Archives for October 9, 2018

Dispatches from World Nutrition Forum in Cape Town

‘Taxing meat is wrong, dangerously wrong’

Policymakers globally have been weighing up the benefits of taxing meat, much in the same way as sugar, carbon emissions and tobacco. However, a Zurich based scientist and entrepreneur believes such a levy on meat would be disastrous.

South Africa drops sorghum production, bumps US imports

Stagnant yields, price competition supports a rise in South African imports of sorghum, including from the US.

Special edition: Early animal nutrition

Prenatal nutrition may determine long-term outcomes in beef cattle

Limiting nutrition to pregnant cows, may mean long-term effects for calves and lead to ways to improve cattle nutrition in the future, say researchers.