Month: September 2011

Verlasso Breakthrough Brings Harmony To Aquaculture

September 6, 2011 AquaChile

Following years of collaboration and global inquiry, Verlasso™ recently announced the launch of its premium quality, harmoniously raised salmon, and with it the creation of an entirely new category of harmonious solutions for the future of aquaculture. Verlasso™ salmon is raised in a manner that supports a balance between ocean ecosystems, farmed salmon and wild fish populations with a breakthrough approach that reduces by 75 percent the number of feeder fish captured from the ocean required to raise salmon. …

Maryland's Oysters More Depleted Than Thought, Study Says

September 6, 2011 Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun

A new scientific study recommends halting all commercial harvest of oysters in Maryland, warning that the ecologically important bivalves are even more depleted than previously believed and that continuing to catch them risks eliminating them altogether from much of the upper Chesapeake Bay. …

Pork, Chicken Industries Offer Differing Outlooks

September 6, 2011 Staff Reporter, Associated Press

Companies that produce pork or beef will likely outpace chicken producers, Cowen & Co. said Tuesday, with prices for the latter falling even as feed costs rise. …

Government Of Canada Invests To Strengthen Traceability In B.C. Beef Industry

September 6, 2011 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Cattle producers and processors in B.C. will continue to provide consumers with top quality beef thanks to a Government of Canada investment in a shared database traceability system. Member of Parliament Wai Young (Vancouver South), on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, announced today an investment of over $276,000 to establish the B.C. Carcass Tracking and Quality Information System at the Pacific National Exhibition's Agriculture Pavilion. …

Cargill Boosts Texas Hog Output Expecting Demand Gain In U.S. Pork Exports

September 6, 2011 Shruti Date Singh & Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg

Cargill Inc., the fourth-largest U.S. pork processor, predicts U.S. exports of the meat will keep climbing and plans to begin breeding hogs this month at a Texas farm it bought from a competitor. …