05Nov
JBS to buy Brazil poultry producer Agroveneto
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JBS SA, the worlds largest beef producer, said on Monday it signed a deal to buy local poultry processor Agroveneto for 128 million reais $63.02 million just months after its first move into Brazils poultry sector. JBS will acquire Agroveneto, which specializes in ground poultry meat, by [...]
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09Jul
Meat producers face record feed prices
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Meat producers are braced for a sharp hit to profits after the price of a key ingredient for fattening chickens and pigs hit an all-time high as a result of the intense heatwave in the US farming belt. Soyabean meal, crushed from oilseed and mixed with corn to make animal feed, on Thursday [...]
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05Jul
Brazil Claims SA Industry Body Inflated Poultry Imports
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The South African Poultry Association “grossly overstated official import statistics” in submissions to the investigation into poultry imports from Brazil, documents addressed to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) from Brazil claimed. According to BusinessDay, the claims by the Brazilians [...]
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20Jun
Brazil approach WTO in RSA poultry dispute
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Yesterday, Valor Economico, a leading Brazilian newspaper, reported that Brazil is preparing to commence proceedings against South Africa at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This will be the first time that Brazil takes action at the WTO against a member of the BRICS group. According to [...]
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14Jun
Uruguay seeks to capitalise on European audit
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The General Director of Husbandry Services of the Ministry of Husbandry, Uruguay, Francisco Muzio, is attending a meeting today in Brussels with the authorities of the European Sanitary Services to achieve a better positioning of Uruguay after that a recent European audit proved the sanitary [...]
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14Jun
Marfrig obtain Rainforest Alliance Certification
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Marfrig foodstuffs and meats group has obtained the certification hallmark from the Rainfores Alliance Institute, one of the main world organisation for the development of forest protection protocols. The organisation has over 25 years of experience in the USA. The plant Marfrig possesses in [...]
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07Jun
Brazil’s JBS says suing Greenpeace after report
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BS says ranches mentioned by Greenpeace not on Ibama list Brazil’s JBS, the world’s largest meat company, said on Wednesday it would sue environmental organization Greenpeace for what it called false claims that could cause it to lose business and hurt its image. In a report it released this [...]
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23May
Paraguay working hard to eradicate FMD
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SENACSA will start sampling FMD virus at country level in June, to determinate virus absence. Howerver the effort the country has made in controlling and eradicating the virus has proven positive so far, the concern about the outbreaks origins is still there. The bordering countries authorities [...]
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23May
Uruguayan steer third most expensive in the world
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The Uruguayan steer is the third most expensive in the world. It is more expensive than in Australia, New Zealand, Brasil or Argentina; the new High Quality Beef quota will help to sustain the prices. The beef sector in Uruguay is starging a new phase. Very gradually, a new niche, the one of [...]
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17May
EU Grain Fed Quota Changes
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The EU High Quality Beef 2 quota, generally referred to as the ‘grain-fed’ quota, allows the duty-free import of beef from animals that conform with a complex specification. Only 5 exporting countries can comply with the specification currently: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Uruguay. [...]
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