Ghana - Pig farmers shut piggeries as demand falls following swine flu scare
Dwindling fortunes in the pig industry is forcing many farmers in the Ashanti Region to either cease production or convert their farms to produce poultry.
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Russia planning to reduce red meat imports by 2012
Russia is planning to reduce meat imports to 18% by 2012 - more than two times lower than that in 2008, said the Minister of Agriculture of Russia Elena Skrynnik.
EU - Flu fears sees China restricts pork imports
The European Union's health chief said Wednesday that China had slapped restrictions on pork imports from four member states over swine flu concerns.
Zhongpin Upgrades Changge Pork Plant and Boosts Plant Capacity 37 Percent
Zhongpin Inc., a leading meat and food processing company in the People's Republic of China, today announced that it has upgraded its slaughtering and processing facility in Changge, Henan province, that produces chilled and frozen pork products.
Hypor lands in Vietnam
Hypor, the pig breeding division of Hendrix Genetics, announced today that their first delivery of GGPs/GPs to Vietnam arrived on August 30. Japfa Comfeed Vietnam Ltd, a division of well established and successful agriculture integrator PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk, accepted delivery of the Canadian produced breeding stock for their new pork production business venture.
Philippines - Hog raisers ask govt to put up more slaughterhouses, storage facilities
Hog raisers belonging to the National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc. (NFHFI) said the government should consider putting up more state-of-the-art slaughterhouses and storage facilities so they can take full advantage of opportunities presented by the export market.
Russian meat companies reviewed for exports to EU
Although Russia still remains one of the world's largest meat importers, its meat enterprises are currently considering the possibility of starting exports to the European market.
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health enters into agreement to acquire certain assets of Fort Dodge Animal Health from Pfizer
Acquisition will strengthen Boehringer Ingelheim’s position as a vaccine supplier among the world’s top animal health companies
United Kingdom - Launch of public consultation on the beef and pig carcase classification (England) regulations 2009
Defra has launched a public consultation on the implementation of new European legislation concerning the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcases and the reporting of prices.
Korea - Pork exports to Japan are set to resume
The first Korean pork exported to Japan in nine years will leave port Monday according to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries yesterday.
United Kingdom - Positive signs for English pig sector
Provisional Defra Pig census results published this week report a 5.5% increase in the English breeding herd during the past twelve months.
EU - Commission clears acquisition of Merial by Sanofi-Aventis
The European Commission has granted clearance under the EU Merger Regulation to the acquisition of sole control of Merial of the US by Sanofi-Aventis of France.
USA - Record feed grain supply and use: E.R.S.
For 2009 and 2010, U.S. feed grain production is forecast at 344.8 million metric tons, up 5.2 million from a month ago and up 18.9 million from 2008-09, according to the Feed Outlook, a report from the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Pork consumption in Asia to grow faster
Despite the challenges facing the industry worldwide, meat consumption and international trade are increasing, adding that global meat consumption is forecast to grow by 2% per year up to 2018 to more than 320 million tonnes.
Spain – Offal and pig meat still holding up Spanish meat exports
During the first six months of 2009, the Spanish meat sector suffered a standstill in exports. In fresh meat, while all other meat has suffered decreases, Spain continues to base its exports in pig meat, which reached a higher value than in 2008, arriving to 797.34 million euros which is 7.2% higher than for the same period of the previous year. (Original in Spanish. Read Google translation here).
Cargill to expand animal nutrition production in Romania
Cargill is expanding its animal nutrition footprint in Romania through a major investment in its feed plant in Sura Mica near the town of Sibiu, including the construction of a complete-feed production line within the current premix facility.