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Brazil's JBS Swings To Loss, Citing Grain Costs And Meat Oversupply

JBS has reported a net loss of 1.45 billion reais ($290.2 million) for the first quarter, blaming high grain prices and an over-supplied meat market for th...

Metro AG Acquires Sweden's Johan i Hallen & Bergfalk

Wholesale giant Metro AG has announced the acquisition of Johan i Hallen & Bergfalk (JHB), a Swedish supplier of meat, fish, and seafood.

Brazil's JBS Sees Fourth-Quarter Net Profit Fall Almost 64%

JBS SA, the world's biggest meatpacker, reported a nearly 64% fall in net profits for the fourth quarter, blaming its U.S. beef operations and an oversuppl...

Brazil Exports To Arab Nations Hit 33-year High, Agro Products Prevail

Exports from Brazil to the 22 countries of the Arab League of nations generated record revenue of $17.7 billion in 2022, the highest since 1989, the Arab-B...

Lula's Changes At Brazil Farm Ministry Draw Cries From Food Security Agency

Changes by the new government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to a federal agency tasked with upholding the sanitary standards of Brazilian agricult...

Small U.S. Meatpackers Get Boost From Biden Administration

The Biden administration is awarding an additional $9.6 million in grants and loans to expand meat processing across the country, as the government tries t...

World Food Prices Hit Record High In 2022

A surge in the cost of most food commodities last year, as the disruption caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine raised concerns of shortages, sent the UN...

China To Stop Testing Chilled, Frozen Foods For COVID From January 8

China's meat trade has cheered the imminent end of testing and disinfecting chilled and frozen foods for COVID-19, more than two years after Beijing starte...