At today's meat summit with Federal Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner, entrepreneur Clemens Tönnies stands behind the agricultural producers: “The entire production chain, from the sow farmer and fattener to the slaughterhouse and meat processor, has been making financial losses for months ...
The price of pork hits a new low. But the trade pays the farmers surcharges and holds back with actions. Nevertheless, he calls on sausage manufacturers to adjust their prices to the cheaper raw material. Buying and selling pork is becoming more and more of a political challenge for the food trade. While under the pressure of the oversupply on the producer side the prices plummet from 2,30 (in July at 1,42 €) to 1,25 € per kg slaughter weight, discounters and supermarkets are holding back on stimulating sales with lower prices .. .
The 4 big players, the Schwarz Gruppe, Rewe, Edeka and Aldi are increasingly taking care of the trends that are currently popular in the food sector. While Aldi is taking its "time" until 1 with the exit from forms 2 and 2030, Kaufland no longer offers pork and poultry meat from level 1 in the service counter ...
More and more German consumers are choosing vegetarian and vegan foods. The production of meat substitute products rose last year from almost 60,4 thousand tons to around 83,7 thousand tons. This corresponds to an increase of almost 39 percent, reports the Federal Statistical Office ...
The Argentine government pulls the emergency brake and bans the export of beef for 30 days, the reason being the tendency to rise in domestic prices. The country and its population have already been affected enough by the pandemic, people could no longer afford rising prices. President Alberto Fernández hopes that Argentine meat counters will slowly fill up with beef again in the coming weeks and lead to a price drop ...
After last year's downhill run, the Belgian pig farmers increased their herds by 2020 percent to 2,2 million animals in 6,2, the best result in five years. Thanks to an emergency plan, the Belgian meat industry was navigated relatively safely through the pandemic, so that the previous year's slaughter numbers rose by four percent to 11,15 million.
In the pandemic, consumers pay more attention to sustainability when shopping for food. Regional products are increasingly being chosen. This has been shown by two independent studies carried out by the University of Göttingen and the Albstadt-Sigmaringen University ...
What does the “New Normal” look like in the meat industry when the pandemic in Germany noticeably subsides and the coronavirus is largely under control? Munich Strategy GmbH & Co. KG asked itself this question and examined it for its customers in the short study "Managing the New Normal - Effects of COVID-19 on six central fields of action in the meat industry" ...
The President of the Westphalian-Lippian Agricultural Association (WLV) Hubertus Beringmeier and WLV Managing Director Dr. Thomas Forstreuter met with Clemens Tönnies, Josef Tillmann and Dr. Wilhelm Jaeger, Head of Agriculture Department at the Rheda-Wiedenbrücker food company, exchanged ...
After the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boars in Germany, numerous third countries reacted with an import ban on German pork. In intensive negotiations, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture managed to get some third countries to accept the so-called "regionalization concept". This means that the export of pork from ASF-free areas is possible ...
In cooperation with Lebensmitteltechnik-Deutschland, foodjobs.de provides answers to the question of how much you earn as a state-certified food technician. The results of the study serve as a guide - especially for those who are aiming for further training as a food technician ...