Drought has pushed Argentina's Parana River to its lowest level in decades, which will slow exports and hurt the country's soy crushing margins at least through September, officials said, reported Reuters.

A report by the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) says that an estimated 38% of soybean meal consumption in Europe is compliant with the FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines (SSG) and 19% is certified deforestation-free as of 2018, when the survey was made. FEFAC is the European Feed Manufacturers' Federation.

The biggest swine producer in China will boost its output by three times in the next four years through the construction of new swine farms, Reuters reported.

The company will close its swine plant in Storm Lake, Iowa after 555 workers, or 22% of the facility's workforce tested positive for COVID-19, Reuters reported.

After years of incremental progress towards a new bull market, the coronavirus outbreak perversely reversed corn market fundamentals and with it, the longterm price trend.

ASF decimated Asian hog herds more than it did consumption. Covid-19 dented western pork consumption, but not its production. The net result is a huge, China-centric increase in the global swine meat trade.

More export-dependent than ever, the sector's fate depends on the world economy's post-Covid-19 recovery.

Covid-19 interrupted a market balancing process that has been underway for several years, thereby widening price disparities between dairy fats and powders. Led by China, Far Eastern dairy consumption remains on track to spark a new, early 2020s price boom.

Demand for fishmeal from the aquaculture sector slowed as feed producers were reluctant to stock high inventories. As a result, port inventories of fishmeal expanded to 134,200 tonnes.

In a reversal from a recent surge of imports, China will be out of the market for US chicken in June as it recovers from the COVID-19 crisis, the president of Sanderson Farms Inc said on Thursday, reported Reuters.

According to New Zealand's Fonterra on Friday, the global dairy import volumes of China climbed 10.1% in March as the world's second-largest economy reopens after the COVID-19 lockdown, reported Reuters.

The biggest swine producer in China will boost its output by three times in the next four years through the construction of new swine farms, Reuters reported.

Hamlet Protein, a multinational producer of specialty ingredients for young animal nutrition, announced the renewal of its partnership with Jebsen & Jessen in Asia.

The biggest swine producer in China will boost its output by three times in the next four years through the construction of new swine farms, Reuters reported.

The company will close its swine plant in Storm Lake, Iowa after 555 workers, or 22% of the facility's workforce tested positive for COVID-19, Reuters reported.

A local labour court has ordered the closure of JBS SA beef plant in Brazil's state of Rondonia until the company tests all employees in the facility for the new coronavirus, Reuters reported on Wednesday.