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Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr. Miroslav Naidenov and President of the National Council of the Bulgarian Veterinary Union (BVU) Dr. Jordan Boychev signed an agreement after meeting with the union leadership today. The Agreement stipulates that the Ministry of Agriculture and Food should prepare and submit by October 31, 2010 the Government Preventive Program for 2011, while in the development and amendment of programs for the prevention, control and eradication of infectious and parasitic diseases will take part representatives of BVU.

Midway through September, a third less cereal crops have been harvested in Russia compared with the same period last year, according to the Russian Minister of Agriculture.

Since, on 6 October 2010, 3 months will have passed after the destruction of the last case, Japan will shortly apply to the OIE for recovery of status “Freedom from Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) without vaccination”, providing the dossier required to be evaluated by the Scientific Commission for Animal Disease (SCAD), in accordance with the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code.

Significant changes have taken place in the retail meat case, according to the newly released results of the 2010 National Meat Case Study (NMCS), as retailers responded to evolving consumer needs since the last study took place in 2007.

According to initial estimates, income from the Swiss agricultural sector has fallen by 3.4% in 2010 compared with the previous year, after the 7.7% drop in 2009.

Following a request from The European Commission, the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on current pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza and its potential implications for animal health.

A 10-year study recently completed by Iowa State University confirms what many farmers already know to be true: that farm families raising hogs in modern barns have a positive social and economic benefit on their neighborhoods and communities.

The latest estimates of cereal production in the European Union, carried out by Copa-Cogeca show a 5% decrease for the 2010/2011 season.

An MYR 400 million (USD 129 million) integrated pig farm in Pasir Puteh, Sarawak in East Malaysia, grouping about 72 farmers from Kuching and Samarahan divisions, will start operations next year.

One in ten pigs gets the MRSA bacterium in livestock transport trucks, while sixty percent of pigs in slaughterhouses have the bacterium. Wageningen University veterinary researcher Els Broens finds this 'very disconcerting'.

Pork is firmly fixed as a family favourite with sales continuing to rise according to the latest figures from BPEX. During August the total meat market rose by one per cent while sales of fresh pork saw a dramatic rise of 11 per cent.

Exports of Canada`s pork products have managed to hold steady and even climb despite live hog output in the country continuing to decline. The ability to maintain exports of Canada's pork products also comes as domestic production of those products begins to decline.

The latest data published by the Romanian Institute of Statistics referring to the evolution of the swine census in May 2010, with respect to May 2009, show increases in the Southeast region (1.3 percentage points), the Western region (0,9), Bucharest - Ilfov (0,4) and the Central region (0,1) and a decrease in the region of Muntenia Sud (-0,2), the Northwest region (-0,4), Southwest Oltenia (-0,8) and the Northeast region (-1,3).

Vietnam will increase taxes on imported meats to 40% from late October 2010 in a move to protect its local livestock industry.