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A recent review of broiler-meat quality brings together areas that operational practice often treats separately: genetics, feeding, health, environment, pre-slaughter handling and post-mortem conversion. It places muscle energy …
The visit by German Federal Minister of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity Alois Rainer to Vion’s cattle slaughterhouse in Waldkraiburg has again put regional slaughter infrastructure on the professional agenda. Animal …
The UK Food Standards Agency is proposing a redesign of discounts on meat official-control charges in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The paper, published on 3 September for an FSA Board meeting, follows a public consultation …
The European Commission’s poultry-meat dashboard, updated on 2 September, shows a market whose signals need to be read together. The EU weekly average broiler price stands at EUR 289.49 per 100 kg carcass weight. In the …
Circularity and innovation for livestock will be central themes at the informal meeting of EU agriculture and fisheries ministers in Dublin from 6 to 8 September. The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking, which reported on …
A new review in *Veterinary and Animal Science* consolidates the state of nutrigenomics in livestock and poultry production. The term describes the systematic study of how nutrients, diets and bioactive components interact with …
On August 31, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its “Ranchers First” initiative, a package intended to rebuild the U.S. cattle herd. Its announced elements include a Livestock Risk Protection endorsement for retaining …
On August 27, Insee reported that French producer prices for animals fell again in July 2026 compared with June, by 1.6%, following a 1.4% decline in the preceding month. Within that aggregate, however, movements differed sharply. …
On September 2, the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association opened preproposal submissions for its 2027 Spring Research Competition. Universities and research institutions may submit a one-page synopsis by November 2. Final funding …
On September 1, the American Meat Science Association made available a recording revisiting three discussion topics from its recent RMC conference: sustainable water management, meat’s role in human nutrition, and foreign-material …
A by-product from cannabidiol extraction, spent hemp biomass cannot automatically be regarded as a safe poultry-feed ingredient merely because it may reduce costs or repurpose residual material. A newly published broiler feeding …
The re-emergence of New World screwworm is putting animal health back at the centre of supply security. The pest attacks wounds in warm-blooded animals; beyond the direct suffering it causes, infestations can affect handling, …
Heat stress does not begin only when the thermometer reaches extreme temperatures. Scotland’s Farm Advisory Service stresses that the combination of temperature and humidity should be assessed through the temperature-humidity …
The debate over how to strengthen regional meat processing in the United States has reached a fundamental point: added capacity and easier access for smaller operators can be expanded, but meat placed on the commercial market must …
An update from the UK Health Security Agency shows that the safety of apparently secondary ingredients can determine the risk profile of a meat dish. British authorities are continuing to investigate several Salmonella Enteritidis …