WEEK 24
TABLE OF CONTENTSAPAC News Update Malaysia Thailand Indonesia Vietnam China India S. Korea Australia New Zealand EAME News Updates Global News Update |
APAC News Update(Malaysia) Long Farm opens 8th pork meat shop Release Date: Thursday, June 8, 2017 Malaysia’s Long Farm Meat Sdn Bhd opened its eighth pork meat shop last Saturday. The company also underwent a branding exercise. Long Farm, formerly known as ‘healthy meat’, is now labelled as ‘premium healthy meat’. Its outlet is designed to have a ‘café feel’ with a cosy ambiance, careful lighting and wood panelled walls. The outlet is spacious, modern and clean. In time to come all its other seven outlets will be remodelled this way. The idea, said Nick Ng, Long Farm’s Manager, is to pull in new buyers who currently shop at supermarkets and hypermarkets. “In turn we offer them fresh, clean and hygienically-processed meat sourced from our own farm,” he told Asian Agribiz. Source: Asian Agribiz (Malaysia) Malaysia’s Lay Hong posts 4th straight quarter of profit Release Date: Wenesday, June 7, 2017 Higher contribution from its integrated livestock farming segment has helped Malaysian poultry producer Lay Hong Bhd post its fourth straight profitable quarter in its final quarter ended March 31 2017. The company saw a net profit of USD 1.27 million, compared with a net loss of USD 2.85 million in the corresponding quarter in 2016. Lay Hong saw more eggs, as well as higher price of processed and frozen products sold in the quarter under review. Further, Lay Hong said, the recent entry of NH Foods Ltd as a substantial shareholder, marked a major step forward for the group’s manufacturing business with new product development and market penetration. Source: Asian Agribiz (Thailand) Danish-Thai cooperation on livestock Release Date: Thursday, June 8, 2017 On Wednesday 7 June 2017, Nina Hvid Talvela, Minister Counsellor at the Danish Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, joined the Danish Embassy in Bangkok in a meeting with Dr. Wacharapon Chotiyaputta, Director of International Livestock Cooperation in the Thailand Ministry of Agriculture. Source: ScandAsia.com (Thailand) Thai Pig Farmers Cry Foul Over US Import Plan Release Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 Thai pig farmers are opposing any plan to allow pork imports from the US. Source: The Pig Site (Thailand) Betagro places more focus on Middle East Release Date: Monday, June 5, 2017 Thailand’s Betagro said it sees high potential in the Middle East and is planning to export more chicken products to Middle Eastern countries including UAE (Dubai), Bahrain, Qatar and Oman, said Narongchai Srisantisaeng, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Food Business. “The Middle East is a unique market and Betagro needs to develop special products to fit their requirements,” Dr Narongchai said, adding it will take some time to negotiate with them about product development, product specification and prices.” Betagro has exported its chicken products to the Middle East including frozen chicken, fried chicken meat and yakitori chicken meat. Meanwhile, the rising baht means that this has affected its export revenue and Betagro will continue to focus on cost management and cost reduction, Dr Narongchai said. Source: Asian Agribiz (Indonesia) Bali pig farmers concerned about foreign investment Release Date: Thursday, June 8, 2017 Negara district in Bali, Indonesia will see a huge investment in pig farming. An industry player told Asian Agribiz that a Chinese investor plans to invest around USD 480 million in the project covering 1000ha. A seaport will also be built to accommodate sales of pigs or pork produced from the facility. Of the production, 80% is targeted for export. I Ketut Hari Suyasa, Chairman of the Bali Pig Farmers Association told Asian Agribiz that this issue has raised concerns about the impact on local farmers. “We hope the investments in pig processing will include pigs from local farms,” Mr Suyasa said. Source: Asian Agribiz (Indonesia) Chicken checks boosted to keep bird flu at bay in Indonesia Release Date: Thursday, June 8, 2017 It’s not yet seven in the morning, but the slaughterhouses at the back of Terban market in Yogyakarta city are in full swing. Source: The Star Online (Indonesia) Indonesia Boosts Chicken Checks to Keep Bird Flu at Bay Release Date: Thursday, June 7, 2017 It’s not yet seven in the morning, but the slaughterhouses at the back of Terban market in Yogyakarta are in full swing. Wholesalers, housewives and businessmen arrive on motorcycles, weaving their way through blood and feathers to pick up freshly killed chickens. Source: Jakarta Globe (Indonesia) Indonesia sets reference price for live birds, eggs Release Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2017 The Indonesian government, through its Ministry of Trade, has released a new regulation about the reference prices of agro-commodity products both at farmer and consumer levels. On poultry products, reference prices of live birds and eggs at farmer level are similar, at USD 1.35 per kg. At consumer level, the prices are set at USD 2.40 (carcass) and USD 1.65 per kg, respectively. Sugeng Wahyudi, General Secretary of the Indonesian Poultry Organisations Association, appreciated the new regulation which is expected to stabilise prices of live birds and eggs at farmer level. Source: AsianAgribiz (Indonesia) Dagsap to increase slaughterhouse capacity Release Date: Monday, June 5, 2017 Indonesia’s Dagsap Endura Eatore based in Jakarta, will increase the production capacity of its 2000 birds/hour chicken slaughterhouse in Bantul, Yogyakarta. Tenty Ellyanti, Chicken Slaughterhouse Unit Manager told Asian Agribiz that the slaughterhouse currently slaughters around 2000-3000 birds/day, but the company plans to gradually increase production capacity to 20,000 birds/day. “To achieve this, we need to escalate sales to external markets. Feedback from customers is good,” she said. The company also plans to add a new cold storage facility with a capacity of 500-600 tonnes at the same complex. Source: Asian Agribiz (Vietnam) Vissan sets bold growth targets Release Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 Vietnam Meat Industries JSC (Vissan) is targeting a historically rigorous growth in both the fresh meat and processed food segments, driven by the positive signals in the market and expansion strategy of the company. For fresh pork its volume is expected to grow by 35% to 28,500 tonnes, while fresh beef by 35% to 2170 tonnes, and processed food by 14.5% to 19,760 tonnes this year. In addition, the company this year will focus on completing its integrated production chain, applying TE-Food program (QR-coded label on pork packaging) to traditional markets and applying Vissan-Vis-Trace traceability system to all its products throughout the country. “We know that those are bold targets, but we are confident of achieving them,” Nguyen Phuc Khoa, Chairman told Asian Agribiz. (China) China’s Meat, Produce Prices Continue to Retreat Release Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 Prices of meat and vegetables continued to drop in major Chinese cities last week, official data showed Tuesday. Source: The Pig Site (China) Wenjiang Promotes Frozen Chicken to Combat H7N9 Exposure Release Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 With the spread of the H7N9 influenza virus, supermarkets in Wenjiang have stopped slaughtering live poultry onsite and suspended any trade of live poultry. Source: The Poultry Site (China) Nine Charged in Fake Pig Vaccine Case Release Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2017 Nine people have been charged in a case involving the supply of fake vaccines to pig farmers, the Yunlin District Prosecutors’ Office said Tuesday. Source: The Pig Site (China) China H7N9 Total Grows by Eight; Studies Detail Virus Mutations Release Date: Monday, June 5, 2017 Reflecting continued slow decline of H7N9 avian flu cases in China, eight new illnesses were reported this week, as research teams from the country published new studies that provide an early glimpse of the epidemiology and clinical features of the highly pathogenic variant that recently emerged in poultry and is also infecting people. Source: The Poultry Site (India) Protest Ends as Pig Farms Shut Down in Kerala Village Release Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 The 109-day stir of the residents of 17 mile near Kallanod in Perambra has come to an end after Koorachund gram panchayat ordered closure of 17 illegal pig farms. Source: The Pork Site (India) Beef Ban Pushes Chicken Consumption; Prices Likely to Go Up Release Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2017 The prices of chicken, in many parts of the country, have started soaring and are expected to register an increase by 25-30 per cent and in consumption by 35-40 per cent in the wake of the beef ban, according to ASSOCHAM. Source: The Poultry Site (India) High temperature raises chicken price in India Release Date: Monday, June 5, 2017 Summer heat has taken a toll on the poultry industry in three of India’s north coastal districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam. Nearly 40% of the birds have died since May 10. Farmers here produce 3.5-4 million broilers a month. The sudden shortage of supply has triggered a spike in prices. After May 10, chicken prices rose from below USD 1.39 to above USD 1.86 per kg. Source: AsianAgribiz (S. Korea) H5N8 Strikes Again in South Korea, Europe Release Date: Thursday, June 8, 2017 Though highly pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreaks in most parts of the world continue to decline overall, activity continues to smolder, with another outbreak reported in South Korean poultry and two European countries—Belgium and the United Kingdom—reporting new detections. Source: The Poultry Site (Australia) Pork Imports Hurting Aussie Pig Farmers Release Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2017 Australian pork farmers have seen prices slide as imported pork products flood the market. Source: The Pig Site (New Zealand) Total Manufacturing Driven Down by Meat, Dairy Release Date: Thursday, June 8, 2017 The volume of meat and dairy product manufacturing fell in the March 2017 quarter, although sales values rose due to higher prices, Stats NZ reports. Source: The Poultry Site EAME News Updates(South Africa) South Africa Bans Zimbabwe Chickens Imports Release Date: Thursday, June 8, 2017 South Africa has suspended imports of birds and chicken products from neighbouring Zimbabwe after it reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu at a poultry farm, the agriculture department said on Thursday. Source: ZimEye (Germany) Germany to Resume Pig Exports to China Release Date: Thursday, June 8, 2017 Germany had been the largest supplier of fresh and frozen pork to China and was also the second largest supplier of offal, reports Duncan Wyatt, lead analyst at AHDB. Source: The Pig Site (Africa) Avian influenza returns to Africa and Europe Release Date: Monday, June 5, 2017 Congo, Zimbabwe have first positive tests of the virus. Source: WATTAgNet Global Agribusiness News2 top environmental concerns for pig producers Release Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 WOTUS, Air Emissions Reporting Requirements rules would burden the pig industry if not repealed and replaced. Source: WATTAgNet The Approach to the Sick Hen Release Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2017 An overview of what you need to know to confidently deal with poultry problems seen in small animal practice. Source: The Poultry Site World Pork Expo Release Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2017 This week is the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa. It is the premier annual Pork Expo held in the World. The who’s who of the American and Global Swine Industry will be represented. The Expo is a showcase of what’s new in the industry and a celebration of the worlds most eaten meat – Pork. Source: Genesus |
