Have the USDA Understated Ethanol Impact On Food?
US - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer is leaning on a weak reed in claiming that the ethanol boom is responsible for only a tiny fraction of the dramatic increase in world food prices, according to an independent agricultural economist.

Weekly US Broiler Hatchery Report
US - Broiler Chicks Placed Down 2 Percent, report the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

H7N3 Creeps in to Tyson Breeder Flock
US - A flock of Tyson breeder hens have been exposed to a low pathogenic strain of avian influenza (LPAI). The USDA and the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission are trying to manage the flock and so far there have been no reported cases that any...

Tyson Rips Off Antibiotic Free Chicken Label
US - Tyson has backed down this week after having its antibiotic free chicken claims rejected over the course of the last year. Instead the company has asked the United States Department of Agriculture to consider initiating a public process to bring...

EU Vets Reject US Poultry Plans
EU - National experts from the EU's member states have thrown out Commission plans to lift a ban on imports of chicken treated with chemicals, reviving trade tensions between the EU and the US ahead of a major summit next week (10 June).

Bird Flu Surveillance Programme to Start in Canada
Farmer poultry organizations support the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) surveillance programme for low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) but they do not think farmers get adequate compensation if flocks must be depopulated.

KFC Canada Commit to 100% CAK Meat Purchase
CANADA - KFC Canada this week became the first major restaurant chain ever to commit to sourcing all of its meat exclusively from controlled-atmosphere killing slaughterhouses, albeit with a little pressure from PETA.

Mood Nutrients in Eggs may Answer Winter Blues?
AUSTRALIA - According to the latest research from the Australian Egg Corporation Limited eggs may well provide an easy well to beat the winter blues. With the onset of winter in Australia many people may feel the affects of Seasonal Affective Disorder,...

Experts Cry Out for More as Zoonoses Spread
EU - Zoonoses, diseases that are transmitted between vertebrate animals and humans, are on the rise and the meat industry is having to pay the price.

DA Endeavors to Stabilize Meat Supply and Prices
MANILA - The Department of Agriculture (DA) has been taking concrete steps to stabilize the domestic supply and prices of chicken and pork amid the double whammy of escalating production costs and tightening global supplies, according to reports from...

CIWF: UK in Shadow as Avian Flu Crisis Looms
UK - This latest outbreak of Avian Influenza is a reminder that a major pandemic is not far away says Philip Lymbery, Chief Executive of leading farm animal welfare charity Compassion in World Farming.

Bird Flu Back in Britain
UK - The Chief Veterinary Officer, Nigel Gibbens, has today confirmed Avian Influenza in chickens on premises near Banbury in Oxfordshire after preliminary tests were positive for the H7 strain. All birds on the premises will be slaughtered as a precautionary...

AFBF: 'Real Solutions' Needed at Rome Summit
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Farm Bureau Federation this week is participating in the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Summit on food security, climate change and renewable fuels, which is being held in Rome.

Product Test Policy May Prevent Mass Recalls
US - The American Meat Institute (AMI) today told USDA that it would support an agency policy that would require companies to control product tested by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) until the test results are known.

International Egg and Poultry Review
US - By the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service - This is a weekly report looking at international developments concerning the poultry industry.

CME: Companies Decline as Much as 6% in Shares
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 3^rd June, 2008.

Flying Against the Wind of Climate Change
UK - According to a new survey, poultry producers in the UK are embracing new measures to combat the effects of climate change.

Developing Agriculture Needed in Developing Countries
EU - In adopting a resolution on rising food prices in the EU and the developing countries, MEPs say that priority should be given to investment in agriculture, aquaculture, rural development and agribusinesses in developing countries.

Lending an Ear to the 76th Annual OIE Session
PARIS, FRANCE - Approximately 600 participants representing the 172 OIE Member Countries and organisations took part in the 76th Annual General Session of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The session discussed the global progress of animal...

Inside the Egg: Chicks Born with Healthy Bacteria
US - The conventional wisdom among scientists has long been that birds acquire the intestinal bacteria that are a necessary for good health from their environment, but a new University of Georgia study finds that chickens are actually born with those...

Tours Feature Prawns and Subscription Farming
URBANA, US - Two tours in July sponsored by University of Illinois Extension represent the broad diversity in what is considered sustainable agriculture.

Bioproperties' Tinworth Recognised
AUSTRALIA - RMIT University, Melbourne, has conferred a Doctor of Applied Science honoris causa on David Tinworth.

DuPont Positions Itself for Long Term Growth
NEW YORK, US - At an investors’ conference here today, DuPont Chairman and CEO Charles O. Holliday, Jr., said the company is accelerating growth through DuPont innovation that addresses global macro trends related to food, safety and security, and renewable...

US Pledge Another $5 Million to Fight Bird Flu
US - The United States Department of Agriculture yesterday pledged a further $5 million in the continuing battle against the global spread of bird flu. The Avian Influenza Coordinated Agricultural Project (AICAP) will now be run for another three years....

A Tight Spot: Vietnamese Poultry Feels the Squeeze
VIETNAM - As long as feed prices in Vietnam continue to skyrocket, losses for poultry producers will keep piling up. Now, producers are wondering where to turn next.