Policy and regulation

Britain asked the European Union for a further three months to resolve a dispute over whether chilled meat products such as sausages, produced in the mainland United Kingdom, can continue to be sold in Northern Ireland.

The USDA has announced that it will be reinstating animal welfare standards on farms producing organic meat governed by the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) final rule.

China’s animal market plays a massive role in driving global feed demand. The composition of Chinese imports has been shifting toward higher value products, especially in meat and animal protein.

The lack of digital infrastructure is slowing the flow of remittances, leaving millions of rural families across the globe in poverty says IFAD.

The governments of Canada and Ontario are developing a program that fosters leadership skills and inspires careers in Canada's agriculture sector.

Brazil’s government has published a new regulation to align rules for genetically modified (GMO) crops with global standards, a move the agriculture lobby says will make it easier to import more GMO soy and corn from the United States.…

The market top for US lean hog futures begins to appear and the USDA introduces sweeping changes to tackle recurring issues in the livestock sector.

Australia's National Farmers Federation (NFF) has hailed the UK-Australia trade agreement as a "new beginning".

Irish food firm Kerry Group Plc announced that it would sell its British and Irish Consumer Foods’ Meats and Meals business to US poultry processor Pilgrim’s Pride Corp for €819 million ($975 million).

The USDA is earmarking additional aid to farmers and ag businesses as part of its Pandemic Assistance for Producers Initiative.

China’s pig herd is up 23.5% in May 2021 from the same period a year ago, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

The latest analysis from the AHDB's David Swales delves into the implications for food standards and farm animal welfare in the recently-agreed trade pact between the United Kingdom and Australia.

The US Agriculture Department (USDA) is defending efforts to wipe clean government-backed loans to farmers facing decades of discrimination, despite a temporary restraining order on the debt relief plan issued by a US District court last week.…

The National Farmers Union has issued a statement after Australia and the United Kingdom agreed in principle to a free trade pact on 15 June.

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is urging Congress to address shipping and logistics bottlenecks at US ports in new testimony.

Farming groups across the United States have issued a statement deploring a temporary restraining order that stops indigenous and minority ethnicity farmers from claiming relief under Section 1005 of the American Rescue Plan Act. …

US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Tuesday 15 June threw his support behind a proposal to establish a special investigator to address concerns about anti-competitive practices in the meat and poultry industries.

American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) President Zippy Duvall commented on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement of its intention to reverse the Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

Britain and Australia have agreed a trade deal after talks between their prime ministers ironed out outstanding issues, Australian Minister for Trade Dan Tehan said on Tuesday 15 June.

While debating the European Union's biodiversity policy, members of the European Parliament re-defined the concept of sustainability to focus more on environmental elements - but this could hamstring the agriculture sector's ability to deliver on biodiversity targets. …