultry Meat is part of the solution in the fight against climate change by developing concrete solutions to improve the sustainability of the sector. The sector aims at finding a balance between the 3 pillars – Environment, Social and Economy to establish true sustainability.</p> <p>AVEC’s Secretary-General, Birthe Steenberg, made clear that “the level of commitment of the EU poultry meat sector is highly dependent on the willingness and capacity of the EU Commission to defend the sector from unfair competition from third countries. It is of huge importance that the efforts implemented in EU poultry meat sector – which will raise the production costs – are not met with a counter effect of larger imports of poultry meat from third countries. We produce meat in a very climate-smart way in Europe – so importing more meat from third countries will, in the end, lead to higher GHG emissions globally.” The launch of this sustainability charter is an unprecedented effort from the sector to respond to society’s concerns on sustainability and highlights the high level of responsibility from the sector to face the upcoming challenge of climate change.</p> <p><span class="VIiyi" lang="en"><span class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="es" data-phrase-index="0">The poultry meat sector is a strategic asset in the EU food system, with a total production value of € 38 billion, with exports worth more than € 2 billion a year, and provides direct employment to</span> <span class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="es" data-phrase-index="1">more than 370,000 people.</span> <span class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="es" data-phrase-index="4">In Europe, conventional poultry meat production represents 80% of the market.</span> <span class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="es" data-phrase-index="5">Using highly efficient production processes, only a minimal amount of natural resources is needed to generate a protein source of great value to the human diet.</span></span></p> <p>The 63rd AVEC General Assembly was also an opportunity to say a huge thank you to Vice President and former President of AVEC Paul-Heinz Wesjohann from the German PHW Group. Mr. Wesjohann who has dedicated a lot of work through the decades to fight for the best framework for the European Poultry Meat Sector retired from the AVEC Board. He received a standing ovation as current AVEC President Paul Lopez informed participants that Mr. Wesjohann was the first Honorary President of AVEC.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2021-09-15 09:58:23 | 2025-08-09 14:46:24 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 7971 | The European pork production is stabilizing again | After significant declines in the European pork production in the past two years, Eurostat figures indicate a stabilization this year. According to them, 0.7% more pigs were slaughtered in the first eight months of the year than in the same period last year. However, the development in the individual member states was very different. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">According to preliminary data from the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat), between January and August 2024, around 146 million pigs were slaughtered in the reporting slaughterhouses in the 27 EU member states. That was around 1.1 million animals or 0.7% more than in the first eight months of the previous year. Due to the higher slaughter weights, pork production even increased by 1.9% to 13.9 million tonnes. This indicates that the downward trend of the past two years has now stopped, where the declines were very significant at 8.1% (2023) and 3.1% (2022).</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In 17 EU-27 countries, pig slaughterings increased, while in ten countries they decreased. Pig slaughterings increased in the eastern EU member states in particular: in Croatia, the increase compared to the previous year was 8.3%, in Poland 7.5%, in Bulgaria 7.2%, in Romania 6.0%, in Hungary 6.3%, in the Czech Republic 5.3% and in Estonia 3.4%. A slight increase of 1.0% was also recorded in Germany. Slaughterings fell in the Netherlands (-3.0%), Denmark (-2.6%), Spain (-0.5%) and Austria (-1.1%), among others. It is noteworthy that in Denmark, the amount of pork produced was higher than in the previous year despite the declining number of animals. Due to the 5 kg higher slaughter weight, 2.5% more pork was produced from January to August of the current year than in the first eight months of the previous year.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2024-12-01 00:10:40 | 2025-08-11 07:29:28 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 160 | The European pig prices remain unchanged in the first week of September | <p> </p> <p>Apart from in Germany, unchanged quotations are also reported on from the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and Austria. According to reports from the association of Austrian agricultural improvement producers, pigs for slaughter are even very much in demand in Austria.</p> <p>The pigs-for-slaughter prices still are tending to be weak in the Southern countries, such as Spain, France and in Great Britain. After the very hot summer temperatures in Spain, more live animals are on offer for sale there again. The seasonal price decrease is continuing. Spanish exporters are expecting competition on the pork export market to quite severe from the USA.</p> <p>The French pigs-for-slaughter market remains rather negative. After the latest price reduction (a corrected 3.6 cents), the corrected quotation meanwhile is amounting to 1.58 euros per kg slaughter weight. Thus, the French quotation is moving the same way as is the Dutch quotation which has borne the red light most recently in the European price structure of the five EU member countries most significant in pig keeping. Within just seven weeks, the French corrected quotation has gone down by almost 11 cents. Much pressure has been exerted for quite some while on the prices in meat trade. As states a French market participant, ham sales above all are facing a lot of trouble.</p> | 1 | Industry | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2017-09-11 07:10:00 | 2025-08-11 00:44:23 | Details Edit Delete | ||
| 6580 | The European Parliament vote arrives at large majority against Commission's rhetoric on livestock farming | The European Parliament voted as a large majority (367 votes in favour - 245 against) against any enlargement of scope of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) covering livestock farms. Besides, as the clear message sent to the European Commission, the Parliament recognised the IED is an ill-suited legislative instrument that simply ignores basic realities of the livestock sector. | <p style="font-weight: 400;">Copa and Cogeca have been exposing for months the problems and difficulties that the application of the Commission's proposal would cause on the ground; unbearable administrative and economic costs, risk of liquidation or excessive concentration, and of shifts of production toward non-EU countries.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Whilst the Council failed to recognise this in its general approach and MEPs sent a clear message of support to the farming sector. MEPs voted to maintain the scope of application for rearing activities for pigs and poultry (2,000 pigs and 40,000 places) and rejected the inclusion of cattle or mixed farms.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Nevertheless, MEPs have decided to retain certain provisions that could prove problematic in practice. The aggregation rule especially, asks Member States to adopt measures to consider two or more installations located close to each other run by or under the control of the same operator as one. In this case, the Council was more accurate when stating that competent authorities “may consider” these installations as one. In trialogue, negotiators should make sure that this rule does not create more harm than the good it is intended to protect and, especially, that it does not enlarge the scope of application.</p> | 1 | Market | adrian.lazar@industriacarnii.ro | 2023-07-13 00:10:38 | 2025-08-11 03:48:55 | Details Edit Delete | |
| 3080 | The European livestock sector urges the Member States to reject Mercosur deal | Five large interprofessional associations signed a document to express their discontent with the free trade agreement. | <p>Five important interprofessional associations from the European livestock sector are urging members of the European Parliament and the Member States to reject the Mercosur deal as the agreement seems to favor the South American companies.<br />"This agreement, which will facilitate access to the European market for nearly 100 000 tonnes of additional South American beef, represents an economic danger for the entire European cattle industry as well as for the health of European consumers" says a joint statement of Assocarni (Italy), Assoprovac (Spain), Irish Farmers' Association (Ireland), Interbev (France) and PZPBM (Poland).<br />Cattle breeders in the EU have expressed their concerns about the quality of the meat and low regard for environmental issues from their South American competitors. "Nearly 100,000 tonnes of South American beef produced with banned substances in Europe and under conditions of little or no environmentally regulated farming, including largely responsible for deforestation, will soon be available to consumers European.<br />Not to mention that most of these meats are produced in Brazil, whose particularly below-average traceability and sanitary control system is known around the world ... as evidenced by the recent cases of fraud and contaminated meat to Europe," said the joint statement.<br />All these issues and the difficult context gave the cumulative effect of trade agreements and uncertainties related to Brexit may impact the livestock sector in Europe and the industry calls on the European Parliament and the Member States to reject the agreement.<br />"Our agriculture, our environmental and societal values are the opposite of those of these Mercosur partners. The health of our consumers is directly concerned. On the economic front, our farmers will not be able to face this new challenge," says the press release.</p> | 1 | Industry | 2019-07-09 07:28:12 | 2025-08-11 03:41:44 | Details Edit Delete |
