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We have improved the markets and prices section, one of the most important of pig333.com
In order to really take advantage of all the price information, we have developed some interactive graphics that allow you to visualize prices in various currencies. We use real time currency exchange rates for each market. It is also possible to convert between different units (kg, pounds, cwt or 100 kg). At the same time you can see several correlative years represented in order to see trends or “overlaps”, in order to see the difference between years.
New section: Swine abstracts
New section: Pig welfare
We have just added a new section, Pig welfare, to pig333, on the European legislation about the minimum standards for the protection of pigs (2001/88/EC of 23/Oct/2001 and 2001/93/EC of 9/Nov/2001). This section has an interactive format of questions and answers starting from a photograph, and has been prepared by Paolo Candotti.
More market prices
We have added some more pig prices from America: Canada (Quebec and Ontario) and USA (Iowa-Minnesotta) and, in order to present the information in a clearer format we have grouped the countries by continent