Osborne Industries, Inc. (USA) to exhibit at VIV Russia 2017
Osborne USA will be showcasing the ACCU-ARM® Survey Scale™, an automated pig sorting scale for large pen finishing.
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World Pork Expo Seminars offer ideas and innovation for pork businesses
This year’s business seminars will outline new ways to manage swine herds from birth to market, as well as review technologies that can help producers stay competitive in today’s fast-paced world.
Mexico opens new markets for its pig products
The SENASICA is pursuing negotiations with the health authorities of Russia, Thailand and Vietnam, among other countries.
Colombia: growth in the food and agriculture products exports
Goods such as coffee (65.3%), flowers (25.5%), bananas (25%), palm oil (36.1%) and frozen beef (357.3%), among others, helped to encourage exports in the third month of 2017.
The Cypriot meat market
The ICEX Spain Export and Investments has published a report drafted by the Economy and Commerce Office of the Embassy of Spain in Athens regarding the Cypriot meat market.
The Commission launches the EU Platform on Animal Welfare
The Commission is publishing the composition of the EU Platform on Animal Welfare announced in January 2017.
China: domestic meat output
In the first quarter of 2017, the output of pork was 14.68 million tons, a year-on-year growth of 0.2 percent.
Record volume for U.S. pork exports in March
For the first quarter, pork exports were up 17 percent in volume (627,647 mt) and 22 percent in value ($1.58 billion).
Reorganization of USDA: Secretary Perdue announces creation of Undersecretary for Trade
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the creation of an undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), a recognition of the ever-increasing importance of international trade to American agriculture.
Poland: changes in ASF control measures
The EC has published Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/767 amending the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in Poland.
Mexico: agriculture and livestock production in 2016
In 2016, the agriculture, livestock and fishing production exceeded 220 million tonnes: an increase by 5.3% with respect to 2015.
Vietnam: MARD urges husbandry firms to save pig farms
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường called on large animal husbandry businesses to increase their purchase of pigs and keep them in frozen storage in order to help farmers reduce inventories and stop the resulting downward price spiral.
Pig production increases in Russia
In the first trimester of 2017, pig production has increased by more than 5%, mainly in the regions of Pskov, Chelyabinsk, Tver and Voronezh, and in the territory of Stavropol.
Canada confirms new outbreaks of PED
Canada has confirmed three new outbreaks of PEDs in Manitoba pig farms.
Brazil: the pork exports decrease for the second consecutive month
Despite the two consecutive months with a negative balance in the volume of fresh pork shippings, they remain positive so far this year.