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The Purdue Animal Sciences Department celebrated the retirements of Marcos Fernandez, PhD, and Allan Schinckel, PhD on December 10.
Record-high support for the EU's Common Agricultural Policy, with 70% backing its role in sustainable food and 92% valuing agriculture's future.
This marks a major shift for the regulation of animal food, providing animal food innovators an alternative pathway to the recently ended process.
The U.S. boosts efforts to keep out foreign animal diseases.
The FAO Cereal Price Index in December was relatively unchanged from November. For the year as a whole, the Index averaged 13.3% below the 2023 level.
Thailand's pig production increased last year as the country recovered from African swine fever. Pork imports and exports increased.
By contrast, pig meat prices declined, underpinned by weaker-than-expected consumer demand in the European Union ahead of the winter holidays.
China's grain output reached 706.50 million tons for the first time in 2024.
How FAO is leading the charge to safeguard all pigs in Asia and the Pacific.
A study in pigs, which shows that inhaled vaccines could potentially reduce viral transmission and improve efficiency, is an important step toward advancing vaccines for human use.
Søren Skou, former CEO of A.P. Møller Mærsk, was nominated and approved by the board of representatives as a new external member of the Danish Crown Board of Directors. He is also the proposed candidate for the position of chairman of the board, which will be elected in December.
Exports to China had the largest reduction, explained in particular by reductions in exports of pigmeat.
Results from the Alltech 2024 European Harvest Analysis indicate that overall risk is moderate to high.
SowBridge, the distance educational series begins its next program year in early February 2025, and registration is now underway.
Deforestation law: Parliament gives companies extra year to comply