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All illegal pig farms in Sabah must register and apply for licences before July 1, this year. Issuing the warning, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Yahya Hussin said an order requiring them to apply for the licence was issued when the Control of Livestock Activities (Pig) Rules 2008, was gazetted on Feb. 12 this year.

The Provincial Veterinary (PVET) Office has intensified monitoring and control of the spread of swine disease incidence in the province similar to PRRS.

Ukrainian analysts reported that during the first four months of 2009 Ukraine more than doubled its meat imports compared to the same period in 2008 showing 104,000t vs. 48,000 t.

USDA has dropped its total U.S. meat production projections for 2009 and 2010. In its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, USDA estimated pork production for this year to be 22.75 billion pounds. While market hog numbers are down a bit from last year's record-setting pace, heavier carcass weights have pushed overall pounds of pork above 2008's second-quarter levels. USDA reduced next year's pork production to 22.35 billion pounds.

Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, the former Soviet Union's largest grain producers, will establish a grain pool to be more competitive on the world market, the countries' agriculture ministers said Sunday at the World Grain Forum.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for the creation of a Livestock and Poultry Board to oversee the livestock and poultry sectors. The planned Livestock and Poultry Board would be similar to the National Corn Board which exercises supervision over corn growers and feed millers.

China’s central government is set to start buying frozen pork for the national reserves next week, in an attempt to relieve live hog oversupply and the continuous price fall in live hog and pork. The first batch of some 120,000 tonnes of frozen pork will be scheduled, while the target volume is expected to reach 200,000 tonnes.

In it's monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Report, released this week, USDA projects that corn demand in the 2009/2010 marketing year will surpass production by 525 million bushels. For the marketing year that begins Sept. 1, USDA estimates corn usage at 12.3 million bushels. The result will be a significant drop in storage stocks.

The Russian veterinary authority has sent Follow up Report No. 18 to OIE, reporting no new cases of ASF in pigs. The event is described as 'resolved'.

According to figures from the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, the beginning of the Plan for Improved Accessibility of Livestock Products To Foreign Markets has already given rise to a notable increase in exports, especially in the swine sector which currently exports more than 940,000 tonnes of meat which represents over 26% of total production. In 2008 there was an increase of 24% compared to 2007, with an increase of 15% for European Union countries and an increase of 57.5% to other countries. (Original in Spanish. Read Google translation here).