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EU slaughter cattle marketsPrices predominantly weaker

Young bulls can still hold their own on the EU market - cows and heifers are still on the decline.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – October 07, 2020

TysonPromoting workplace safety

USA, Springdale, Ark. The company examined how to keep employees, their families and communities healthy and safe.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – October 06, 2020

PoultryUSDA updates the National Poultry Improvement Plan

USA, Washington, DC. The updates include new scientific information and technologies.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – October 06, 2020

MondiTwo awards for sustainable food packaging

AUSTRIA, Vienna. The company has been recognised in this year’s Austrian Green Star Packaging Awards for two recent sustainable packaging innovations.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – October 05, 2020

IGW Professional 2021The meeting place of the International Green Week

GERMANY, Berlin. Taking as its slogan ’Rooting for Tomorrow’, IGW Professional will be taking place from 20 to 21 January 2021 on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – October 05, 2020

DSMErber Group acquired

THE NETHERLANDS, Heerlen. Royal DSM announced the completion of its acquisition of Erber Group for an enterprise value of €980 mill.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – October 04, 2020

Fairselcom Ukraine and iran agrofood will take place

UKRAINE, Kiev; IRAN, Tehran. Despite the pandemic both fairs will open their doors as live events.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – October 03, 2020

LivestockGerman live pig imports falling even before ASF outbreak

UNITED KINGDOM, London. The country is a significant importer of live pigs for both fattening and slaughter.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – October 01, 2020

GrowthLargest hiring rush since the opening of Horsens

DENMARK, Randers. Huge Asian demand and more pigs for slaughter makes Danish Crown hire a total of 375 new employees at three of the group's abattoirs in Denmark.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – October 01, 2020

New OpportunitiesLooking beyond Covid-19 and African swine fever

THE NETHERLANDS, Utrecht. China’s animal protein market has experienced great volatility in recent years.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – October 01, 2020

African swine feverSecond core zone established in Brandenburg

GERMANY, Märkisch-Oderland. Three weeks after the first confirmed finding, the number of confirmed ASF cases in wild boars in Brandenburg adds up to 38.

by Daphne Huber – October 01, 2020

Suspected caseSwine fever is spreading

GERMANY, Potsdam. African swine fever has now been detected in a wild boar outside the risk area. The official confirmation is still pending.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – September 30, 2020

MarketingFlexitarians do not feel addressed by advertising

GERMANY, Hohenheim. Ever more humans reduce meat consumption in favor of vegetable alternatives. Current marketing reaches however large target group of the Flexitarier not sufficiently.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – September 30, 2020

Plastic wasteSüdpack invests in joint project with Recenso

GERMNAY, Ochsenhausen. The Collaboration marks an initial pioneering step by the leading film manufacturer towards an efficient circular economy in the market.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – September 30, 2020

AgricultureMeat production will also increase in 2020

RUSSIA, Moscow. Russian milk and meat production in 2020 is expected to be higher than in the previous year. Growth is particularly strong for pork.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – September 29, 2020

ConferenceLet's Plant Meat won Asia's plant protein award

THAILAND, Bangkok. A start-up from Thailand received the Plant Protein Award from Buhler and Givaudan at the Future Food Asia 2020 conference.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – September 29, 2020

DiseaseNumerous new ASF cases in Poland

POLAND, Warsaw. Again, also the continuances of house-pigs are affected. Another infected wild boar was officially confirmed in Germany.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – September 29, 2020

AlternativesNew plant-based company founded

GERMANY, Hamburg. Planteneers are the experts for plant-based alternatives within the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – September 28, 2020

SustainabilityWeltec builds 7-MW biogas plant near Seoul

SOUTH KOREA, Seoul. The biogas plant in South Korea is to produce heat from food waste.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – September 28, 2020

TradeBrazil moves ahead in global beef exports

AUSTRALIA, North Sydney. Brazilian beef exports supported by a favourable exchange rate and strong Chinese demand.

by Editor fleischwirtschaft.com – September 28, 2020