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The National Strategy for Swine Farming Development sets a goal of inseminating around 10,000 sows this year.

Swine imports to increase in 2017 due to demand for high-quality genetics.

The CASTRUM study shows large differences in practice in European countries.

There were trade restrictions due to the presence of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) in both countries.

Rosselkhoznadzor imposes temporary restrictions on import of breeding and commercial pigs as well as not-heat-treated blood products used for manufacturing feeds for food-producing animals from May 30, 2014.

This agreement will strengthen the pig meat, fowl and wine exports.

Now nearly 75% of all boars in the Netherlands are not castrated.

During the committee, punctual agreements were established in order to make progress in the importation of animals and genetic material of the swine and ovine species.

Since 2010, live breeding swine exports to China have increased from $1.2 million to $17 million in 2012, then again to nearly $20 million in 2013.

Apart from the previously announced two positive cases no more infection of the dangerous contagious disease was detected.

The previously imposed restrictions on imports of slaughter pigs and feeding piglets are still in force.

With pig slaughtering declining by over 1m head during 2012 (from 20.4m to 18.9m), it was no surprise to see a decline in exports of Danish pig meat over the year.

For the exportation of pigs for reproductive purposes, the protocol signed by these two countries establishes that the animals must come from farms registered with the ICA.

Tönnies, Vion and Westfleisch have undertaken a joint statement to buy whole finishing pigs without any deduction in the price.

Investment of more than $1.3 million to help the Canadian Swine Exporters Association (CSEA) increase its international marketing and promotion of Canadian purebred swine genetics.