Pork shortage looms over Cambodia
Cambodia is threatened by a shortage of pork as pig farmers are leaving the business due to high input cost.
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European Union - MEP calls for tougher controls on animal antibiotics
A resolution drafted by Agriculture Committee Chair Paolo de Castro calls for better research and analysis of the impact and more prudent use of antimicrobials in animals.
USMEF: Pork exports grow in volume, value through February
For the month of February, 27 percent of U.S. pork production was sold outside of the United States with the incremental value of exports reaching $51.48 per head – versus 25.2 percent and $43.81 last year. Total pork exports jumped 15 percent in value and 8 percent in volume versus February 2010 totals.
European Union - GMOs: Environment Committee strengthens legal grounds for cultivation bans
EU Member States should be able to state environmental grounds, such as pesticide resistance, for restricting or banning the cultivation of EU-approved genetically-modified crops, said the Environment Committee on Tuesday. Stating these grounds could strengthen legal protection against possible WTO challenges to GMO bans, it added.
Agreement with Peru provides opportunities for Mexican pig producers
In signing the Peru – Mexico Comercial Integration Agreement, the Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Food, Francisco Mayorga Castañeda from México and his Peruvian counterpart, Rafael Quevedo Flores, agreed on the mutual importance of the agreement which will reactivate the commercial Exchange of complementary products, in a setting where the sectors small and midsized business can potentially participate and grow.
China opens up its market to Brazilian pork
In a meeting held last Monday, April 11th in Beijing, the Chinese Minister of the Quality, Inspection and Quarantine , Zhi Shuping, informed the Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Wagner Rossi, of the initial approval of three Brazilian meat processing plants to export pork to China. The approval comes only 5 months after the Chinese mission to Brazil to inspect 13 slaughterhouses.
South Korea - Number of pigs plunges on FMD
The number of pigs raised in South Korea plunged due to the massive slaughter of livestock affected by nationwide outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a report showed Thursday.
New program cultivates business, leadership skills for pork industry professionals
Management-level professionals in the pork industry now have the opportunity to strengthen their leadership and business skills through a two-year certificate program uniquely tailored for their needs.
PIC announces new business development in Vietnam
PIC has concluded an agreement with local agribusiness powerhouse, Greenfeed (GF), for the production and distribution of genetically advanced swine semen in Vietnam.
COPA elects Gerd Sonnleitner as new president
EU leaders from the European Farmers’ Organisation Copa today elected Gerd Sonnleitner as the new President for the period 2011-2013. He will succeed Padraig Walshe whose term-inoffice has expired.
Farmex: Grant for green energy monitoring
Berkshire-based Farmex — the energy and control specialists — has won a £24,000 grant from the Technology Strategy Board to look at data collection from small-scale photo-voltaic energy collection systems.
Field study confirms protection of piglets against porcine circovirus associated disease by vaccination with Porcilis® PCV
Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health announces today that a field trial with the single-dose subunit vaccine PORCILIS® PCV has confirmed that vaccination induces humoral and cellular immunity and protects piglets against the consequences of porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVD).
Productivity fillip for Maltese pig industry
A switch of genetics and a new approach to health and management has revitalised pig production on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta.
Russia - ASF outbreak in the Arkhangelsk oblast
The All-Russia Research Institute of Veterinary Virology and Microbiology tested pathological material taken from pigs found dead in the private holding in closed administrative-territorial unit Mirny, Plesetsky Rayon, the Arkhangelsk Oblast.
South Korea - Pork belly price stymies purchases
As the price of pork rises, Koreans are giving up their beloved pork belly to seek alternative cuts and sources of protein.
Ukraine - Cabinet extends grain export quotas until July
The Cabinet of Ministers extended the quotas of exportation of grain crops until July 1, Agrarian Policy and Food Supplies Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk has told journalists.