The European Commission is making preliminary inquiries to determine whether a full-blown investigation into alleged price-fixing in the French pork and beef markets is justified.
China is among a host of countries planning a visit to inspect Ireland’s meat processing plants in 2016, with a view to boosting exports of a range of products, including its famed Irish beef.
South Africa has ended its trade dispute with the US, allowing most imports of beef, pork and poultry access to the market, after what the US described as “intense” negotiations
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has contracted DNA laboratory Weatherbys and Eurofins Genomics to genotyping over one million cows by 2017.
Dutch company Impala Invest BV and Greek food industry player Chipita have formed a partnership to jointly take over an as yet unnamed meat processing company based in southern Europe in order to expand their market presence in the region.
Finnish meat manufacturer HKScan has sold its 25% stake in Gotlands Slagteri and in Svensk Butikskött in order to “focus on its core business areas” like branded meat processing.
About 67% of all canned meat and large part of dairy production production at the Russian market is counterfeit, according to a study by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE).
Hungary’s poultry meat processor Gallicoop Pulykafeldolgozó Zrt and meat retail and wholesale trader Novro Kft have both invested to increase capacity and market presence in the Hungarian meat market.
Norwegian farmers are opposing a host of proposals from a government-appointed ‘green tax committee’, which are designed to cut emissions. These include introducing a carbon tax on red meat consumption and reducing government subsidies for the industry,...
Farmers in Europe are suffering from a loss of confidence as real-term wages across Europe’s agriculture sector have fallen by 4.3% compared to 2014, with Germany registering the largest fall of any EU state.
Gwyn Jones,the newly-elected chairman of animal health for Copa and Cogeca, has used his new position to call on EU politicians to be sensible and realistic in their review on antibiotic legislation.
Russia’s beef industry is going through the perfect storm, as it faces simultaneous reductions in production, imports and consumption, as well as unresolved problems concerning the low profitability of cattle-breeding businesses.
Brazilian food producer BRF has revealed a “strategic plan of globalisation” as its $496m acquisition of three companies across Asia, Europe and South America nears completion.
A new European meat joint venture involving Denmark’s leading beef and pork processor Danish Crown and Germany’s Westfleisch aims to be a tough competitor to German’s current market leader Tönnies GmbH & Co, Danish Crown’s head of press has said.
An enhanced technology assistance scheme to help spread best livestock and arable farming practice around the world is likely to emerge from the Paris climate change conference talks.
Bryansk Meat Company (BMC), a subsidiary of Russian agricultural holding Miratorg, has increased its daily capacity for the production of beef steaks to 1 tonne (t).
US president Barack Obama has suspended agricultural benefits to South Africa under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) after its repeated refusal to resume imports of US chicken.
The European Union and New Zealand are set to progress negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA), in a move that holds particular significance for the red meat industry.
Two Romanian meat processors, Marcel and Morandi, are planning to significantly increase their revenues this year, with higher export sales driving improved results, according to senior company representatives.
Canadians will be able to buy beef from 19 European countries for the first time since 1996, after the Canadian government decided to reopen the trade route which was closed following the outbreak of BSE two decades ago.
Saudi Arabia has lifted a 15-year ban on French beef, opening a market closed due to BSE and offering potential to an industry hurt by low prices and the Russian embargo.
The EU plans to offer a €40 million subsidy programme to the Zimbabwean meat and livestock sector, aimed at resuscitating a struggling industry whose processors are operating at well below capacity.
Russian meat giant Miratorg is to invest RUB160 billion (US$2.5bn) on production projects in the next five years in an effort to double its pork and beef capacity and increase its international standing.
One key to a successful Kickstarter campaign is to create “stretch goals” that incentivize existing backers to find more investors to help unlock additional rewards, advises Michael Salguero, founder of the grass fed meat delivery service Butcher Box.
Icelandic farmers are worried that two key trade agreements with the European Union (EU) will result in an influx of imported processed meat products - offsetting potential gains in increasing lamb exports to the 28-member country bloc.
€500m in aid for European farmers hit by low prices in the pork and dairy sectors has been scorned by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and farming body Copa & Cogeca.
Ukraine has finally lifted an eight-year ban on meat imports from Poland, according to Polish prime minister Ewa Kopacz, following a meeting with Ukraine prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk last month.
The Swedish competition authorities have approved the acquisition by KLS Ugglarps, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Danish Crown, of a majority stake in the slaughterhouse Dalsjöfors Slakteri near Borås, east of Gothenburg.
Russian meat giant Miratorg plans to increase the supply of beef cuts to McDonald’s restaurants in 2016, giving the fast food chain the opportunity to launch a new premium Black Angus burger.
