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USDA officially launched the National Institute of Food and Agriculture last week with speeches from Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Assistant to the President for Science and Technology John Holdren.

Michigan egg, pork and poultry producers have reached a compromise agreement with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).

The Philippines and the Taiwanese governments have signed an agreement to foster technical cooperation and work together to prevent and control the spread of livestock diseases.

U.S. Senate and House members have requested the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide assistance to U.S. pork producers to help them out of an economic crisis they’ve faced for two years.

The Ukrainian Statistics Committee reported that as of September 1, 2009 Pig population showed 7.4 million heads which is 7.5% up.

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has embarked on a new project as part of efforts to keep down levels of antibiotic resistant bacteria in the human food chain.

Canada’s government launched a World Trade Organization (W.T.O.) dispute settlement process Oct. 7 over U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labeling (C.O.O.L.).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced Wednesday that the loan limit for its Guaranteed Loan Program has been increased to $1.112 million, effective Oct. 1.

The Canadian Pork Council plans to focus on Canada's swine breeding herds as it moves to make national-level traceability ear tags available for hog producers' use.

In the first half of this year there was a significant growth in imports of processed pigmeat, the largest increase being from the Netherlands.

Vietnam has signed a veterinary agreement for allowing German fresh pork to be exported.

Russia's emergencies ministry has put farms in Russia's southern Rostov Region under quarantine following confirmation of an outbreak of swine fever, the ministry said in a statement.

LEI Wageningen UR has taken part in a European research project in order to ascertain what this means for agricultural incomes within the European Union. It appears that income fluctuations are increasing over time.

An important market for pork has been re-opened following lengthy negotiations. South Korea used to be a valuable export market which was closed following the last outbreak of foot and mouth, in 2007.

Danish Agriculture and Farming Council expect a pig quote of € 1.2 during the fourth quarter of 2009 and of € 1.67 during the first quarter of 2010.

Canadian pork producers can start applying for government-backed loans. Starting Monday, October 5, 2009, many financial institutions, including Farm Credit Canada, will be ready to work with pork producers to develop long-term business plans and deliver government-backed loans.