United Kingdom: Animal welfare strengthened by new codes for pigs
Welfare codes for pigs, laying hens, and meat chickens are being updated as part of a programme of reforms to safeguard and enhance the welfare of animals.
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Germany-ASF: The need to ensure effective separation between wild and domestic animals
The transport and delivery routes for livestock production must be closely monitored.
Slovakia implements measures to avoid the entrance of ASF
It is necessary that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development implements urgent measures to avoid the entrance of the disease.
The European Commission launches a public enquiry on rural development
The aim of this broad enquiry is to get a general picture of the strengths and the weaknesses of the rural development policy.
European Union: new reference laboratory for foot-and-mouth disease
Following completion of the selection procedure, the successful laboratory was the consortium ANSES & CODA-CERVA.
Demand for meat in Russia has increased due to the decline of pork and chicken prices
As a result of eleven months of 2017, pork accounted for 35.1% of the total volume of industrial meat production.
AB Vista IPPE Tech Talk – Feed Intelligence and the role of NIR in identifying incremental gains
The AB Vista Tech Talk at IPPE focuses on the use of NIR to identify as much value from feed as possible to deliver those all-important incremental gains, as well as more novel applications in the feed mill.
Hypor Magnus earns top marks in Hickory Ridge trial
Best pork; lowest cost. In any recipe for Total System Profitability, those are key ingredients. That may explain why the Hypor Magnus stole the show in a recent terminal sire trial at Hickory Ridge Research and Consulting against our biggest global competitor when it comes to the sire line.
Cherkizovo chooses Topigs Norsvin as genetic partner
Russian Cherkizovo Group has chosen Topigs Norsvin as their preferred genetic partner. This means that in the near future, all 90,000 sows will be produced with Topigs Norsvin genetics.
Mergers: Commission refers the acquisition of Pini Polonia by Smithfield to the Polish competition authority
The European Commission has referred the proposed transaction between Smithfield Foods of the US and Pini Polonia of Poland to the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) at its request. Both companies are active in the slaughtering of pigs in Poland.
November 2017: impressive increase in EU agri-food exports
The value of EU agri-food exports in November 2017, now at EUR 12.7 billion, increased impressively by almost EUR 1 billion compared to November 2016.
Brazil: Santa Catarina still is the main pig producer
The value of the meat exports from Santa Catarina reached USD2,600 million in 2017.
More than meat: Shaping the future of livestock
FAO points the way for low-carbon animal products to support nutrition and rural livelihoods.
Auditors publish background paper on EU animal welfare measures
The European Court of Auditors is currently examining whether action by the European Commission and the Member States has made an effective contribution to achieving the EU's animal welfare objectives.
USDA announces proposed rule to modernize swine inspection
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced its continued effort to modernize inspection systems through science-based approaches to food safety.
Brazil: historic record in pork sales
The Minister of Agriculture of Brazil, Mr Blairo Maggi, highlighted that the agriculture and livestock sector exports reached USD96,100 million in 2017: an increase by 13%.