Meat & Poultry News

  1. duBreton Launches 'Verified No Cloning Or Gene Editing' Packaging On Shelves Now 6/22/2026

    duBreton has become the first pork producer in Canada to voluntarily place a "Verified No Cloning or Gene Editing" claim directly on consumer packaging.

  2. Merck Animal Health To Acquire TARGAN 6/11/2026

    Merck Animal Health, known as MSD Animal Health outside of the United States and Canada, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TARGAN, a privately held innovator in developing and commercializing biodevice solutions to improve performance outcomes for the poultry industry, for an undisclosed purchase price.

  3. Pāmu Partners To Launch Transformational LIFT Programme For Sheep And Beef Sector 6/10/2026

    Pāmu (Landcorp Farming Limited) has welcomed today’s announcement by the Prime Minister Rt Hon Christopher Luxon and Minister of Agriculture Hon Todd McClay of the Livestock Innovation Farming Transformation (LIFT) Programme, and is proud to lead on behalf of the livestock sector a major national initiative to support New Zealand’s sheep and beef farmers to lift productivity, resilience and environmental performance.

  4. SDSU Researchers Develop Vaccine For Destructive Poultry Virus 6/9/2026

    In early 2024, a team of researchers in South Dakota State University's Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory was the first to identify a fast-spreading respiratory viral outbreak affecting turkeys and chickens in major poultry-producing regions of the U.S.

  5. JBT Marel Now Offers End-To-End Meat Portioning Lines 6/8/2026

    Thanks to our newly combined JBT Marel portfolio, we can now offer an even more complete meat portioning lines that cover every step of the process—from crust freezing to final packing.

  6. USDA Announces Improved Support, Reduced Burdens, And $60M In Investments To Support Small Meat And Poultry Plants 6/3/2026

    Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins launched the Small Processors Action Plan (https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/small-processors-action-plan.pdf) (PDF, 2.3 MB), a new set of actions to better support small and very small meat and poultry processing plants, improve customer service, and reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens while maintaining strong food safety protections for consumers.

  7. BNOW Brings Animal BioData AI To Strengthen Singapore's Food Security Network 6/1/2026

    BNOW (BioData Now), a Seoul-based animal biodata AI company, is spearheading a data-driven approach to livestock management by collecting and analyzing real-time biometric data from animals.

  8. TARGAN And VETIPLUS Partner To Accelerate Advanced Automation In Colombia's Poultry Industry 5/27/2026

    TARGAN, a global leader in automation and technology solutions for the animal protein industry, today announced a distribution partnership with Colombian animal health company, VETIPLUS.

  9. Innovation Visit Will Focus On Sheep Worm And Fluke Management 5/21/2026

    The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) invites applications from sheep farmers interested in attending an Innovation Visit as part of the Farming for Sustainability – Innovation Scheme.

  10. Invest Ontario Supports Sunrise Farms Major Expansion In Woodstock 5/20/2026

    Sunrise Farms (“Sunrise”) is investing $100.5M to construct a new 155,000 square foot, state of the art poultry processing facility in Woodstock.