Ireland pig numbers up 2.4%
The total number of pigs in Ireland in June 2011 was estimated at 1,555,100. This represents an increase of 2.4% since June 2010.
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Taiwan confirms an outbreak of FMD
One pig with vesicular lesions was found in a detention pen (only one pig in that pen) of the slaughterhouse in Tao Yuan County.
Guatemala: eight new outbreaks of Classical Swine Fever
The outbreaks are located in the departments of Jutipa (1 focus), Chimaltenango (4), Suchitequepez (1), Guatemala (1), Santa Rosa (1).
Ukraine reaches agreement with European Commission on joint countermeasures to spreading of African Swine Fever onto Ukraine and EU territory
Prysiazhniuk says that during a meeting with EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Dacian Ciolos they reached agreement on stepping up control over movements of animal products, grain from the Russian territory affected by African swine fever, and also control over migration of wild animals.
USA: American Meat Institute says pilot program to conduct inspections at plants instead of border will facilitate U.S. -Canada trade
A new pilot program to conduct inspections in plants in-country will help facilitate trade between the U.S. and Canada and prevent delays at the border.
Philippines: pork shipments to Malaysia could start early
The Philippines may begin pork shipments to Malaysia by early next year if a triple A slaughterhouse facility in Cavite gets the approval from Malaysian regulators to export such products there, Agriculture officials said.
ABH Miratorg increased the volume of one-time pigs keeping to 1 Million and has manufactured 1 Million tons of compound feeds
Livestock accounting program of ABH Miratorg has fixed 1 Millionth mark. As on the 26th of October 2011, the heads quantity in Holding pig complexes for one-time keeping was total 1 001 419 animals.
Smithfield Foods brings awareness to food insecurity through live Twitter event
On December 16, 2011 Dennis Treacy, Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer and Kathleen Kirkham, Sustainability Coordinator, will host a live Twitter dialogue to bring awareness to issues concerning hunger in America.
Royal De Heus winner of Dutch-Polish Business Award 2011
The objective of the Dutch-Polish Business Award is to place the success of Dutch entrepreneurs in Poland in a positive limelight and to further stimulate Dutch entrepreneurship in Poland.
USMEF-Japan creates premium positioning for chilled U.S. pork
A side-by-side taste challenge at a leading Tokyo hotel produced surprising results for a group of Japanese consumers who were given a chance recently to compare premium-branded U.S. chilled pork with domestic pork.
Seminal and holistic review of the probable "futures" of livestock production, food security and environmental protection
On 9 and 10 November 2011, the ILRI Board of Trustees hosted a 2?day ‘liveSTOCK Exchange’ to discuss and reflect on livestock research for development. ILRI systems analyst Mario Herrero gave a keynote presentation titled ‘Global Livestock: Drivers, Trends and Futures’.
Silver success for Yorkshire pig farmer
Yorkshire pig farmer, Ian Broumpton, gained an armful of trophies at this year’s Hull Market Christmas Fatstock Show.
New Pork CRC launched with high integrity
Officially launching the CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork, Chairman of the CRC Committee, Mr Neville Stevens AO, said it had the potential to build quality jobs and products for Australia.
TOPIGS research: SNPs for more uniform and bigger litters found
TOPIGS researchers have found a series of SNPs that define a genetic region which explains genetic variation for litter size and uniformity between litters.
Pork exports set new annual value records with two months to spare
China was the largest volume market for U.S. pork in October at 48,678 metric tons, more than double the year-ago volume and setting another monthly record.
Brazil: perspectives for the pig sector
In 2011 there was a 4.9% increase in pig production compared to 2010.