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The People’s Committee of the central province of Quang Nam has officially declared the outbreak of blue-ear pig disease in the province and banned all transport, trade, slaughter and the consumption of pigs and pork products in the affected areas.

The population of the pigs in the farm is divided into two premises which are 70m far from each other. The affected animals were discovered only in one of the two premises where 500 pregnant sows and 6 males stay. Clinical signs were fever, anorexia, multifocal hyperemia and hemorrhagic lesions of the skin, vomiting, coughing, ataxia and death. Post-mortem investigation has revealed lesions that fit classical swine fever.

A federal pilot swine influenza virus (SIV) surveillance program could result in improvements in vaccines for swine and development of vaccine seed strains for humans.

Pork prices will not be affected by the culling of 6,000 hogs in Pandi, Bulacan, the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) assured consumers on Saturday.

Over the past years farmers have become more dependent on government and EU subsidies, according to a National Statistics Office report. Whereas subsidies amounted to 31.8 per cent of farmers' income in 2006, the dependency of subsidies increased by 4.9 percentage points to 36.7 per cent in 2007.

In an unprecedented move, Defra farms minster Jane Kennedy will travel to Brussels with NFU and NPA to lobby MEPs ahead of a critical vote in the European Parliament on IPPC. It is feared the changes will impact on more pig and poultry farms, farms with feed mills, and the glasshouse sector. Existing IPPC pig and poultry farmers will also be burdened with further controls and more administrative red-tape.

Last year meat production in Germany reached 7.5 million tonnes, a 3.3% increase on the previous year. (Original in German. Read Google translation here).

The retail price of many meat products is forecast to rise strongly during the next five years as supplies remain relatively tight. Beef, lamb and pork prices are all set to rise by at least $1.50kg as demand remains high, continuing the rising trend of recent years.

Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Diep Kinh Tan urged relevant agencies and provincial animal health bureaus to take quick response to the current complicated developments of diseases in poultry and livestock, according to a report of the ministry's website on Wednesday.

The European Commission today said that it is considering tougher rules on the treatment of animals in transit and that it shares the concern of 150,000 Europeans who have signed a petition calling for an end to the “unnecessary suffering of millions of animals” being transported long distances in Europe.

Grain prices have dropped significantly from last year’s peak, but the impact of higher prices will continue to affect livestock production.

In a bid to streamline the meat and poultry processing industry in the country, the Government of India on Thursday launched the National Meat and Poultry Processing Board (NMPPB).

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today awarded more than $11 million in grants to 15 states to support research, education and outreach in animal genomics that will enhance the protection and safety of agriculture and the food supply.

China's top legislature approved the Food Safety Law on Saturday, providing a legal basis for the government to strengthen food safety control "from the production line to the dining table."

As part of its commitment to protecting the health and safety of Canadians, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is implementing enhanced Listeria testing and reporting requirements in plants producing ready-to-eat meats, such as cold cuts.

One of agriculture's most versatile crops could one day play a role in combating climate change, Purdue University research shows. Purdue agricultural engineers Al Heber and Jiqin Ni found that soybean oil reduces greenhouse gas emissions when sprayed inside swine finishing barns.