November 2022

A study led by Griffith University in Australia has found that tropical oyster reefs have a far greater diversity of reef-building oyster species than those in temperate waters.

Pig Improvement Company (PIC) and the National Pork Board (NPB) are joining forces to create a framework that demonstrates how swine genetics can affect sustainability efforts.

North American dairy farmers can add the corn hybrid to silage and see feed efficiency boost of around 5%, including carbon, land and water reductions. ‘There doesn’t seem to be a downside for producers to try the technology . . .

The latest strain is of particular concern to producers. In a recent news report from Utah State University, experts warned that the strain of highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) is likely to spread even more rapidly this season.

Despite the recognized benefits of yeast supplementation in the rumen, results are variable and inconsistent across published research, likely due to the lack of consistency among yeast strain, dose, and physiological or trial conditions, finds a paper.

There has been little in the way of additional feed phosphate capacity, globally, in the past few years, says CRU.

As rising gas and electricity costs pressure feed mill profitability in many markets, feed compounders are looking to maintain maximum feed plant capacity, lower the total costs of ownership of their processing plants, and optimize use of resources to secure their businesses.

A new study published in Nature: Food reveals social, economic and political barriers are preventing more countries from benefiting from aquatic food systems.

As inflation outpaces wage growth, pork producers are treading cautiously with supply sizes despite current demand for pork products, according to Rabobank’s fourth quarter RaboResearch report.

The Sarangani provincial government is planning to build a P300-million agri-fishery complex, which will mainly cater to some 50,000 small and medium-scale fisherfolk. Sarangani Gov. Rogelio D. Pacquiao, in his first 100 days report delivered last week, said the project could be financed by state-owned Land Bank (LANDBANK) of the Philippines.

Border checks on poultry and poultry products are being stepped up after Vietnam reported that bird flu had been diagnosed in a human patient last week.

Stir-fried grasshoppers or cookies made with cricket flour could pop up on menus here. Singaporeans may soon be able to consume insects, with the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) seeking feedback from the food and animal feed industry to allow insects for human consumption and as livestock feed. The changes in regulation could potentially allow people to consume species such as crickets, beetles, moths and bees.

The Marcos administration is planning to extend lower tariff rates on key commodities such as pork, corn, rice, and coal to next year, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said, as the government seeks to curb rising food inflation. “[The] economic managers have repeatedly raised the needed measures to address food inflation…

Singaporeans will have to wait a little longer for fresh broiler chicken from Malaysia. The Malaysian authorities had confirmed on Sunday that the chicken export ban would be lifted on Oct 11, but local importers are expecting live broiler chickens to come in later this week.

Bank DBS Indonesia issued a short-term loan worth Rp 500 billion to aquaculture start-up eFishery, as announced in a signing ceremony held on Friday.

The subsidies for chicken breeders and chicken egg producers have been extended from October until December this year, at a rate of RM0.80 per kilogramme (kg) for chickens and RM0.08 per egg, said Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee.

The Department of Fisheries plans to implant microchips into 100 giant catfish in an attempt to use DNA-based techniques to promote breeding, in a species under close watch by conservationists due to falling numbers.

The community-focused seaweed farming organisation MARI Oceans has entered a funding partnership with leading impact investors Deliberate Capital and the Swiss Re Foundation, to enhance current seaweed farming practices in Indonesia.