Total cumulative fishmeal and fish oil production in 2020 increased by 11% and 12%, respectively, compared with 2019.
Five genetically modified crops (three maize and two soybean) were authorized and the authorization for three maize crops were renewed.
The second fishing season registered 88% of the total quota established in 2.78 million tons.
Cumulative production in 2020 remains in line with previous years.
SCF’s members, ADM, Bunge, Cargill, COFCO International, Louis Dreyfus Company and Viterra, achieved full traceability to farm for direct sources.
Atlanto-Scandian herring and blue whiting caught on or after December 30, 2020 cannot be sold as “MSC certified” or bear the blue MSC label.
Total cumulative production in the first ten months remained slightly down with respect to the previous year for fishmeal (-1.4%) and fish oil (1%).
The company’s monitoring has now reached 95% of the direct soybean volumes sourced from the high-risk areas in the Cerrado region, a 4% point increase since October 2019.
FAO lowers forecast for world cereal production, but this year’s output still expected to reach an all-time high.
The Peruvian Ministry of Production (PRODUCE) announced that the second anchovy fishing season will start on November 12.
According to the IFFO’s analysis of marine ingredient market trends for January-September 2020, marine ingredients performance was in line with the average of the previous five years.
Regulatory processes for HB4 Wheat, drought-tolerant wheat that increases wheat yields by up to 20%, are also advancing in the U.S., Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia.
The European Commission authorized Bayer’s XtendFlex soybean technology for food, feed, import and processing in the European Union.
Aprosoja has broken ties with the Brazil Agribusiness Association (Abag) over its support for an initiative calling on the Brazilian government to rein in soaring deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
The USDA’s Crop Production report reduced the forecast production of soybean and sunflower seed due to dry and hot conditions in August.
USDA forecasts that 2019/20 soybean exports from Brazil may swell to 93.5 million metric tons and a reduction in global sunflower seed production.
The Soy Aquaculture Alliance commissioned a report that concluded that the growth of the U.S. catfish industry, among other species, can have a major impact on increasing overall demand for U.S. soybeans.
MarinTrust reports that more than 50% of all marine ingredients produced worldwide are now certified under the MarinTrust program and the organization wants to raise the bar and achieve 75% certification, under evaluation or program improvement by 2025.
Omega Protein supports the decision and looks forward to working with the commission and its staff on further developing the ERP model and identifying future harvest levels for the fishery.
IFFO reports that the higher-than-average landings in Peru in June 2020 were the main drivers of such improvement, although the Northern European countries and India also showed a historically higher availability of raw material for June.
