The European Commission has approved two new schemes proposed in the Netherlands that would compensate livestock farmers in certain areas who choose to close their breeding sites voluntarily, Agriland reported.
Taiwan s Consumers Foundation opposed the country s Food and Drug Administration s (FDA) proposal to lift a ban on imports of Canadian beef from cattle older than 30 months, Taipei Times reported.
Despite an increase in sales last year, the Indonesian poultry sector is expected to see limited growth this year as firms bottom lines are eroded by a prolonged oversupply of live birds and higher input costs, Jakarta Post reported.
The Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) will complete two facilities worth PHP 100 million (~US$1.8 million; PHP 10 = US$0.18) that will produce protein-enriched copra meal (PECM), a less expensive animal feed ingredient, by the fourth quarter of 2023, The Philippine Inquirer reported.
European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis and Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski met with Ukrainian officials and representatives of five EU member states which border Ukraine and are affected by the increase in Ukrainian agricultural imports.