What drives digitalization in the food production industry?
Digital transformation is first and foremost a business transformation. People, not technology, are the most important piece in the digital transformation puzzle regardless of the…
US foresees robust poultry exports to China in 2020
China’s decision to lift a five-year ban due to avian influenza on US poultry products has boosted expectations that renewed trade could result in $1…
Malaysia’s B10 biodiesel thirst drives palm oil growth
Consumption of B10 biodiesel – 10% palm oil based fuel – has gone up remarkably following its introduction in early 2019. Forecast to reach 940…
Economic impact from GSP suspension ‘slight’
The office of Agricultural Economics expects that the suspension of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) by the US government would have a negligible effect…
Thai Union sees no impact from GSP changes
Thai Union Group PCL said there will be no material impact on its operations after the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it was…
CPF unaffected by United States’ GSP suspension
The United States’ decision to suspend trade privileges for Thailand under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program will hit only shrimp wonton noodle soup…
Thai Union Group invests in insect protein
Thai Union Group Plc has invested in Israel’s Flying Spark Ltd, a producer of insect protein food ingredients. Flying Spark is an alternative protein start-up…
China’s corn crop smallest in five years
China’s total corn harvest in 2019 is estimated at 254 million tonnes, a 1.3% decline y-o-y, and well below the five-year average. Farmers in China’s…
South Korea beefs up biosecurity along border
South Korea’s military has ordered troops at the border to shoot any wild pig crossing the DMZ on sight. The country has so far culled…
ASF reduces soybean meal demand in Vietnam
Vietnam’s soybean demand has been reined in following the culling of 18% of its hog population to contain African swine fever. Soybean meal consumption dropped…