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South Dakota State University (SDSU) has won a Defense Department contract to evaluate U.S. veterinary diagnostic laboratories' efforts to keep disease-causing microbes and toxins safely inside the labs.

Jim Paice, Minister of State for Agriculture, today announced funding of £12.6 million, from Defra and the Devolved Administrations, to improve our understanding of how UK agriculture contributes to climate change.

As a European Commission survey has revealed, Europeans consumers have an unhealthy distrust of the meat industry.

The first draft of the Canadian Swine Health Board's new Biosecurity Users Guide was introduced as part of Swine Health Forum 2010 which wrapped up October 26 in Quebec City. The document was developed based on information gathered through a national biosecurity benchmarking survey and is intended to assist producers in reducing the risks of disease transmission.

Copper and zinc are routinely used as additives in feed for livestock and aquaculture farming. During their use as feed additives, it is inevitable that Cu and Zn will be released to the environment. Under Regulation (EC) 1831/3003 (EC, 2003), in order to protect human health, animal health and the environment, feed additives should undergo a safety assessment through a Community procedure before being placed on the market, used or processed within the Community. This project therefore assessed the environmental impact of Cu and Zn arising from use as additives in feed for livestock and aquaculture animals.

The State Government today urged pork producers to familiarise themselves with a new set of animal welfare regulations for the Western Australian pig industry.

Accompanied by Mexican producers and businessmen, the Secretary of Agriculture, Francisco Mayorga, assisted meetings with sector officials with the end of finalizing the processes involved in exporting Mexican pork to China.

Across all farm types, average farm business income was approximately 15% lower than in 2008/09 at £43,400. Although lower than the preceding two years, for many farm types average farm incomes for 2009/10 still represent an improvement on the historical levels seen earlier in the decade.

The Government of Canada is cracking down on those who mistreat and improperly transport livestock by more than doubling current fines - the first increase in over 10 years.

During the first semester of 2010 the Belgian pork meat exportations have reached a volume of 372.250 tons, 3,3% more than in the same period last year.

The Argentine Sub-secretary of Agriculture made public the estimated corn harvest and commented that all the conditions have come together to ensure the next harvest reaches 26 million tons, a record figure keeping in mind the surface sowed and the average yield. This harvest will be 15.5% higher than that of the 2009/10 campaign, which came in at 22.5 million tons.

Canadian hog inventories as of October 1 stood at 11.9 million head, down 0.8% from the same date in 2009. There were 7,035 hog farms as of October 1, down 8.3% from the same date one year earlier.

Newly-published census results show the European pig herd was in decline from June 2009 through to June 2010. The total European Union sow herd fell 0.6 percent during this period and is predicted to continue falling through next year.