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Canada - Creation of Canadian standard for pork quality recommended

Participants in a Canadian pork industry trade mission that traveled to Japan are endorsing the creation of a Canadian pork industry standard aimed specifically at satisfying the demands of that market.

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Denmark - Increasing exports of piglets

The latest figures for the Danish export of piglets, sows and slaughter pigs show great increases.

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MARFRIG acquires SEARA from Cargill

The agreement is initially worth US$ 706.2 million in cash with the assumption of US$ 193.8 million in debt.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.