South Korea ratifies FTA with United States
The National Assembly ratified the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement on Tuesday.
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UK genetics and support win German franchise
World class genetics, backed by advanced technical support, has clinched a major franchise contract for UK based JSR Genetics, in the form of a new breeding company, JSR Hybrid Deutschland GmbH.
Kathryn Adams appointed to Pork CRC board
Agricultural scientist and lawyer, Kathryn Adams, has been appointed as an Independent Director to the Board of the CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork, replacing Nigel Smith who retired after serving for a total of four years on the boards of this CRC and its predecessor, the CRC for an Internationally Competitive Pork Industry.
Benefits from recording feed conversion
“Efficient feed conversion is the most important economic trait in pig production yet, as an industry, we are quite poor at measuring it,” Ed Sutcliffe, geneticist and technical director of pig-breeding company ACMC told a meeting of Northamptonshire Quality Pig Producers’ Association at Moulton College, near Northampton.
Ukraine: The number of pigs is decreasing, but the pork production is growing
The number of pigs decreased in October, in comparison with the previous month. The difference in quantity is 67.1 thousand pigs or 1%.
France - Use of PAP in feed: ANSES considers that the conditions have not been fully satisfied
In an opinion and a report published last week ANSES notes the progress made in organisation of the industries. It nevertheless considers that the conditions for safe use of processed animal proteins have not, to date, been fully satisfied.
Brazil expects Hong Kong to become main destination for pork exports
Between October and January of this year, Brazil exported 107,500 tons of pork to Hong Kong.
Favorable ruling from the WTO for Mexico and Canada on United States labeling regulations
The World Trade Organization ruled that the law requiring labeling the origin of meat imposed by the United States (COOL) is an obstacle to international trade.
Korea's veterinary drug MRL situation
Korea will soon begin reviewing existing veterinary drug MRLs and hopes to finish this process by the end of 2014.
Australia: pig farmers endorse increase in pig slaughter levy
At the industry Annual General Meeting in Canberra, Australian pig farmers endorsed the proposal to increase the pig slaughter levy by 90 cents.
Philippine pig production up
Pig production in the Philippines posted gains of 1.64% in the first nine months of 2011.
France to launch a national plan to reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance
The French Minister of Agriculture, Bruno Le Maire, has announced the creation of the first national plan to reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance in veterinary medicine.
European Union: Action Plan against antimicrobial resistance
The European Commission has tabled a comprehensive Action Plan on Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which unveils12 concrete actions to be implemented in close cooperation with the Member States.
Agreement between the EU and Norway on additional trade preferences for agricultural products
This agreement results from the EEA Agreement which provides for regular reviews of conditions of trade in agricultural products in view of progressive liberalisation.
USA: USDA announces improvements to veterinary biologics licensing process
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced plans to streamline and improve several of the programmatic processes its customers use most, including the veterinary biologics licensing process.
Czech Republic: pork production 3% down
In the 3rd quarter of 2011, the number of pigs for slaughter went down by 3.4% to 728 016 heads.