BIRD FLU: WHO: Mutated Avian Flu Virus Can Infect Humans
Catch up on all the latest news on the Avian influenza outbreaks. This news page provides an overview and links to all the latest news and information surrounding the outbreaks of Bird Flu across the globe.

Cobb Research Team Expands in Two Continents
NORTH AMERICA & EUROPE - The expansion in the Cobb research programme is forging ahead in North America and Europe where new appointments strengthen the company team developing products for the future.

Road-Show Fosters Sales of US DDGS
GLOBAL - US distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was sold at the Southeast Asia DDGS Road Show, organised by the US Grains Council. The use of DDGS for poultry has tripled since 2005.

Growing Interest in Plastics from Feathers
GLOBAL - Processors are seeing the potential for feather-based plastics.

USDA, Israel Sign Agreement on Research
ISRAEL AND US - Officials with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MOARD) of the State of Israel have signed a formal agreement in Washington, DC, to collaborate on research to meet the...

Wheat Prices Set to Remain High for a Decade
GLOBAL - High wheat prices are not a one-off, according to a senior Rabobank official.

CME: Russian Heat-Wave May Spark Wheat Crisis
GLOBAL - Russia's announcement yesterday (5 August) that it would suspend wheat exports may have been the spark needed to set off the tinderbox that has been the wheat market of the past three weeks, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner in their Daily...

IPC Chooses Santiago for Next Meeting
GLOBAL - Osler Desouzart, an international marketing consultant from Brazil, and Dr Paul Aho, poultry economist based in the United States, will headline the upcoming fall meeting of the International Poultry Council (IPC) in Santiago, Chile.

Wheat Production Forecast Cut; Supplies Adequate
GLOBAL - The impact of unfavourable weather events on crops in recent weeks has led FAO to cut its global wheat production forecast for 2010 to 651 million tonnes, from 676 million tonnes reported in June.

Mexico Imports Canadian Chicks, Hatching Eggs Again
CANADA & MEXICO - Exports of Canadian poultry genetics are soon to resume to Mexico, following government agreement.

International Egg and Poultry Review: Global
GLOBAL - This is a weekly report by the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), looking at international developments concerning the poultry industry. This week's report covers the customs union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, and new Viet...

Joardar Joins Hy-Line Sales & Marketing Team
ASIA - Hy-Line International is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Dinabandhu (Dina) Joardar, as the Regional Director for Southeast Asia & Pacific Rim (excluding China) effective 1 July 2010.

Sanofi-aventis, Merck Appoint CEO for New JV
GLOBAL - Sanofi-aventis and Merck have announced their intention to combine Merial with Intervet/Schering-Plough, to create a new global leader in Animal Health to be called Merial-Intervet. Raul Kohan has been appointed CEO of the new joint venture...

WTO Supports China over US Chicken Imports
GLOBAL - The World Trade Organization (WTO) is reported to be backing China in its trade dispute with the US over chicken.

Improved Disease Prevention in Animal Health
GLOBAL - Governments could save billions of dollars by stepping up the prevention and control of high impact animal diseases, some of which pose a direct threat to human health, FAO said today.

New Appointment by Termotecnica Pericoli
ASIA - Chong Kit Leong has been appointed Regional Technical/Sales Manager-Asia for Termotecnica Pericoli.

DSM Poultry Tour Asia 2010
GLOBAL - DSM Poultry Tour Asia 2010, a seminar of five experts discussing the theme 'Unlimited Opportunities for the Poultry Industry Beyond 2010', was launched in Sydney, Australia, on 10 May.

Disease Control Requires Information Exchange
GENERAL - Exchanging and disseminating scientific information in real-time is essential to prevent and control diseases around the world. That is one of the main conclusions of the Second Global Conference of the OIEs 227 Reference Laboratories and Collaborating...

Regulation of Food Markets Desirable
GENERAL - Some regulation of commodities futures markets is desirable, according to FAO, but any intervention should be cautious and stop short of imposing tight limits or an outright ban on such trading.

Farm Prices Rise, Food Security Concerns Persist
GENERAL - Farm commodity prices have fallen from their record peaks of two years ago but are unlikely to drop back to their average levels of the past decade, according to the annual joint report from the OECD and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation...

International Egg and Poultry Review: East Asia
GLOBAL - This is a weekly report by the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), looking at international developments concerning the poultry industry. This week's report focuses on the poultry situation in East Asia.

International Collaboration on Coccidiosis Vaccines
GLOBAL - An institute belonging to the UK's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is working together with a number of research centres in India to save chickens by uncovering the genetic diversity of the parasite that causes...

Project Set up to Reduce Disease in Ethiopian Villages
GLOBAL - Institutes belonging to the UK's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) are to work on a joint project with local partners to reduce poultry diseases in Ethiopia.

USGC to Japan and Philippines: Why Not Sorghum?
GLOBAL - The US Grains Council (USGC) recently embarked on an informational marketing campaign championing the advantages of US sorghum to feed millers in Japan and the Philippines.

Turkish Poultry Export Ban to Russia Lifted
GLOBAL - After a visit to Turkey by a Russian delegation in May, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture announced that import restrictions on Turkish poultry are gone and that the Russian quota for Turkish poultry will increase to 150,000 metric tons (MT)...