This has not been a good year for the global wool industry. The world’s top two wool-producing countries – Australia and South Africa — are experiencing different, yet growth-constraining, challenges.

Growing demand for donkey meat and skin in China is causing a sharp decline in the animals in Kenya. Animal rights campaigners warn that donkeys could soon disappear in the east African country, where they play a vital role as beasts of burden, especially in rural areas.

The meat and dairy industries are increasingly feeling the effects of climate change, but they’re abnormally quiet about their own role in the crisis, according to a new report.

The global duck and goose meat market revenue amounted to $19B in 2018. This figure reflects the total revenues of producers and importers (excluding logistics costs, retail marketing costs, and retailers' margins, which will be included in the final consumer price). 

The meat and dairy industry is increasingly feeling the effects of climate change, but they’re abnormally quiet about their own role in the crisis, according to a new report.

Despite the constrained supply, beef prices over the first half of 2019 have traded 10% lower than the comparable period in 2018, according to the BFAP Baseline Agricultural Outlook for the period 2019 to 2028.