De Heus Voeders, a Dutch animal nutrition and feed production company, has moved downstream and acquired poultry processor Kessels Holding.

Food commodity prices rose almost 7% in December, according to the latest FAO data, rounding off 12 months when the organisation’s index fell.

Tyson Foods is among a group of US poultry processors that have agreed to settle a wage dispute stretching back more than two decades.