Researchers in China have published a study in US science journal PNAS about the discovery of a new type of swine flu called G4 that could cause a pandemic, AFP reported.

As of June 1, 2020, US farms gathered 79.6 million hogs and pigs, 5% higher from June last year, Hoosier Ag Today reported.

Animal Feed Enzymes Market is expected to exceed US$2.3 billion by 2026, Cuereport reported.

China's health experts labelled Xinfadi's wholesale beef and lamb market as an extremely high risk area for COVID-19, after 102 cases out of 311 confirmed COVID-19 cases were attributed to the beef and lamb area, China's Global Times reported.

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.

As the availability of methionine from Southeast Asia remained low while feed producers stocked inventories amid fears of supply shortages, methionine prices continued to rise substantially over the week.

Sales of tryptophan showed little improvement with the demand for hog feed sluggish while export demand remained soft. Producers were compelled to cut prices amid mounting inventory pressure.

Demand for livestock products were limited as the second wave of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic hit China while several regions were plagued by floods and heavy rains. Feed producers cut output, hence decimating the sales of methionine.

Low demand for hog feed, resulting from limited hog inventories, curtailed the sales of lysine. Traders cut prices modestly in a bid to stimulate buying interest.

Researchers in China have published a study in US science journal PNAS about the discovery of a new type of swine flu called G4 that could cause a pandemic, AFP reported.

Royal DSM announced that it has reached agreement to acquire Erber Group for an enterprise value of €980 million (US$1.107 billion).

Salmon Group has signed a deal with biotech startup firm Metapod to develop a new, locally produced protein source using insects for inclusion in salmon feed, SeafoodSource reported.

Since last Friday, food processor BRF SA has closed its largest plant in Brazil as it tested 8,600 of its workforce for the new coronavirus, the company stated on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

A Brazil court ruling has allowed JBS to reopen its Rio Grande do Sul pork plant, while a Rondonia court approved the reopening of JBS' beef plant there, Reuters reported.