Venezuelan Milk Producers Concerned by Inaction
VENEZUELA - Milk producers in Venezuela are concerned about the lack of promised government support for their industry and imported dairy products crowding their output out of processing plants.

Venezuela Ends Beef and Milk Import Preferences
VENEZUALA - The Venezuelan Minister of Agriculture and Lands announced the end of the import preferences that were given to beef and milk in 2008 “because the supply problems have been solved.

Land Takeovers in Venezuela Threaten Dairy Supply
VENEZUELA - The Government has recently taken over some 87 farms in the western portion of Venezuela, one of the country’s most important milk producing regions. Cattle producers estimate that milk production could fall by 100,000 liters per day as a...

Chavez May Seize Farms, Plants to Boost Food Output
VENEZUELA - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said the government may take control of more private farms and food plants to increase production of beef and milk amid shortages.

Venezuela vaccinates 95 percent of livestock against foot-and-mouth
VENEZUELA - Venezuela has vaccinated 95 percent of cattle in the country against foot-and-mouth disease, Agriculture and Land Minister Elias Jaua Milano said Thursday.

Controls force beef, dairy, meat prices up 38 percent
VENEZUELA - María Cristina Iglesias, Minister of Light Industries and Trade confirmed this week that the price controls on meat are to remain in force.