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Carlos Vega joins Diamond V Latin America
30-06-2011 Diamond V Latin America is pleased to announce the addition of Carlos Vega as Technical Development and Planning Manager.
People: Cobb North America Technical Service Team
21-06-2011 Cesar Coto has joined the Cobb North America Technical Service Team, responsible for providing technical advice to customers throughout Central America and the Caribbean.
Cantrell expands into Central America and the Caribbean
17-06-2011 Cantrell, a US poultry and food processing equipment sales and service company, is now offering its product line in Central America and the Caribbean.
Brazil’s leading poultry state to cut production levels
16-06-2011 Santa Caterina, Brazil's leading poultry producing state is expected to cut production due to falling prices coupled with weak domestic demand for poultry products.
Brasil Foods merger in doubt
14-06-2011 Brasil Foods, the world’s largest poultry exporter has asked Brazil’s antitrust regulator, CADE, for more time to negotiate a deal over the purchase of Sadia SA.
Cargill teams up with Corporacion Pipasa
13-06-2011 Cargill in Central America announced that it has combined its operations with Corporacion Pipasa, which is a leading poultry and meat processor in Costa Rica and Nicaragua and is now a part...
Brazil’s Nutriza chooses SmartPro from Pas Reform for expansion
09-06-2011 Nutriza AgroIndustrial de Alimentos S/A has chosen Pas Reform’s SmartPro incubation technologies for an expansion programme that will boost the poultry integration’s production capacity to...
Cargill acquires Pipasa poultry business
03-06-2011 Cargill in Central America has combined its operations with Corporacion Pipasa, a leading poultry and meat processor in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
Brasil Foods' first quarter profit grows sixfold
30-05-2011 Brasil Foods’ gross profit in this year’s first quarter has grown sixfold in comparison to last year’s first quarter. The meat processor achieved a gross profit of R$816.4 million (€352...
Nicaragua rejects reducing poultry prices
18-05-2011 The poultry sector in Nicaragua has rejected the idea of reducing poultry prices through the elimination of import tariffs, an idea suggested by the US government in late April, the...
Marfrig investments in China include poultry integration
18-04-2011 Brazilian meat packer Marfrig Alimentos has announced the creation of two joint ventures in order to explore opportunities to supply food products and meet the growing demand for...
People: Danisco appoints new Technical Sales Manager
12-04-2011 ...as a Technical Sales Manager. He will be covering the South American countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru and reporting to Enrique Betancourt, Latin American Sales Director.
Brazil turning to buoyant domestic market
01-04-2011 ...the increasing importance of countries in the developing world, notably in Africa, Asia and Latin America, where incomes are relatively low, most of the growth in exports last year was...
Company update: Marfrig reports increased poultry production
01-04-2011 Marfrig Alimentos, a global food company, has reported its results for the full-year 2010 ending December, 31, 2010, establishing the foundation for robust profits in the medium and long...
http://www.worldpoultry.net//company-update-marfrig-reports-increased-poultry-production-id8696.html
Brasil Foods profits grows 125% in 2010
29-03-2011 Brazilian poultry processor Brasil Foods has revealed an increase in profits for the last three months of 2010, according to a recent company release.
Ten year outlook for animal protein business: Rabobank
09-03-2011 Feed prices are here to stay, Brazil’s corn potential could grow faster, Russia will soon become self-sufficient with regard to pig and poultry production, China will most likely face large...
Brazil considers suing EU over poultry imports
07-03-2011 Brazil is considering approaching the World Trade Organization with complaints that EU laws are discriminating against poultry exporters to the region.
Poultry meat demand on an upward spiral
03-03-2011 The meat market is a global business and poultry meat is a major part of it. But what does the future hold and where are the threats and opportunities? Shifts and patterns are analysed here.
Brazil chicken exports to Egypt grow by 235%
18-02-2011 Egypt stood out in January this year among the main destinations for Brazilian chicken. In comparison with the same month in 2010, exports grew 235% in volume, rising from 2,429 tones to...
Local poultry production encouraged in Bahamas
24-01-2011 Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC) chairman Edison M. Key wants to help increase the local production of poultry products. With the assistance of College of The Bahamas...
Granja Tres Arroyos chooses Petersime
17-12-2010 In order to expand its production capacity, Granja Tres Arroyos in Argentina has decided to build a new hatchery in the province of Entre Rios, fully equipped with Petersime incubators and...
Meyn and Praxair sign agreement on CAS stunning technology
24-11-2010 ...signed an
agreement regarding the development and marketing of a new Controlled Atmosphere
Stunning (CAS) system for the poultry processing industry for Europe, Latin America and
Asia.
SmartPro technology for hatchery development in Brazil
18-11-2010 ...of the poultry business, in line with similar transitions that are occuring in other Latin American countries.
Pas Reform do Brasil has invested substantially in its warehousing,...
Granja Planalto presents the Hubbard Flex
02-11-2010 Granja Planalto an event that gathers the main business people of the breeders sector in Brazil, this year featured the special participation of Frédéric Grimaud, President of Groupe...
South America eyes an optimistic future
25-10-2010 ...2009, the recession in the South American continent was short and fast. Now, Latin America is one of the few regions ahead in global recovery. Here, the economies are more...
Hubbard & Granja Planalto sign distribution deal
24-08-2010 Hubbard has signed an agreement with Granja Planalto for the production and distribution of the Hubbard Flex parent stock package.
Novogen Avicultura distributes Novogen in Brazil
20-08-2010 ...express a good level of performance in Brazil, which will also perfectly fit to other countries in Latin America”, says Mickaël Le Helloco, General Manager of Novogen SAS.
Frangos Canção invests in 83 million eggs/year hatchery
17-08-2010 Grupo Frangos Canção is one of the fastest growing broiler integrators and poultry meat exporters in Brazil. They expanded their hatchery capacity to 83 million eggs per year with Petersime...
IPC chooses Santiago for fall meeting
10-08-2010 ...They will be joined by several notable speakers representing the poultry industries in Latin America.
Members of the respective IPC member countries will also give status...
Brasil Foods raw chicken sales suspended by Brazil Agriculture Ministry
06-08-2010 Brasil Foods (BRF), one of the world’s largest poultry exporters, had its chicken sales suspended by Brazil’s government after excess water was found in the meat.
Cuba discovers the road ahead
06-07-2010 ...America and the Caribbean (FEDAVICAC). In 2001, the SOCPA was admitted as a member of the Latin American Poultry Breeding Association (ALA). Furthermore, Cuba is in charge of the...
Brasil Foods CEO José Antonio do Prado Fay: Being big paves the way for the future
28-06-2010 ...one of the most prestigious centres of learning and research in engineering in Latin America. In his professional career he has worked as a top manager for companies in a...
Brazil's Marfrig to buy Keystone Foods
21-06-2010 Brazilian meat processor Marfrig Alimentos S.A. said it agreed to purchase US foodservice protein supplier Keystone Foods LLC for $1.26 bln.
Brazil's chicken exports total US$1.9 bln
31-05-2010 Brazilian chicken meat exports totaled US$1.9 bln in the first 4 months of 2010, representing growth of 18% compared with the same period of 2009.
Chile's full integration demands high standards
20-05-2010 ...Mª Angeles Gutiérrez
Chile is one of the major poultry producing countries in Latin America. It is well positioned in the south-west of the continent, to a large extent...
Brazil's largest poultry entity formed
05-05-2010 The Brazilian Poultry Association (União Brasileira de Avicultura - UBA) and the Brazilian Chicken Producers and Exporters Association (Associação Brasileira dos Produtores e Exportadores...
Brazil developing exports to Middle East
27-04-2010 More than 30% of Brazil's poultry meat exports are transported to the Middle East, with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait among the top buyers.
Live vaccine tested to control Salmonella in poultry
20-04-2010 Researchers at the School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences of São Paulo State University in Brazil studied the control of Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Gallinarum in birds by...
Marfrig plans to focus ion Brazil to boost sales
12-04-2010 Marfrig Alimentos SA returned to a profit last quarter and said it plans to focus more on growing demand in the Brazilian market to boost future sales.
AB Vista targets the Peruvian market
31-03-2010 AB Vista, an international supplier of micro-ingredients to the animal feed industry, has launched Econase® XT and Quantum® in Peru.
Aviagen and Ross 308 take flight in Ecuador
30-03-2010 Aviagen recently spotlighted what it says is the industry’s strongest poultry breeding portfolio at AMEVEA, the Poultry Specialist Veterinarian Association meeting.
Opportunities for poultry and egg sector in Argentina
19-03-2010 Argentina can export meat and eggs for a low cost price, offering the country chances to become a worldwide supplier of poultry meat, pork and eggs.
A Smart first for Granja Rosanda in Guatemala
12-03-2010 Guatamala’s Granja Rosanda broiler integration is expanding its current business with the addition of a new Smart hatchery from Pas Reform.
Import tax cuts of 50% for Dominican poultry farmers
03-03-2010 Customs director Rafael Camilo has announced a 50% reduction on import fees for poultry and of pig farmers in the Dominican Republic. The aim is to protect the poultry and pig sector, a...
Brasil Foods posts 2009 results
01-03-2010 Brazil's largest poultry exporter, Brasil Foods, has announced its 2009 results. Export sales revenues have fallen, but the company's financial director Leopoldo Saboya said the recovery is...
Marfrig may purchase chicken and duck slaughtering plants
26-02-2010 Marfrig Alimentos S.A., is negotiating with the Grupo Globoaves for purchasing or leasing 2 small-sized plants suitable for free-range chicken (“frango caipira”) and duck slaughtering.
Brazil poultry exports down
23-02-2010 In January 2010, Brazil's poultry exports fell 15%, compared to January 2009, totaling 233,000 mt, according to the Brazilian poultry producers Association (Abef).
Poultry Processing in Spanish 2010 initiative
16-02-2010 ...second edition brought together 29 poultry industry professionals from 9 different Latin American countries under the same roof - Argentine, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,...
Pas Reform’s foothold in Brazil
01-02-2010 ...in line with a strong move from multi-stage to single-stage incubation in other countries in Latin America.
Finding a local partner
“The best way of creating presence on the...
Good business resulted from AveSui in Brazil
01-02-2010 AveSui has become a major trade show in Brazil. Servingthe poultry and swine businessin Latin America, this year’s show took place from 27-29 April in the Expo Centre Norte in the city of...
