Market trends

EU farming union Copa and Cogeca says that the EU is deliberately delaying the publication of a technical report from the Joint Research Council on the Farm-to-Fork strategy and side-lining farmers in policy discussions.…

Australia's National Farmers Federation (NFF) has welcomed the government's new Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) method priorities, saying that they allow farmers to adopt a "whole of farm approach" when addressing agricultural emissions. …

The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) writes that the UK's supply chain woes and labor crisis cannot be addressed with existing government strategy.

Croatia’s poultry processors can take advantage of direct EU grants to address liquidity shortages stemming from the coronavirus crisis.

Recent poultry export data shows that shipments of poultry meat grew 21.3% while revenues increased by 52% as prices increase.

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced an investment of more than $146 million in sustainable agriculture research projects that will make the American farm and food system more resilient to climate challenges.

A labor court in Santa Catarina has confirmed an injunction ordering JBS SA, the world's largest meatpacker, to reinstate about 40 indigenous people dismissed after May 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic started to ravage meat plants in Brazil.…

Businesses and industries wrestle with perhaps the worst supply chain bottlenecks to-date

This week's round-up of news from the global poultry industry includes USDA efforts to control salmonella outbreaks and an overview of China's livestock feed sector.

Brazil, under fire for failing to stop destruction of the Amazon rainforest, plans to show the world at next month's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) that it can fight climate change while remaining a top agricultural powerhouse, says Environment Minister Joaquim Leite.…

Nestle is launching plant-based substitutes for eggs that closely mirror the taste, nutrition and performance of the originals.

Denmark's agricultural and forestry sector must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% and 65% by 2030 compared with 1990 levels, a majority in parliament agreed.

Vietnam has turned to imports of corn as a feed ingredient to support the level of meat production, which increased nearly 30 percent in the last decade.

South Korea’s antitrust regulator has fined seven poultry processing companies for 25.1 billion won ($21.2 million), alleging that the firms colluded to keep chicken prices artificially high.

The UK National Farmers Union (NFU) is calling for a review of Defra's future farming program for England as recent labor and supply chain shocks make reductions in the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) more daunting.

Gas prices all over the world are extremely high. Problems started last winter, which was cold in Asia, and gas demand was high there.

Retail sales of the meat, fish and poultry are now beginning to settle back to a more ‘normal’ pattern, but overall volumes are up

Members of AVEC, the European Poultry Meat Association, have committed to develop a sustainability charter that will be published in early 2022.

More than 54,000 people in the UK have signed an open letter to Environment Secretary George Eustice that calls for the UK to retain its current level of 60% self-sufficiency in food production.

McDonald’s Corp set a new target to cut global greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, from the beef in its burgers to the light bulbs in its restaurants.