A recent survey has revealed that crops damaged by wildlife invasions in Japan fell 5 percent from a year earlier, as the central government and local authorities encouraged trapping and hunting wild animals such as boars and deer.
Economic losses caused by wildlife was estimated at 16.4 billion...
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On November 14, 2018, the Dairy Farmers’ Political Federation of Japan (Nihon Rakuno Seiji Renmei) gathered at the LDP headquarters in Nagata-cho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo, to announce the launch of the initiatives for maintaining and developing small- and medium-sized businesses-most of them run...
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JBA Risk Management (JBA), global leader in risk management, has launched a new India Crop catastrophe model for the insurance market
JBA has collaborated with Chaucer through its platform in Singapore to develop a new probabilistic crop model for the Indian agriculture insurance market.
The...
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Canada-based Avivagen Inc, which specialises in developing and commercialising products for livestock, companion animal and human applications, has entered into a distribution agreement for Vivamune™ Health Chews in the Vietnamese market with Viphavet Co Ltd
Based in Ho Chi Minh City,...
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Sunjin Group invest 25 million in 4th facility in Vietnam that can produce 240,000 tons annually
Sunjin Group from the Republic of Korea introduced its new animal feed factory, which can produce 240,000 tons of animal feed annually at Dong Van IV Industrial Park, in Kim Bang district,...
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Marfrig Global Foods says sale of Keystone Foods to Tyson Foods should be finalized before the end of 2018
Marfrig Global Foods' proposed sale of its Keystone Foods subsidiary to Tyson Foods has received approval from the antitrust authority of South Korea, paving the way for the...
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US$70 million investment includes expansion of cooked poultry facility in Nakornratchasima and upgrade of aqua feed plant in Petchaburi
Cargill is investing more than US$70 million in facilities in Thailand over the next two years to address the increase in global demand of seafood and...
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Findings from a recent study suggest flies in contact with sick pigs may transmit the virus
A recent study concluded that if a pig digests flies that have been in contact with a herd infected by African Swan Fever (ASF), that pig could contract the virus. More than 50 African swine fever...