Roy GraberRoy Graber is a senior reporter at WATT Global Media. From the Author - Page 40HomeAsh Amirahmadi named Sofina Foods Europe CEOCanadian meat and poultry company Sofina Foods has chosen the managing director of Arla U.K. to lead its European business.Processing & SlaughterPure Prairie Poultry secures $37.6 million for poultry plantThe Pure Prairie Poultry plant in Charles City, Iowa, will undergo a renovation and expansion with the help of a USDA loan.HomeScandi Standard CFO Julia Lagerqvist resignsThe chief financial officer of Scandi Standard is leaving the company, but she will remain in her role for six months to ensure a smooth transition once a replacement is hired.Diseases & HealthEducating travelers with food can prevent spread of FADsThe risk of a foreign animal disease being spread by someone bringing food from another country may be low, but the consequences could be very high.TurkeyCooper Farms adding 39 turkey barns by 2024Cooper Farms is growing its turkey operations, adding 39 new barns and seven new growers.HomeArrests made in robbery incident at Tyson facilitySuspects in an armed robbery case at the Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Joslin, Illinois, are taken into custody under $1 million bonds.Diseases & HealthBe prepared in case HPAI, ASF strike in US at same timeState and federal veterinary officials may be spread thin from an outbreak of one animal disease to be able to fully devote to an outbreak of another disease, a National Pork Board official cautioned.Agrifood AngleAvian flu and bacon demand related, but by how much?Bacon and eggs have long been complementary products, but when egg prices spiked in 2022 amid the highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak, how much did it affect bacon consumption?HomeArgentina loses another layer flock to HPAIA new case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in a commercial egg laying flock in Argentina.FeaturedCanada completes month with no commercial HPAI casesThe seasonal slowdown of highly pathogenic avian influenza is apparent in Canada as the last case in a commercial poultry flock was confirmed one month ago in Quebec.HomeCanada has first H5N5 avian flu cases in mammalsCanada had earlier lost wild birds to an H5N5 variant of highly pathogenic avian influenza, and the death of two raccoons in Prince Edward Island show that it has spread into the mammal population.HomeButterball, Darling seek to jointly build rendering plantCompanies are exploring the possibility of building a rendering facility adjacent to Butterball plant in Mount Olive, North Carolina.Previous PagePage 40 of 275Next Page