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Smithfield Foods global hog production operations moving toward complete conversion to group housing

Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced today that at the end of 2012 it had successfully transitioned 38% of pregnant sows on its company-owned farms in the United States from individual gestation stalls to group housing systems.

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Poland, Romania, Italy, Spain, France and Germany have the largest labour forces working in agriculture

Poland (1.9 million AWU) had the largest total farm labour force, followed by Romania (1.6 million), Italy (1.0 million), Spain (0.9 million), France (0.8 million) and Germany (0.5 million).

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Canada: Competition Bureau clears Puratone, Big Sky takeovers

The bureau would let Toronto food firm Maple Leaf Foods buy hog producer Puratone Corp. as well as allow Quebec meat packer Olymel to buy Big Sky Farms.

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USDA issues final rule for Animal Disease Traceability

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a final rule establishing general regulations for improving the traceability of U.S. livestock moving interstate.

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OIE: rising instability together with weak veterinary services pose a threat to world security

The quality of surveillance and response mechanisms for animal diseases varies from country to country, and in our globalized world weaknesses in one country pose a threat to all others.

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Emergency summit required on pigmeat imports from illegal systems

EU has banned the use of stalls for sows throughout most of their pregnancy from the beginning of the New Year most European countries are not yet compliant.

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ILDEX’s Big Success in Myanmar

The event was first international platform for the livestock and fisheries industries in that country and was well supported by the local livestock and fisheries federations.

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VIV aims to strengthen its position in Mexican agricultural growth market

After an initial, quick evaluation of FIGAP / VIV Mexico, VIV plans to tighten its associations with the primary production sectors poultry, pigs and dairy in that country.

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Alltech’s North American Lecture Tour challenges industry to ‘Stay Curious’

The 23- stop tour, taking place from Feb.12- March 1, will encourage attendees to stretch beyond conventional practices and explore how the latest technological developments can move the agriculture industry forward today.

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European Union: new European Community quality regulation for food and agricultural products

This regulation, that will come into force next January 3rd 2013, gathers in a single legal document the different European quality regimes.

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Brazil: increase in pig production

According to the data published by the ABIPECS, the production has reached 3.49 million tons, which entails an increase by 2.5% with respect to year 2011.

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FAO and ACP Countries agree strategic partnership

Specific areas for collaboration under the FAO-ACP agreement will include promotion of food security; promotion of sustainable intensification of crop and livestock.

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China strives to foster 100 agricultural mega-firms

China will strive to foster 100 agricultural companies with annual sales exceeding 10 billion yuan (1.59 billion U.S. dollars) in the next three to five years.

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Latvia: six new outbreaks of classical swine fever in wild boars

Totally 20 wild boars were detected seropositive with Ab ELISA test.

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UE: new decrease in pig meat exports

The total amount of the exports between January and October of the present year has been 2,595,097 tons, which means a reduction by 2.9%.

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Frost, PLLC and FACTA, LLC join forces to offer animal welfare auditing and assurance

Frost, PLLC, a leading national accounting firm in animal agriculture, and FACTA, LLC, an established animal welfare audit firm, have united to offer farm animal welfare auditing and assurance services to animal producers and food processors.