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The Trump administration will provide an additional $1 billion to a federal programme that provides food to American families dealing with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

China’s July pork imports have more than doubled to 430,000 tonnes from 2019.

The UK's green recovery from the coronavirus is a "golden opportunity" for the farming sector to show global leadership in sustainability and food security.

Canadian meat processor Maple Leaf Foods Inc has suspended exports of pork to China after a coronavirus outbreak was reported in a plant in Manitoba.

Congratulations to Charlie Thompson of Bridge House Farm for being nominated as Britain’s Pig Farmer of the year. Below are the details of that recognition. Bridge House is a Genesus Nucleus in Great Britain.

Coronavirus lockdowns have made consumers more frugal with food, with many consuming leftovers and embracing home cooking. If the trend continues, experts believe it will provide a major boost in tackling climate change.…

ACIAR is celebrating its SafePORK project, which is successfully working with wet market retailers and small-scale abattoirs in Vietnam to increase the use of improved food safety practices in the handling of pork.

Investment from the Canadian government brings aid organisations together to provide surplus food to people in need.

The Chinese port city of Shenzhen now requires additional tests on frozen meat and seafood after detecting traces of COVID-19 on food imports last week.

Brazil’s Aurora, the country’s third largest chicken and pork processor, confirms that Hong Kong has blocked imports from its poultry plant in Xaxim, Santa Catarina over COVID-19 fears.

China is expected to have a food supply gap of about 130 million tonnes by the end of 2025 as demographic shifts see its urban population expanding while its rural workforce ages.

China’s chicken producers are ramping up expansion plans despite a slump in consumer demand due to COVID-19, reducing reliance on food imports as officials raise concerns about the safety of foreign meat.

Brazil’s JBS SA is reviving plans to list shares on Wall Street after dealing with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

Meat processor Cranswick PLC says it expects retail demand for meat to normalize for the rest of 2020 as the restaurant sector reopens after lockdowns helped its revenue surge 25 percent in the first quarter of 2020.

Chinese shoppers have expressed dismay at reports of traces of the coronavirus being found in frozen food imports, with some saying they will avoid the products.

Data from AHDB shows that Brits are buying more take-out than they did before lockdown, with latest figures showing a 2 percent rise in orders compared to March 2020.

Two cities in China have detected traces of the novel coronavirus in containers of imported frozen food. The WHO believes the risk of the virus entering the Chinese food chain remains low.

Brazilian food company BRF SA is facing challenges meeting China’s demands that meat exports be tested for potential COVID-19 contamination.

Brazilian meat packing giant JBA SA posted better than expected results, achieving net profits nearly twice as high as analysts’ average estimates.

The Trump Administration’s COVID-19 relief package has disproportionately gone to large corporate farms – with the top 10 percent of farms receiving 60 percent of state aid, while the bottom 10 percent claiming 0.26 percent of funds.…