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Slash-and-burnAmnesty attacks JBS

JBS is accused by human rights activists of promoting illegal grazing in the Amazon rainforest and destroying indigenous reservations.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – July 22, 2020

DealCherkizovo signs agreement with Cargill

RUSSIA, Moscow. The companies announced that Cherkizovo is to acquire a chicken processing facility by Cargill.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – July 22, 2020

CoronavirusCleanzone 2020 wants to set an example

GERMANY, Frankfurt. To ensure that the trade fair offers a safe, Messe Frankfurt has developed a concept uniting hygiene, organisational and medical measures.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – July 22, 2020

Covid-19Rising uncertainties cloud agricultural prospects

FRANCE, Paris. In the short term, the impacts of the pandemic interrupt the generally positive medium-term outlook for global agricultural production.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – July 22, 2020

Corona crisisTönnies presents urgent programme

GERMANY, Rheda-Wiedenbrück. The company is using numerous measures to restructure, among other things, the areas of housing and work for former contract workers.

by Steffen Bach – July 21, 2020

Corona infections66 cases at Wiesenhof

GERMANY, Lohne. The slaughterhouse in Lohne does not have to be closed. The infections are not directly related to the production.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – July 21, 2020

Preliminary proceedingsTönnies defends himself against accusations

GERMANY, Rheda-Wiedenbrück. The public prosecutor's office in Bielefeld is targeting the management. Clemens Tönnies rejects the accusations.

by Steffen Bach – July 21, 2020

Pork400,000 animals ready for slaughter in Germany

GERMANY, Oldenburg. Despite the still large overhangs in Germany, the price decline is stopping - the re-start at Tönnies in Rheda gives hope.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – July 21, 2020

Meat MarketEuropean farmers hope to sell more pigs

BELGIUM, Brussels. The re-start of the Tönnies plant in Germany was also received with relief in other EU countries.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – July 21, 2020

KeminBreaking ground on new QC lab

USA, Des Moines, Iowa. The new facility will bring together the experts from the company's various business units to enhance collaboration and showcase technologies.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – July 20, 2020

SaleMaple Leaf Foods sells poultry plant

CANADA, Mississauga Maple Leaf Foods the sale of its poultry plant in Drummondville, Quebec, and associated supply, to Giannone Poultry of St. Cuthbert, Quebec.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – July 18, 2020

Study Nutrition while a pandemic

GERMANY; Berlin. The makers of the "nu3 Corona Study" examined the effects of the pandemic on eating, exercise and body weight.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – July 17, 2020

Tönnies Cutting starts in trial operation

GERMANY, Rheda-Wiedenbrück. The employees in the dismantling department in Rheda-Wiedenbrück may gradually resume their work.

by Stefanie Pionke – July 17, 2020

PandemicRural industries adapt to new circumstances

USA, Greenwood Village. Industries have grappled with how to adjust its business. Agricultural supply chains have been massively disrupted and lost revenue.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – July 16, 2020

TönniesISN expresses relief

GERMANY, Damme. In order to relieve the market, large quantities must now be processed quickly, demands the German pig farmers' organisation.

by Steffen Bach – July 16, 2020

TönniesSlaughter restarts

GERMANY, Rheda-Wiedenbrück. Further subdivisions of the Tönnies Group go back into operation. Reisinger (slaughtering) and Acontex (blood processing) start going back to work.

by Sandra Sieler – July 16, 2020

EarningsPig farmers do well

DENMARK, Copenhagen. Demand from China will ensure an exceptionally good year in 2019. The milk producers also earned more.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – July 16, 2020

Chicken ProcessingPlukon and CFG join forces

THE NETHERLANDS, Nijkerk. From the sourcing of raw materials, existing logistics channels and available production capacity, the companies will further strengthen each other.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – July 15, 2020

ResultsCherkizovo struggled with prices and export opportunities

RUSSIA, Moscow. The company announced this week operating results for June and the second quarter of 2020.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – July 15, 2020

Global TradeChina's imports rose rapidly in the first half of the year

CHINA, Beijing. China imported 4.75 mill. t of meat including offal in the first six months of the year, up 73.5% on the same period a year ago.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – July 15, 2020