FMD NEWS: More Chinese Cattle Hit By FMD
GLOBAL - Keep up-to-date with Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreaks across the world.

Standard For Sustainable Cattle Production Systems
GENERAL - The Standard for Sustainable Cattle Production Systems, a tool that will help cattle farmers implement good environmental, social and animal-welfare practices and enable them to voluntarily apply for the Rainforest Alliance Certified™ seal of...

US/ Canadian Cattle Inventory Down Two Per Cent
CANADA & US - Cattle numbers are falling, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, US Department of Agriculture.

DDGS Road Show Fosters Sales of US DDGS
SOUTHEAST ASIA - US distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was sold at the Southeast Asia DDGS Road Show, organised by the US Grains Council.

Promoting Milk To Young Children
UK & US - Dairy UK today welcomed David Cameron’s rejection of proposals to scrap the Nursery Milk scheme, which benefits under-five-year-olds throughout Britain. In the US, the International Dairy Foods Association has applauded the passage of child...

CME: Russian Heat-Wave May Spark Wheat Crisis
GLOBAL - Russia's announcement yesterday (5 August) that it would suspend wheat exports may have been the spark needed to set off the tinderbox that has been the wheat market of the past three weeks, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner in their Daily...

Wheat Production Forecast Cut; Supplies Adequate
GLOBAL - The impact of unfavourable weather events on crops in recent weeks has led FAO to cut its global wheat production forecast for 2010 to 651 million tonnes, from 676 million tonnes reported in June.

Sanofi-aventis, Merck Appoint CEO For New JV
GLOBAL - Sanofi-aventis and Merck have announced their intention to combine Merial with Intervet/Schering-Plough, to create a new global leader in Animal Health to be called Merial-Intervet. Raul Kohan has been appointed CEO of the new joint venture when...

Improved Disease Prevention In Animal Health
GLOBAL - Governments could save billions of dollars by stepping up the prevention and control of high impact animal diseases, some of which pose a direct threat to human health, FAO said today (27 July).

Travel Award For 2011 International Jersey Conference
GENERAL - Young Jersey breeders who have exhibited unique leadership qualities and achieved success in their Jersey businesses now have the opportunity to gain further knowledge and industry contacts at the 19th International Conference of World Jersey...

Changing Demographics Grow Dairy Industry
GENERAL - Significant increase of ageing, urban and middle class populations impact consumer needs and behaviour, according to latest Tetra Pak Dairy Index.

International Experts Limit Melamine Levels In Food
GENERAL - The maximum amount of melamine allowed in powdered infant formula is 1 mg/kg and the amount of the chemical allowed in other foods and animal feed is 2.5 mg/kg, according to new rulings from the United Nations' food standards body, Codex Alimentarius...

Meriden Transforms Orego-Stim Website
UK - Meriden Animal Health has re-launched the website of it’s flagship product, Orego-Stim. The fresh website layout and design makes it easier for customers to use.

Eradicating Johnes Disease
GENERAL - A group of 85 international experts believe that the illness known as bovine paratuberculosis or Johne’s disease can be eradicated by means of control programmes, new vaccines or the sacrifice of infected animals.

Disease Control Requires Information Exchange
GLOBAL - Exchanging and disseminating scientific information in real-time is essential to prevent and control diseases around the world. That is one of the main conclusions of the Second Global Conference of the OIEs 227 Reference Laboratories and Collaborating...

Regulation Of Food Markets Desirable
GENERAL - Some regulation of commodities futures markets is desirable, according to FAO, but any intervention should be cautious and stop short of imposing tight limits or an outright ban on such trading.

Alternatives To Large Land Acquisitions In Developing Nations
GENERAL - New research shows how agricultural investments in developing nations can be structured as alternatives to large-scale land acquisitions.

Farm Prices Rise, Food Security Concerns Persist
GENERAL - Farm commodity prices have fallen from their record peaks of two years ago but are unlikely to drop back to their average levels of the past decade, according to the annual joint report from the OECD and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation...

One Step Closer To Mastitis Vaccine
GENERAL - Researchers have discovered components of the bovine mastitis-causing bacterium, Streptococcus uberis that play a key role in the disease. This discovery could lead the way to finally developing a vaccine for this endemic disease, which costs...

International Prices of Agricultural Commodities Drop
GLOBAL - International prices of key food staples have dropped during the first five months of 2010 according to the latest edition of FAO's biannual Food Outlook report, released today.