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Agromek attains new record with 91 two-star and three-star exhibits

Agromek, which will be held during the period 27th to 30th November (inclusive) will present a total of 237 New Product exhibits including 25 New Product exhibits which are completely new within the EEC.

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New approach puts VIV China back on the map

VIV China has once again profiled itself as an international platform for products, knowledge and technology for the Chinese animal protein production industry.

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Denmark: increase in occurrence of pig MRSA

Significantly more pigs at slaughter were found to be infected with the so-called pig MRSA.

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European Union: "Economics of Animal Health: a price worth paying?"

On Wednesday, October 3 took place in Brussels a conference on animal health and its cost: "Economics of Animal Health: a price worth paying?".

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Declining global cereal production in 2012 to further tighten supplies in 2012/13

World cereal production in 2012 would be 2.6 percent down from the previous year’s record crop but close to the second largest in 2008.

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United Kingdom: Scottish pig herd falls

The Scottish breeding herd is down 12 percent.

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China’s demand for pork could see corn imports reach 20 million tonnes per year

China has recently been importing over 0.4 million tonnes of pork per year, in a world market with trade of less than 7 million tonnes per year.

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FAO Food Price Index up 1.4 percent in September

The grain-intensive pig and poultry sectors recorded particularly strong gains, increasing by 6 percent and 2 percent respectively.

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Pfizer Animal Health offers grants for swine antibiotic research

$100,000 in grant funding available to study DRAXXIN® for treatment of swine respiratory disease

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Denmark reduces the maximum level of antibiotics in pigs

In order to maintain the positive results, the Fødevarestyrelsen has decided to introduce a small reduction in the maximum level of antibiotics.

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European Union: pork and beef prices expected to remain high into 2014

Rabobank predicts a further 2 percent decline in pork production in 2014.

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Ireland achieves Aujeszky's Disease Free Status

Ireland has achieved Aujeszky's Disease-free status following the success of the National Aujeszky's Disease Control and Eradication Programme.

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Smithfield Foods reports progress on core sustainability goals at newly updated website

Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced today that its detailed sustainability results for fiscal 2012 can be found at the newly updated www.smithfieldcommitments.com, the website dedicated to sharing information regarding the core sustainability programs critical to Smithfield Foods' business.

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United States: the impact of PRRS on the cost of pig production

Researchers estimated that PRRS was costing the swine industry $66.7 million per year in the breeding-farrowing phase, $201.34 million per year in nursery pigs and $292.23 million per year in finishing pigs.

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European Union: final EU-27 cereal estimates showing a production drop

According to Copa-Cogeca final EU-27 cereals estimates for the 2012/13 marketing year, claiming EU production is expected to drop by 2.2%.

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EU pig meat production is expected to decline

Pig meat production, on top of higher feed costs, would also be affected by the new animal welfare rules mandatory from January 2013, and would decline by -3.2% in 2013.