New Zealand seafood is rated as the ‘green protein’ a report on the environmental cost of New Zealand food production has found, Foodworks.co.nz reported.
China trade has suffered its biggest decline in January since the 2008 financial crisis – a new sign of weak global demand and a slowing domestic economy, according to the Guardian UK, citing an Associated Press report.
Australian egg consumption jumped from 198 to 213 per person last year, and chances are many of 2011's additional boiled, scrambled, fried and poached egg servings were laid on free-range farms, according to Stock and Land's website.
The Australian dairy industry is losing out to New Zealand in the massive, growing Chinese market, according to the managing director of Australia’s largest dairy company Murray Goulburn Co-operative, Gary Helou.
A sharp drop in Chinese imports, a gloomy outlook for global oil demand and a burgeoning US trade deficit are fanning growing fears of a deteriorating global economy, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
The rail line connecting Chongqing, Xinjiang to Belarus, Duisburg will be extended by 202 kilometres to Antwerp this year, according to the Shipping Gazette, citing Xinhua News.
The end of 2011 saw big changes in the New Zealand organic apple industry with some significant players pulling out altogether and emergence of new key players, according to FreshPlaza.com.
The Greek jobless rate hit a new record high at 20.9 percent in November up from 18.2 percent the previous month, the Greek Statistical Authority announced on Thursday, according to Xinhua News.
World leading airline pilot training provider, CTC Aviation Group plc (CTC), has gained approval by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) to train airline pilots for the country’s airlines.
New Zealand has a unique opportunity to showcase its strengths and secure new business at the world's largest fresh produce trade event being held in Germany this week, according to Voxy.co.nz.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its forecast for China's 2012 economic growth to 8.25 percent from the 9 percent projected in September, and it warned that exports would be a significant drag on expansion in the coming two years, according to ChinaDaily.
Air France will fly only about half of its long-haul flights tomorrow as more pilots and other workers walked out on the second day of a four-day protest against a proposed strike-notification law, according to Gulf News citing a Bloomberg report.
The avocado industry is testing technology to prevent fruit ripening in transit that it hopes will open up markets in Europe, according to the NZ Herald.
