Page 39 of articles about market prices

Pig meat is expected to remain the preferred meat in the EU with 40.8 kg/capita consumption in 2022.

The FAO Meat Price Index averaged 176 points in December. Prices of all meat categories remained close to their November level, except pig meat, which fell by 2.0 percent, or 3 points.

To control the domestic pig herd growth, MIFAFF is expected to slaughter 80,000 head of low producing sows.

The grain-intensive pig and poultry sectors recorded particularly strong gains, increasing by 6 percent and 2 percent respectively.

Rabobank predicts a further 2 percent decline in pork production in 2014.

In recent days two of Canada's largest pork producers, Humboldt, Saskatchewan based Big Sky Farms and Niverville, Manitoba based Puratone, have filed for bankruptcy protection citing high feed costs due to drought in the U.S. coupled with low hog prices.

Output, prices and export values rose by 9%, 12% and 18% respectively.

The Index, which measures the monthly change in the international prices of a basket of food commodities, averaged 213 points, up 12 points from June.

The government of China will again purchase frozen pork to stabilize the market, as high hog production has led to falling prices, the country's price regulator revealed.

The rule requires packers to submit the price of each sale, quantity, and other characteristics (e.g., type of sale, item description, destination) that AMS will use to produce market reports that will be disseminated to the public.

The study found that the economic development associated with hog production and exporting pork contributes $9.28 billion to the Canadian economy.

In the intermediate term, it is possible to expect the competitiveness of Brazilian pork and raw sugar supply to further strengthen.

Driven exclusively by gains in poultry and pigmeat production, global meat output is set to expand by nearly 2 percent to 302 million tonnes in 2012.

Average farm-gate prices of pork had fallen to 14.60 yuan (US$2.30) per kilogram the week before last, a level below the 6:1 ratio of pork-to-grain prices it seeks to maintain as a minimum.

The aim of this report is to improve understanding by setting out the latest progress towards implementation and enforcement of the regulations and by developing scenarios for the market situation both before and after implementation.

As regards exports, 2011 was an exceptional year. For the first time in its history, the EU exported more than 3 billion t of pig meat.