VIETNAM NEWS SERVICE 22/11/2006 Animal feed manufacturers nationwide have produced more than 4.2 million tonnes of feed since the beginning of the year, earning a... Animal feed makers rely too much on imports

 

21/11/2006 Scientists from Pukyong National University claim they have identified the highly infectious H3N1 swine influenza virus in domestic pigs in South Korea.... Pig flu virus in domestic Korean pigs

 

20/11/2006 For Hoang Van Manh, a 36-year-old Vietnamese poultry farmer, it was an act of faith to keep feeding his 2,000 valuable chickens when bird flu swept across Vietnam in... Government intervention paid off

 

REUTERS 19/11/2006 India's food ministry has not proposed a ban on corn exports, despite trade fears that demand may exceed supply in the domestic market, a senior... Indian Corn exports backed

 

19/11/2006 Thailand's central government has ordered all provincial livestock authorities to disinfect poultry farms in an effort to prevent outbreaks of... Thailand To Disinfect Poultry Farms In Effort To Prevent Bird FluThailand To Disinfect Poultry Farms

 

XINHUA NEWS 18/11/2006 The Philippines may stop importing corn next year as it hits corn production at a self-sufficiency level of 6.1 million metric tons owing to hybrid... Philippines eyes self-sufficient in corn by 2007: report

 

XINHUA NEWS 17/11/2006 The Indonesian government has vaccinated about 140 million chickens against bird flu, which account for only 10 percent of the total of 1.4 billion... Over 100 million chickens in Indonesia vaccinated against bird flu

 

XINHUA 17/11/2006 China's aquatic products will hit 60 million tons by 2010, up 18 percent on that of 2005, according to the country's 11th five-year-plan... China's aquatic products to hit 60 million tons by 2010

 

By Mar Arguelles MANILA STANDARD 17/11/2006 PILI, Camarines Sur - The Department of Agriculture here is alarmed at the... Pest infests corn farms in Bicol

 

Philipines Daily Star 15/11/2006 Manila - The smuggling and importation of pork meat pose threats to Filipino hog raisers, Albert R.T. Lim Jr., president of... Smuggling, imports posing threats to

 

Vietnam News 15/11/2006 HANOI - A poultry breeder in Hoa Binh northern province is finding opportunities within the domestic market, as Viet Nam braces for inclusion into... Chicken farmer spreads his wings

 

14/11/2006 Duck eggs containing a poisonous red dye that had been imported from neighbouring Hebei Province were taken off shelves in Beijing this weekend, triggering concerns over... Duck eggs pulled off shelves after dye scare

 

THE HINDU 14/11/2006 New Delhi - The Food Ministry is optimistic of a high wheat output of well over 70 million tonnes this year on the back of a high support price and rich... High MSP, moisture content augur well for wheat production

 

THE JAPAN TIMES 14/11/2006 SAPPORO (Kyodo) - The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said Monday that a dairy cow which died earlier this month in Hokkaido has tested... Japan: 30th case of mad cow confirmed

 

REUTERS 13/11/2006 Beijing - China's Ministry of Health has urged local governments to be on alert for SARS and human cases of bird flu and to strengthen prevention against... China urges vigilance against SARS, bird flu