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According to a market research report, " Five year Forecast and Analysis on the United States Hog Market" by Doane Advisory Service, over the 23 month period, budgets show losses averaging $22.50 per head. With hog slaughter over that period totaling more than 220 million head, a total of nearly $5 billion in this downturn.

According to Antal Sákán of the Federation of Pig Producers, production should fall by a further 10% this year.

At January 1, Canadian hog producers had an estimated 11.6 million hogs on their farms, down 4.5% from January 2009. Since January 2009 there has been a 4.3% decrease in the breeding herd, mainly sows and gilts. The inventory of sows is estimated at 1.3 million head.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has reported a new outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in pigs inTaiwan.

The European Commission authorised a Belgian scheme with a budget of €2.73 million which aims at supporting farmers in Flanders who encounter difficulties as a result of the current economic crisis. Aid under this scheme can be granted until 31 December 2010 and will take the form of interest subsidies and guarantees.

USDA has taken a step toward implementing a plan to address veterinary shortages today, and the deepening divide expected in the future. USDA will repay the student loans of qualified veterinarians in return for them committing to practice in locations that are suffering the most from a lack of veterinarians

Pig production is concentrated in a few countries, with Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Poland having more than two thirds of the breeding pigs between them (December 2008 survey).

According to Irish Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures, 2.61 million pigs were processed in 2007, 2.57 million in 2008 and this dropped to 2.42 million in 2009.

The Russian veterinary authorities have notified the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about a new case of Classical swine fever in wild boars.

The Government has banned importation of pork from South Korea, as well as poultry and live birds from the same country and Taiwan, an Agriculture official said over the weekend.

The Danish Food Minister, Eva Kjer Hansen, wants to introduce a ”yellow card”-scheme on vets and farmers who use too many antibiotics.

As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), more than 7.7 million tonnes of meat were produced from commercial slaughtering in Germany in 2009.