Accounting for over half the world's swine, China's swine sector is faced with years of challenges from scarce contaminated feed, painful consolidation and perverse government policies.
Queensland's beef producers are in their worst crisis in almost a century as drought and a beef glut takes its toll, with prices as low as during the 1972 crash.
Canadian growers are expected to plant their biggest wheat crop in more than a decade and Australian wheat growers can expect some tough competition from Canadian counterparts during the next year.
The US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) believes that US exports to Japan in 2013 will increase about 45% to 496 million pounds, topping the US$1 billion mark for the first time since 2003.
Thailand may avoid high tariffs on its future shrimp exports to the United States after it produced evidence that it was not involved in dumping practices alleged by the US.
Vietnam's local poultry farmers are suffering losses as prices have slumped over poor consumption brought about by consumers' hesitation to consume chicken, following news reports of the new bird flu virus strain in China.
Due to brisk buying by private traders in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and a drop in yields in Punjab and Haryana, India will purchase less wheat in the 2013-14 crop marketing year for its central stocks.
Chinese grain imports may fall 17 % this season from the prior period on higher corn prices spurred by US drought and increased domestic production, the United Nations' Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) said.
Since January, Chinese authorities have seized 20,000 tonnes of illegal meat products and solved 382 cases of meat-related crime- primarily the sale of toxic, diseased and counterfeit meat.
Cheap financing costs due to the strength of the Thai baht have driven big Thai companies, especially the CP Group, to accelerate its investment overseas and acquire businesses abroad.
PT Perkasa Agung Sejati (PAS), the largest feed producer in eastern Indonesia, has begun operations of its new feed mill in Makassar Industrial Estate, south Sulawesi in East Indonesia.
In order to rebuild trust after a series of scandals left local brands' reputations in tatters, China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd announced to buy a US$410 million stake in China's largest unpasteurised milk producer.
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