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 US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Ministry of...

IPC Chooses Santiago for Next Meeting
GLOBAL - Osler Desouzart, an international marketing consultant from Brazil, and Dr Paul Aho, poultry economist based in...

Sustainable Beef Production
GLOBAL - World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and global leaders from the beef industry today announced their intent to bring together...

ABIEC Hits Back at Negative Mercosur Comments
BRAZIL AND THE EU - There has been much speculation recently regarding an EU-Mercosur trade deal. Here, Otávio Hermont Cançado,...

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....

World Talks about Salt Reduction in Food
GLOBAL - The Food Standards Agency of the UK and the World Health Organization (WHO) will today welcome experts from 33 countries...

China Open Doors To Canadian Beef
CHINA, CANADA - The announcement of a new agreement that will open China to Canadian beef appears to be a significant development...

Regulation Of Food Markets Desirable
GENERAL - Some regulation of commodities futures markets is desirable, according to FAO, but any intervention should be cautious...

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...

Live Cattle Exports Rising in Southern Hemisphere
GLOBAL - Brazil, Uruguay and Australia are countries frequently associated with international beef exports, writes Joe Burke,...

International Prices of Agricultural Commodities Drop
GLOBAL - International prices of key food staples have dropped during the first five months of 2010 according to the latest...

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...

EU-Canada Trade Talks Stumble
GLOBAL - In trade talks between Canada and the EU, agriculture is providing one of the stumbling blocks: European negotiators...

EU Opens Discussion of Animal Welfare in Latin America
GLOBAL - The European Commission is encouraging low-cost practices and educational strategies to promote animal welfare in...

South Asia Ready to Order More Beef
ASIA - Supported by the fastest growing population and economies in the world, South East Asia & Greater China continued...

International Egg and Poultry Review: Mercosur
SOUTH AMERICA - This is a weekly report by the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), looking at international developments...

McDonald's Global Sales Rise
GLOBAL - McDonald's Corporation has announced global comparable sales growth of 4.9 per cent in April.

McDonald's Announces Strong First Quarter Growth
GLOBAL - Fsst food chain McDonald's has announced strong results for the first quarter of 2010 driven by all areas of the...

Brazil Seeks to Boost Middle East Poultry Meat Exports
GLOBAL - The Middle East is the region taking more than 30 per cent of Brazil's poultry meat exports, with the Gulf states...