Michael Priestley

GLOBAL A team of sustainability experts have devised a new diagram to explain how flagship health organisations classify critically important antimicrobials (CIAs).

ANALYSIS An organic, high welfare duck rearing system is incorporating carp to maximise production potential.

GLOBAL Food processing and commodity multinational Cargill is hoping to acquire leading Norwegian salmon nutrition company EWOS in the second aquaculture announcement from Cargill in as many months.

CHINA - China is Americas biggest customer for agricultural products, with almost a fifth of imported goods coming from the US.

ANALYSIS - What meat be will on the world's plate in the coming decades? Who will eat what and why? Stewart Lumb went to listen to Rabobank analyst Albert Vernooij.

MEXICO Fishing body Conapesca and Consumer group PROFECO are uniting to prevent price irregularities in seafood.

MEXICO Mexican fishery and aquaculture segments must have research as a driving force for meaningful and sustainable growth.

GLOBAL - Bacterial resistance is developing quickly and many critically important drugs risk becoming obsolete. Disastrous consequences lie in wait therefore unless these drugs are used prudently.

IRELAND Irish food and drink exports earned 10.5 billion in 2014, a four per cent increase and the fifth consecutive year of export growth, says The Irish Food Board (BordBia).

GLOBAL Antimicrobial usage is falling in Europe but bacterial resistance to antibiotics is increasing at an alarming rate.

AUSTRALIAN The seriousness of antibiotic resistance in animals leading to superbugs has been underlined by the Australian Veterinary Association.

EUROPE Pioneering scientists have submitted research on a new generation of probiotic applications, to be unveiled at Europes leading animal production trade fair.

UKRAINE Ukraine will not be allowed to go without food, agriculture minister Igor Shvaika has declared on live television.

US - The issue of antibiotic resistance may have only recently become front-page news, but it has always been a concern of those focused on improving public health.

GLOBAL Veterinary medicine is in a global dilemma over how to measure the amount of antimicrobial drugs used on farms.

GLOBAL Leading animal welfare experts united on 26 April as part of World Veterinary Day, which this year focused on the role of veterinarians in animal welfare and World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) standards.

AFRICA - Getting more African youth involved in agriculture and boosting support for the region's vulnerable family farmers will be pivotal to improving food security and economic well-being in the years to come

GLOBAL, AFRICA - When USAID/East Africa announced the first Annual Program Statement (APS) under the African Institutions Innovation Mechanism (AIIM) initiative in 2012, many organizations were excited about the prospect…

UK The National Health Service (NHS) has described as unsupported media claims that high protein diets are as bad for human health as smoking.

EU The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has been criticised by a British veterinary body over its evaluation of the safety of bacillus species in the food chain.