April 2022

Tobacco plants produce ingredients that promote cell growth. Israeli startup BioBetter is repurposing tobacco plants to produce ingredients that promote cell growth in a step that could remove one of the biggest obstacles to large-scale lab meat manufacturing, reported Reuters.

Vaccine potentially protects birds from the H9N2 strain of avian flu at hatch. Pirbright scientists recently developed a potential bird flu vaccine that offered better protection to chickens. This vaccine was easier and less costly to produce than traditional flu vaccines.

Undesirable textural changes in chicken in the modern poultry industry. Woody breast (WB), or “Spaghetti meat” affects modern, rapidly growing, high breast yield broilers.

Weaned piglets fed diets containing a monolaurin and tributyrin blend had equal performance to piglets fed a diet supplemented with high levels of zinc oxide, finds a Greek study.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is disrupting supplies of grains and fertiliser to Europe, sparking fears over food security. It has also ignited a debate over the role that animal agriculture plays in the bloc’s food system.

China is seeing its biggest COVID-19 outbreaks in two years, with partial or citywide lockdowns in multiple places and mostly for non-essential services. We look at the implications along with potential market disruption from the Black Sea conflict.

Freetilizer – Turn waste into gold. Managing livestock manure is a constant challenge for farmers. The key is to start thinking of it as a resource with value rather than just waste.

Cahaya Technology Unggas (CTU), the poultry breeding division of South Korea’s Harim Group in Indonesia, is increasing its hatchery capacity.

Chicken is an important source of protein in Malaysia. On average, each of us consumes 50kg of chicken per year, making us one of the largest broiler meat consumers in the world.

Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), on Sunday, April 3, urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to “work double time” to address the ongoing Avian Influenza (AI) or bird flu outbreak in the Philippines, reiterating that the country has yet to recover from the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak …

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries (MAFI) has allocated some RM150 million to implement various programmes across all agriculture, fisheries and livestock sub-sectors in Sarawak.

GreenFeed Vietnam, a Vietnamese food chain company, has acquired the Mekong Delta-based French chicken supplier LeBoucher. The value of the deal has not been disclosed.

China, Indonesia & Vietnam Turn Towards Broken Rice for Animal Feed Due to Increasing Price of Maize. Unable to fulfilling their maize needs, the maize buyers from Indonesia are slowly turning towards the broken rice.

As part of preventing the lessening of aquaculture deposits in the territorial area, the Fisheries Department issues prohibitions to capture the designated sizes of fingerlings and prawns in rivers, creeks and lakes in the hatching season.

The Board of Investments (BoI) said on Monday that it approved the registration of a P61.8-million hog breeding facility in Pampanga, adding to the industry’s capacity and ensuring the steady flow of meat products into the market.

The Russia-Ukraine war may indirectly compromise Malaysia’s food security through a surge in the price of fertilisers and animal feed among other things.