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Construction of the Ontario Poultry Research Centre in Elora turns an infrastructure investment into a commitment to research closer to production. The Government of Ontario announced more than CAD 24 million for the centre on 7 …
Hong Kong’s suspension for defined areas in the United States and the United Kingdom shows how an avian outbreak can rapidly become a trade issue of geographic precision. On 5 October, Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety ordered …
The U.S. investigation into an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with chilled ready-to-eat multi-ingredient chicken wraps underlines a critical distinction: a product containing chicken does not, by itself, identify chicken as …
A South Dakota State University trial provides a practically important result for assessing natural feed additives in cattle finishing: oregano essential oil did not automatically replace disciplined control of ration design, …
The confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza in two Washington State dairy herds again puts biosecurity at the centre of animal-production chains as a cross-species discipline. On 8 October, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health …
The U.S. fourth quarter is not opening with one uniform animal-protein market, but with three clearly different supply situations. An analysis published by CoBank on 7 October describes beef constrained by cattle availability, …
British foodservice data show that red-meat performance cannot be adequately explained by an overall trend for each species. AHDB published figures on 8 October covering the 52 weeks ending 6 September. Beef, lamb and pork all …
The update to the U.S. livestock and meat international-trade dataset may initially look like a formatting matter. But for procurement, market analysis and cross-border comparison, its message is methodological: meat flows are …
Delicious is not a description. Two people taste the same steak. One thinks it is wonderful; the other would rather have a different cut on the plate. Both say “juicy”, yet they may mean something entirely different by it. I have …
Teagasc places verifiable eating quality at the heart of value creation for Irish beef. For the Ashtown Food Research Centre, tenderness and flavour are the decisive measures, but the commercial challenge is not to demonstrate an …
A new UK nutrient analysis updates a foundation that had not received a comprehensive review of fresh beef for more than three decades. Commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care, the Food and Nutrition NBRI at the …
US export figures for August show why the value of an international meat chain cannot be read from a single destination market. According to USMEF, US beef exports reached 86,362 tonnes, up 4% year on year, while value rose 13% to …
The quarterly avian-influenza report from EFSA, ECDC and the European reference laboratory provides a risk baseline for the transition into a new season, not a forecast for every farm. Between 5 June and 28 August 2026, 110 highly …
At the SOMMET DE L’ÉLEVAGE in Clermont-Ferrand, the French poultry sector has introduced an Agora dedicated to white meat and animal health in Hall 2. AFIVOL is participating from 6 to 9 October alongside ANVOL, CNPO, ITAVI, ILGS …
A study published on 1 October examines how diet can simultaneously affect broiler performance and technological attributes of the meat. Five diets were compared in 300 birds: a maize-based diet, two diets in which rice bran …