Colombia: increase in the number of pigs slaughtered
During the first quarter of this year a total of 790,595 pigs have been slaughtered, representing a growth of 11.2% over the same period in 2014.
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France: increase in pig slaughterings
During the first trimester of 2015, a total of 6,175,886 pigs have been slaughtered. This entails an increase by 2.4%.
Philippines: agriculture grew by 1.78 percent in the first quarter of 2015
Hog output expanded by 3.77 percent.
Croatia: a large pork importer
Croatia is a large pork importer, and in 2014, imports reached $236 million (79,447 MT), mainly from the EU.
Spain: increase in production in the Food and Beverages Industry
The production of the food and beverages sector has increased by 3.8% in 2014, and this translates into €93,238 million.
Pastured Pigs (1 of 4) - Breeding
Karma Glos from Kingbird Farm raises Tamworth pigs on pasture. Here Karma demonstrates how she manages sow breeding and farrowing.
FAO: Pigmeat production to grow in all regions
World production of pigmeat is anticipated to grow by 1.9 percent to 119.4 million tonnes in 2015.
Spain: the agrifood sector exports represent 17% of the foreign trade
The agrifood, fishing and forestry exports have grown from 15.4% to 17% of the total of the foreign trade in 2014.
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NewsUnited States: hogs and pigs inventory up 7 percent
United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2015 was 65.9 million head. This was up 7 percent from March 1.
Cuba: increase in pig production
170,900 tonnes of pork were produced in 2014: 15,900 tonnes more than forecasted.
Russia: FAS/Moscow anticipates swine inventories to increase
FAS/Moscow anticipates swine inventories to reach 19.7 million head by the end of 2015, a 1.5 percent increase in inventories and a slightly smaller increase than was realized in 2014.
Peru: increase in pig production
Last January, the pig sector reached a production of 15,000 tonnes.
Increase by 19.36% in the number of Iberian pigs marketed in 2014 with respect to 2013.
With the final 2014 figures, the ASICI has published the RIBER record's annual data and their evolution.
Proposal to reduce variability of live weight at slaughter
Growth curves as a tool to help manage weight variability among pigs.
Brazil: increase of nearly one percent in pork production in 2015
USDA forecasts an increase of nearly one percent in Brazilian pork production in 2015.
Punxsutawney Pork!
Unfortunately, it looks like the ground hog of pork price forecasts saw a long shadow when it emerged in late February and the tiny bubble of hope that the already late-to-end seasonal lows of winter were over was put on hold.