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Vaccine for 165,000 pigs had arrived by Monday in Hongdong County, where the epidemic broke out, along with 430 exposure suits, 4.1 tons of disinfectant and 610 syringes for injections. Local officials quarantined 10 villages where infected pigs were found. As of Tuesday morning, 936 pigs had been culled and work was continuing.

Dr. Temple Grandin recently announced the launch of a "one-of-a kind" certification program that combines evaluating both sustainable and humane practices., Alameda, Calif.-based Niman Ranch plans to be one of the first companies to be audited and carry the certification seal for its humanely- and sustainably-raised natural beef, pork, lamb and chicken.

Prosecutors and authorities have launched mass safety inspections on milk and meat products in Bulgaria.

A new project granted by the Ministry of Science and Innovation will permit investigating new vaccine strategies against classical swine fever virus (CSFV) and studying the mechanisms of infection and protection. This project is coordinated among the Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), Centro de Biología Molecular (CBM SO-CSIC) and Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF).

Net farm income is forecast to be $71.2 billion in 2009, down $18.1 billion (20 percent) from the preliminary estimate of $89.3 billion for 2008. Still, $71.2 billion would be 9 percent above the average of $65 billion earned in the previous 10 years.

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2009/9/EC of 10 February 2009 amending Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to medicinal products for veterinary use.

Early indications point to a reduction in global cereal output in 2009 from the 2008 record, according to FAO's latest Crop Prospects and Food Situation report. Smaller plantings and adverse weather look likely to bring grain production down in most of the world's major producers.

In 2007, the Netherlands and Denmark had the lowest production costs for farming pigs of all the European countries studied. However, if the cost of production rights purchased is also taken into account - € 0.05 per kg - the Netherlands lags behind Denmark in terms of production costs. France has a solid third position on the list, whereas Germany, Poland and Spain - where production costs are around € 0.20 higher - are quite far behind the numbers one and two in Europe. The production costs in the US and Brazil are significantly lower than in Europe.

An additional of 200 pigs were found dead in hamlet 4, Cam Quan commune, Cam Xuyen district in the central province of Ha Tinh, said Nguyen Thanh Binh, head of the provincial Animal Heath Agency, on Feb. 12. Samples taken from the dead pigs tested positive for the cholera bacteria. So far, the disease has killed more than 600 pigs in the locality.

With the aim of reducing the pressure on supply in the domestic market, caused by the fall in exports, the pig breeders in the state of Santa Catarina have made a proposal to the federal government to trade pig meat for Russian wheat. (Original in Portuguese. Read Google translation here).

The peanut recall offers a prime opportunity to merge all federal food safety oversight into one agency, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Friday. Right now, the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture share oversight responsibilities, along with other government agencies, dividing authority along lines that don't always make sense. For example, the FDA oversees eggs in the shell, while the Agriculture Department is responsible for processed egg products.

According to the estimates for Agricultural Price Indices (API) that the Member States have supplied to Eurostat, output prices in nominal terms are reckoned to have increased by 6.5% in the European Union (EU 27) in 2008 compared to 2007. When adjusted for inflation (deflated or in real terms) the result is a 2.7% increase in 2008, following a 6.5% rise in 2007. The increase in the total output index was driven by the rise in real prices of Animal output (6.6%), while Crop output remained at almost the same level as in 2007.

The PVV has agreed to finance the continuation of the project of improvement in herd sanitary conditions started two years ago. During the first years surveys were made and measures were applied. It is hoped that the improvements will be seen in 2009 thanks to the implemented measures. (Original in Dutch. Read Google translation here).

A coalition of animal protection groups wants the state Department of Agriculture to investigate three grocery chains for violating the law by labeling non-Hawaii pork as "island produced."