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Since 2003, the Meatless Monday campaign has gained significant attention, garnering celebrity support and filling Twitter with its hastag at the start of each week.

Cattle ruminating on a hillside create a peaceful scene. But their effect on climate change is as grim as their ultimate role in the multi-billion-dollar livestock industry.

A combination of increasing animal feed prices and stagnant livestock costs is having a significant impact on Cypriot farmers.

The Western Australian Farmers Federation says an increase in the slaughter of cattle and sheep across Australia highlights declining profitability in the industry.

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The Delvin K., one of the last working Chesapeake Bay oyster buy-boats, was docked at a pier in Cockrells Creek Wednesday morning.

Omega Protein stock took quite a dive on Thursday, plunging over 12% at the close.

Omega Protein has agreed to a total of $7.5 million in fines and payments to settle an investigation by the US Environtmental Protection Agency into the company's Virginia fishing operations.

The near doubling of the stock of Omega Protein , one of the last large-scale menhaden processors and fish meal producers remaining in the U.S., has come entirely as a result of fish meal supply reductions in Peru that we believe are entirely temporary and are abating as you read this.

A unit of Omega Protein Corp. will pay a $5.5 million fine after pleading guilty to two Clean Water Act violations to resolve a federal investigation of its fishing vessels and operations in Reedville, Va.

The company that operates the menhaden fishery in the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia has sentenced to $7.5 million in penalties for two violations of the Clean Water Act.

ELEANOR HALL: Australia's farmers are picking a fight with the huge supermarket chain Coles by accusing the company of supporting animal welfare activists at the expense of the livestock industry.

There is a lot of manure to manage in Australia's livestock industry, so Meat and Livestock Australia has joined forces with the CSIRO Biosecurity Flagship to deliver a small solution with a big appetite.

When Smithfield Foods Inc. quietly weaned the first of its pigs off the controversial feed additive ractopamine last year, it may have helped open the door for a Chinese counterpart to acquire the world's largest hog producer.

Canadian and Mexican officials said the new rules fall short of what's needed for the U.S. to comply with the findings of a WTO dispute panel.

Recently, DAILY RFID has unveiled a series of flexible EPC Gen 2 uhf tags to meet the market demand and help ranchers to guarantee the security of meat food as well.

M Webb Bros Pty Ltd, trading as Webb Bros Property and Livestock, owes $750,000 to trade creditors and $500,000 to a secured creditor.

Today, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director Jamie Clover Adams announced that Dr.

Russia and Kazakhstan's interest in Canadian agricultural products and expertise is increasing.

Omega Protein Corporation christened two new vessels at its Reedville facility on Saturday.