Paris | Reuters — An epidemic of bird flu that has devastated U.S. poultry flocks this year is likely to be under control within a few months as the U.S. […] Read more
U.S. bird flu virus seen under control within a few months
China’s wine growers beat France into second place
Paris | Reuters — China overtook France last year as the world’s second largest wine grower by area under cultivation as it continued to plant vast fields of mostly imported […] Read more
CWB sees global grain crops falling back from records
Geneva | Reuters — The world’s wheat crop will shed three per cent this year to 703.4 million tonnes from last year’s record, but it will still remain above the […] Read more
Feed ingredient unlikely to spread PED, experts say
Chicago/Paris | Reuters — The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said Wednesday an animal-feed supplement suspected of spreading a deadly pig virus is not likely to transmit the disease […] Read more
PEDv likely to ease in U.S. by year-end, OIE chief predicts
Paris | Reuters — A deadly pig virus that has decimated herds in the U.S. and sent prices rocketing is likely to subside before the end of this year as […] Read more
U.S. becomes world’s biggest wine market as French drinkers cut down
Paris | Reuters — The United States became the world’s biggest market for wine last year, beating France into second place for the first time as consumption slides in the […] Read more
France to ban pigs, byproducts from N. America, Japan over PED
Paris | Reuters –– France will ban imports of live pigs, pork-based byproducts and pig sperm from the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Japan to protect against a virus that has […] Read more
French firm suspected as culprit in horsemeat scandal
An investigation has identified a French meat-processing firm as a likely culprit in the horsemeat scandal that has enraged consumers across Europe and implicated traders and abattoirs from Cyprus to […] Read more
“Cattle plague” rinderpest now wiped out: OIE
A global effort has eradicated the cattle disease rinderpest, which caused the starvation of millions of people, making it the second disease after smallpox to be wiped out by humankind, […] Read more
Banks seen curbing grain loans after collateral crops vanish
(Reuters) — Small and medium-sized grain trading houses will have a tougher time getting loans after lenders were caught by the disappearance of grains in Russia said to have cost […] Read more
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