Still Room for More US DDGS in Mexico
MEXICO - Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) has proven to be a valuable and growing commodity for global agriculture. Mexico has consistently been the number one importer of the co-product of US ethanol and the US Grains Council is optimistic...

Industrias Bachoco on the Acquisition Trail
MEXICO - Industrias Bachoco has strengthened its north-east business with new agreements and assets acquisitions, including a feed mill, chicken processing plant and increased poultry breeder and incubation capacity.

Bachoco Reports Higher Q2 Sales, Margin
MEXICO - Industrias Bachoco has announced its second quarter (Q2) 2009 results. Sales were up by more than 20 per cent, and operating margin improved despite the challenging economic conditions in Mexico during the quarter.

Mexico Bans Poultry from Two Kentucky Counties
MEXICO - On 7 April 2009, the Government of Mexico informed USDA that imports of live birds, fresh eggs, poultry meat products and by products chilled and /or frozen from two Kentucky counties. According to a report by the USDA's Foreign Agricultural...

Bachoco Announces First Quarter 2009 Results
MEXICO - Industrias Bachoco S.A.B. de C.V. (Bachoco), the country's leading producer and processor of poultry products, has released its for the first quarter ended 31 March 2009.

International Egg and Poultry Review
MEXICO - By the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). This is a weekly report looking at international developments concerning the poultry industry. This week's report is about the poultry situation in Mexico.

Production Forecast to Decline Slightly in 2009
MEXICO - Mexico’s poultry production is forecast to decline slightly in MY 2009 (January-December), due to higher production costs created by the devaluation of the peso, according to the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) in their GAIN report....

Meat and Poultry Products Not Part of Tariff Hikes
MEXICO - Meat and poultry products are not on the list of US products that will be subject to retaliatory tariffs, published by the Mexican government today in the Official Diary.

Bachoco Performs Well in 08 Despite Difficult Market
MEXICO - Industrias Bachoco has announced its fourth quarter and 2008 full year results. Although overall operating margin was slightly negative, sales were up in all sectors (poultry meat, eggs, turkeys, feed and pigs).

Launch of FIGAP/VIV América Latina 2010
MEXICO - At the IPE in Atlanta a new VIV initiative was announced: FIGAP/VIV América Latina 2010. The exhibition takes place on 21-23 October 2010, in Guadalajara, Mexico.

FLA Closes Poultry Shop
MEXICO - Direct action gets the goods in Mexico, claims Frente de Liberación Animal (FLA; Animal Liberation Front).

Bachoco CEO Optimistic Despite Disappointing Q3
MEXICO - Industrias Bachoco S.A.B. de C.V. (Bachoco), the leading producer and processor of poultry products, has announced its unaudited results for the third quarter and first nine months ended 30 September 2008.

Bachoco: Sound Structure for Financial Survival
MEXICO - Bachoco - leading chicken producer with interests also in turkeys, pigs and beef - has revealed its sound financial structure will allow it to survive the current economic storm.

Hy-Line Held Technical Seminar in Mexico
MEXICO - In June 2008, Hy-Line International teamed up with Hy-Line de Mexico and held a technical school in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico.

Arkansas Poultry Ban
MEXICO - The Mexican Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing and Livestock has banned the import of poultry from Arkansas.

Blessed Chick: Hen that Lays Green Eggs
MEXICO - Ordinary-looking hen with brown feathers has become a celebrity in Cuautitlan, a small village north of Mexico City, because every day she lays an egg with a green shell.

Tyson Foods and Tyson de México Support Flood Relief Efforts
US poultry giant, Tyson Foods and its Tyson de México poultry subsidiary are providing financial support and food to aid flood recovery efforts in southeastern Mexico.

Dealership Vencomatic in Mexico
MEXICO - Recently Vencomatic signed a dealership agreement with Proyeccion Tecnica Agropecuaria SA de VC from Mexico. The company will represent Vencomatic in the Central American area, specially in the countries Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua,...

Industrias Bachoco and the Mexican Chicken Industry
MEXICO - Like Brazil, South Africa and Thailand, Mexico is still very much a developing country. Its per capita GDP is a mere $10,000 — one-fourth of the GDP here in the United States.