United Kingdom: pig industry slashes GHG emissions
Two years after the publication of the BPEX Roadmap, the reduction in climate change potential (carbon footprint) already achieved is beyond expectation, far exceeding the overall 2020 target.
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Canada: New price insurance product for western livestock producers
The pilot will help livestock producers protect themselves against unexpected price declines by allowing them to purchase insurance on an insured price selected by the producer from the available coverage levels.
Lithuania: African Swine Fever detected in two hunted wild boars
The State Food and Veterinary Service informs that African swine fever was detected in two wild boars hunted in the area bordering the Šalčininkai and Alytus-Varėna regions.
France: favourable verdict for the official approval of digestates obtained from biogas plants
The official approval of these products obtained from agricultural methanisation will allow the authorisation of their market entry in all the national territory.
Spain: the creation of the Spanish Agency of Consumption, Food Safety and Nutrition has been approved
The National Institute of Consumption and the Food Safety Agency have been combined into the Spanish Agency of Consumption, Food Safety and Nutrition (AECOSAN).
Zoetis: Avoid Residues in Cull Sows by Using Antibiotics Responsibly
Violative antibiotic residues in meat can bring serious problems to your farm.
DNA Genetics adds two new members to the team
DNA Genetics is expanding its sales team with the addition of two new people, Chris Allen and Mike Sidwell.
Spain: increase in the average price of the pig carcass in 2013
In the case of class E pig meat, the average price of the carcass has increased by 11.4% in 2013 with respect to the previous year.
Italy: the Mantua stock market will dictate pig prices again
The Chamber of Commerce of Mantua restores the assignment of prices in order to compensate for the blockade of the CUN.
Denmark: the programme for reducing the incidence of Salmonella in pig carcasses still goes on
The Ministry will still work with the aim that the prevalence falls below 1%.
United Kingdom: Cranswick withdraws from DAPP reporting
Cranswick has decided to withdraw from reporting price data into the DAPP after all.
Brazil: an important increase in the exports of pig meat in 2014 is foreseen
The ABIPECS foresees an increase by 15.7% in the exports of pig meat in 2014.
FAO: sustainable development is the priority for the development of stockbreeding in Central America
The Ministers of Agriculture analysed the challenges of stockbreeding and its potential for its sustainable development.
Denmark: reduced use of antibiotics in Danish farming
The use of antibiotics in Danish farming has fallen by 11 percent since 2009.
United States: 23 states reporting confirmed cases of PED
No states have reported a first positive result in the last week and so the total affected remains at 23.
Denmark: structural plan to safeguard the future of Danish Crown
Over the past five years and more, the production of pigs for slaughter in Denmark has fallen by over 20 per cent.