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Exports increased by 13 %. Last year Germany passed Denmark and became the second largest exporter of pig meat after the US.

The State Veterinary Medicine Committee has banned from September 29, 2009 the pig and pig product imports to Ukraine from Northern Ireland.

The veterinary authorities have reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) a case of african swine fever (ASF) on a pig farm.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that producers may begin applying for benefits under the provisions of the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) and the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP).

Vets have hit out at Defra’s plans to retain control of animal welfare under its Responsibility and Cost Sharing Agenda (RCS). Following its consultation, Defra recently confirmed the new independent animal health body would not be given responsibility for animal welfare.

Five months after anxiety about swine flu prompted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s government to order the slaughter of all the country’s 300,000 hogs, the organic waste they once devoured is piling up on Cairo’s streets, contributing to a garbage crisis.

Producer and veterinary members of a pork industry task force conferred at the Leman Swine Conference last week in St. Paul, MN, to explore setting a course for possible eradication of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS).

An expected tight supply of pork in the coming holiday season amid low production has prompted the government, private traders and even hog raisers to agree to import an additional 20,000 metric tons (MT) this year.

The 25 biggest integrators and producers of swine livestock in the United States have reduced the number of breeders by around 200,000 head in just one year (-6%).

The Government of Argentina has approved of a process of subsidies for producers of swine livestock in need of assistance, due to the drought that is affecting the productive regions of the country.

Figures for the Polish swine population in July 2009 show a 2% increase compared to April 2009, reaching a total of over 14 million head, though this continues to be 7% below the figures for July 2008.

The gross value of total Australian agricultural production increased 20 per cent from 2006-07 to $43.3 billion in 2007-08, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Japan, the world’s largest pork importer, will purchase about 70,000 swine carcasses from local herds to boost prices after an economic slump cut consumption and sent stockpiles of the meat to the highest level in 20 years.

A new action plan to help cut greenhouse gas emissions from across the agricultural sector was launched.