Category: Poultry & Meat

In an ongoing dispute between chicken importers and local chicken farmers about lowering the prices of poultry products, trade movement FairPlay founder Francois Baird has challenged chicken importers to reveal their “substantial” profits…

Tight margins for layers, ongoing issues with avian influenza and the aftermath of Covid-19 have led to a decrease in poultry production this season. Poultry feed production, including integrated poultry units (IPU),…

Brazil’s first quarter poultry exports sharply higher The first three months of 2022 saw poultry meat export volumes significantly higher while income surged. With many of its competitors unable to…

The history of global meat company JBS is so strewn with villainy you do wonder where to start. In 2017, it paid a $4.5 billion fine after its billionaire owners…

China has temporarily suspended beef imports from four Brazilian slaughterhouses, two operated by JBS SA and two by Marfrig. The Chinese government did not detail the reasons for the beef…

Brazilian food processor BRF SA is cutting 25% of director positions as part of a restructuring that comes on the heels of a massive first-quarter loss, according to a source…

JBS – the largest meat processing company in the world – has announced it has become a majority shareholder of BioTech Foods, a cultivated protein company based in Spain. BioTech Foods operates…

Brazilian food processor BRF SA (BRFS3.SA) confirmed it has made wearing a face mask “optional” at its Carambei chicken plant starting Sunday, according to a statement sent to Reuters on Tuesday. The…

Malaysia will halt exports of 3,6 million chickens a month from June 1, and investigate allegations of cartel pricing, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said on Monday. The move is…

  As part of its effort to combat food price inflation, the Mexican government has suspended import duties on pork, beef and poultry through the end of 2022. Mexico has…