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19 February 2019
Brazil develops first genomic assessment system for dairy cattleBRAZIL - The first Brazilian genomic assessment product for dairy herds whose aim is to select genetically superior animals is available to dairy farmers. The service is named Clarifide Girolando and is aimed at such cattle breed, which results from crossing...
01 November 2018
Genes that Could Lead to Improvement of Beef Cattle IdentifiedBRAZIL - Beef cattle improvement programs have focused for decades on promoting the rapid growth of calves. Now, the goal is to improve other traits, such as meat tenderness or ribeye muscle area....
16 November 2017
How to Keep Cows HappyBRAZIL - Corrals are used on livestock farms around the world to round up the animals when they need to be weighed or vaccinated. New research now shows that removing splashes of colors, shadows or water puddles from corrals, keeping noise levels down...
03 November 2017
Arla Sells Share in VigorBRAZIL - Following a change in ownership of Brazilian dairy company Vigor S.A., Arla Foods has decided to divest its eight per cent share in the company with immediate effect....
02 October 2017
Nutrition Key to Increasing Productivity in Intensive BreedingBRAZIL - Improving the productivity of Brazilian livestock means not only finding ways to make the cattle produce more meat or more milk, but also addressing issues such as diseases....
23 August 2017
Mechanism Impairing Production of Bovine Embryos RevealedBRAZIL - A longstanding obstacle to the market for bovine embryos is about to be removed. Researchers have described a hitherto unknown mechanism of lipid accumulation in oocytes that limits the success of in vitro production of bovine embryos....
18 August 2017
Molecule Increases Pregnancy Rate, Number of Offspring in CattleBRAZIL - Researchers at Inprenha Biotecnologia, a company based in Jaboticabal, São Paulo State, Brazil, working in partnership with colleagues at the University of São Paulo's Ribeirão Preto School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (FCFRP-USP), have discovered...
05 August 2016
Nanostructures Aid Mastitis Fight in Brazilian ResearchBRAZIL - A product based on nanotechnology is the new focus of agricultural research to tackle bovine mastitis - inflammation of the mammary gland that affects dairy herds worldwide. ...
22 June 2016
Brazilian Dairy Sector Meets Government to Discuss Cutting Red TapeBRAZIL - Minister Blairo Maggi from Brazil's agriculture ministry MAPA has met with representatives of the dairy production chain to discuss ideas to reduce bureaucracy....
05 October 2015
New Sustainability Guide for Brazil's Livestock Industry Open for ConsultationBRAZIL - In order to further reinforce the growing sustainable practice of the Brazilian livestock sector, the Brazilian Roundtable on Sustainable Livestock (GTPS) has created a sustainability guide and is now opening it up to public consultation in...
29 September 2015
Possible Tax Lift for Brazil’s Dairy FarmersBRAZIL – Dairy farmers could be exempt from half of a 9.25 per cent levy on fresh milk sales as of 1 October, a supply chain meeting heard on Friday....
28 September 2015
Good Weather Helps Brazil to Record Grain CropBRAZIL – Favourable production conditions in key producing regions have pushed Brazil’s grain yields to bumper levels, lifting 6.4 per cent on the prior year....
24 July 2015
Brazil Added Poland and Now Must Farm SmarterBRAZIL – Agricultural land expanded by 33 million hectares between 1990 and 2010 in Brazil and now the challenge is to drive for productivity and sustainability....
26 May 2015
China Access Grows Again for Brazilian SlaughterhousesBRAZIL – Brazil will soon have 26 meat plants authorized to export to China, potentially worth $520 million in annual sales, the government announced last week....
22 May 2015
China-Brazil in Bilateral Trade DealBRAZIL - China and Brazil are to step up action on a bilateral trade agreement....
15 May 2015
Brazil Has Blueprint for Secure Dairying FutureBRAZIL – Brazil’s government has set a course for a competitive and high quality dairy supply chain. ...
12 May 2015
Curbing Rainforest Destruction is Work in ProgressBRAZIL – Amazonian rainforest destruction by the cattle industry is being slowed by deforestation agreements, although researchers assessing the new scheme’s implementation say there are ways to play the system....
30 April 2015
BRF Income SoarsBRAZIL - Poultry, meat and dairy processing company BRF, has seen net income of R$461.6 million in the first quarter of 2015, an increase of 42.8 per cent from the first quarter of 2014....
23 March 2015
High FMD Vaccination Rate in BrazilBRAZIL - Brazil managed to immunise more than 97.8 per cent of cattle and buffalo against Foot and Mouth Disease throughout the country, results from the second phase of a vaccination campaign in 2014 show....
03 March 2015
Brazilian Land Appreciates Over 600 Per CentBRAZIL – Farmland prices in central Brazil have increased by nearly 700 per cent since 2002, with mean increases above 300 per cent....
02 March 2015
BRF Sees Sales Profits RiseBRAZIL - Brazilian meat, poultry and dairy processing giant BRF saw net income more than double in 2014 reaching R $ 2.2 billion, an increase of 109.4 per cent compared to the previous year....
03 February 2015
MSD Offers Technical Education on Sustainable Beef Practices in BrazilANALYSIS - MSD Animal Health's portfolio of products is only part of the service they provide to cattle producers in Brazil. Now they are sharing technical information and management techniques through e-learning, field days, meetings and practical curriculum...
09 January 2015
Why Are Brazilian Milk Prices at a Four Year Low?BRAZIL – Brazil’s low milk prices are the result of a milk production increase after investors were buoyed by high 2013 milk prices, say economists....
07 January 2015
Brazil Appoints First Female Minister of AgricultureBRAZIL - In a ceremony held on Monday 5 January, at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA), Senator Katia Abreu took over from the former minister, Neri Geller, as the Minister of Agriculture....
16 December 2014
Brazilian Genomics Shaves Weeks of TB DetectionBRAZIL – Two breakthroughs have reduced tuberculosis testing waiting times on bovine samples from three months to two days....
09 December 2014
BRF Sells Dairy Arm to LactalisBRAZIL - Brazilian meat and food processor BRF has completed the deal to sell its dairy interests to Lactalis....
03 December 2014
Nutreco Acquires Two Brazilian Premix, Feed CompaniesBRAZIL - Nutreco has acquired two animal nutrition companies in Brazil. This expansion is in line with its strategy to expand into growth geographies....
26 November 2014
BRF Adopts New Animal Welfare PracticesBRAZIL - Brazilian meat and food processor BRF has joined forces with international animal welfare organisation, World Animal Protection, to improve animal welfare practices in its supply and production chain....
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