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Pigs raised on tea leaves: Thai Nguyen's bid to brand "green-tea pork"
Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry tested blending 1–5% green-tea powder on 72 pigs. It has trademarked "green-tea pork," which commands a 20% higher live-weight price. We explain the branding of Vietnamese livestock and the key points for Japanese sourcing and processing. -
Sixty thousand birds without water: a 1992-born duck operation that got past power outages
Ducks usually bring to mind flocks on ponds and waterways, but in Nghe An province in central Vietnam, a farmer has emerged who runs 60,000 birds without using any open water at all. It is operated by Dinh No Phu Quy, born in 1992. The shed-raised duck business he started in 2021, after deducting expenses, earns a year... -
Feed giant Greenfeed trades pigs online, breaking dependence on middlemen
Greenfeed, Vietnam's fourth-largest feed and pig-farming company, has launched G-Link, an online trading platform for market hogs. We interpret how it will change live-animal trading left to market prices, through to its implications for Japanese meat sourcing.
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