Asia is a major poultry meat trading region, as a big importer of some products and an exporter of others, writes industry analyst Terry Evans. Poultry accounts for more than 40 per cent of the world meat trade. Discounting trade between EU states, the FAO’s Food Outlook considers that trade in poultry meat will rise by 2.6 per cent this year to reach 13.1 million tonnes. On a global basis chicken meat accounts for more than 90 per cent of the poultry meat trade. For all poultry meat, Asian exports are expected to amount to 2.1 million tonnes while imports could exceed 6.9 million tonnes. Asia plays an important role in the world trade in. Read more...
Quite a bit of attention has been given to total red meat and poultry production both this year and next, write analysts Steve Meyer and Len Steiner. As reported by USDA, total red meat includes four red meats - beef, pork, lamb, and veal - which are measured on a carcass basis. The poultry items are: broiler (young chicken), other chicken (mature birds), and turkey, which are on a Ready-to-Cook (RTC) basis. Of course, that is a wide array and set of quite different proteins, which have much different markets and demand profiles. The long term trend is for US production of red meat meats and poultry to increase and 2015’s level will be record large.. Read more...
The total number of pigs slaughtered in Germany in the first 6 months of 2015 has grown by 2.3% to a record number of 29.3 million pigs. Figures from the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reveal that the total amount of slaughtered pigs grew year-on-year by 673,000. This growth is mainly due to the number of slaughtered pigs that was farrowed and reared in Germany. This domestic finisher pig production grew between January and July 2015 by 3%, which equals an increase of 780,600 animals. The number of finishers that was farrowed and reared abroad, but finished in Germany, dropped in these same six months in 2015 by 4.8% when compared to one year. Read more...
Competitive power and market position are pivotal to success in the modern-day pig business in Europe, as between 2007 and 2014 pork consumption in the dynamic European Union (EU) has declined. Rabobank believes the EU pork industry will see few opportunities for margin improvement in the coming years. [Photo: Bert Jansen] That, in short, is the conclusion fromthe latest Rabobank report, titledThe EU Pork Industry; Competitive Power Is Key. The bank concludes there are five key success factors of EU pork processors: cost competitiveness, sourcing, efficiency, market approach and client access. Cost price higher & cheaper proteins The recent decline in. Read more...
Feeding the world’s growing population requires targeted investments to unleash the productive potential of millions living in rural areas, where nearly 80 per cent of the world’s poor are found, said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva. "It is a hard task, but it can be effectively done through a combination of investment in social protection, and targeted pro-poor investment in productive activities,” he said, speaking at an event on finance for food, held on the sidelines of the World Food Day ceremony at Expo Milan. Social protection transfers, he said, can provide incomes and food to improve the nutrition of. Read more...
At the end of September and according to the General Statistics Office, Vietnam had about 2.5 to 3.0 per cent more pigs on farm as compared to last year at this time (all livestock are up about 4 per cent), write Ron Lane, Business Director for Asia Pacific and Meggie Vo, Genesus Marketing Representative in Vietnam. Currently in Vietnam, pork production is a relatively well developed market with stable demand and reasonable profits. Large scale breeding farms and the pork value cold chain from the farmers through distributors to the consumers continue to grow with economic efficiency. Recently, pork prices in the southern provinces were lowered as there was. Read more...
Organic farmers, processors, traders and importers must meet higher but realistic sustainability criteria and undergo strict food fraud checks to boost trust in the EU organic label, said agriculture MEPs on Tuesday. They introduced measures to avoid contamination of organic food, including on mixed organic and conventional farms, and endorsed plans to help small farmers turn organic. "We are satisfied with our position before trialogues. But we know that all this will only work in practice if all operators involved take responsibility to make organic farming work better," said the rapporteur, Martin Häusling, who will lead Parliament's negotiating. Read more...
A special forum titled ‘Thailand and Russia - Bilateral cooperation through the lens of Thai business” will be held in Bangkok on November 3, 2015. Russian Ambassador to ThailandKirill Barsky will open the forum with a speech on bilateral trade between the countries. Other speakers at the event include Nutthakrit Sivasri, Chairman (overseas operations), CP Group of Companies, and Yuthasak Supasorn, Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand. The forum, which is being organized by the Thai-Russian Chamber of Commerce, will also have a session dedicated to media ties between the countries. Speakers at the media session include Pana Janviroj, President. Read more...
Individual countries within the EU should not be allowed to decide to ban GM food and feed products, Environment Committee MEPs decided this week. Members are concerned that the proposal might prove unworkable and lead to the reintroduction of border controls between pro and anti-GMO countries. The proposal will be subject to a vote by the whole European parliament at the end of October. “A clear majority in the committee does not want to jeopardise the internal market. For us, the existing legislation should remain in place, and member states should shoulder their responsibilities and take a decision together at EU level, instead of introducing. Read more...
Russians have had to adjust their consumer behavior to the ongoing economic crisis. Some 62 percent of them have switched to buying cheaper food and goods (against 58 percent in January), the Russian Public Opinion Study Center (VTsIOM) said. The number of people who have been buying fewer goods and spending less on their entertainment or have stopped doing so at all more than six months ago has markedly grown (from 21 percent in January to 37 percent in September), VTsIOM said, presenting a poll of 1,600 individuals held in 130 populated localities in 46 regions on September 26-27. Another 20 percent said they had been acting in that manner for the past six months,. Read more...
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