Peru: increase in pig production
Last January, the pig sector reached a production of 15,000 tonnes.
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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.
European Union: new short-term agricultural market outlook
A higher pig herd and increased productivity following the implementation of welfare rules in the sow sector should create conditions for a continuous recovery in production over the projection period at around 23 million tonnes.
2015 Canadian Agricultural Outlook
Growing strength in the cattle and hog industry, strong crop sales, and relatively stable input costs produced a record farm income in 2014 and will continue to sustain the agricultural economy in 2015.
Spain: pork production increased by 4.87% in 2014
Pork production reached 3.60 million tonnes: 4.87% more than in 2013.
Mexico: the meat industry generates 350,000 direct jobs
Livestock production accounts for 54 percent of the value of the primary sector and generates 350,000 direct jobs and more than one million indirect jobs.
Denmark: slight increase in the sow census
The number of sows has also increased slightly (1%) over the same period last year, reaching 1,046,000 heads.
Germany: increase in the number of slaughtered pigs
The number of pigs slaughtered in 2014 grew by 0.2% (112,600 heads), reaching 58.7 million animals.
European Union: a quarter of pig meat is produced in Germany
With a production of 5.5 million tonnes, corresponding to 25% of the EU total, Germany was in 2013 the main producer of pig meat in the EU, followed by Spain (3.4 mn t or 16%).
Expand at the rate of expected increases in net exports or red ink will flow
Export markets may not be as robust as forecast by USDA due to very slow economic growth and actual recession in many countries. Add to that the massive value increase of the dollar versus its chief competitive currencies as the cost of oil plummeted…
Russian government imposing grain export duties
Prime Minister Medvedev said at the meeting that Russia had a splendid harvest this year, and that exports had risen considerably, so the country needed a reserve.
United States: hogs and pigs inventory up two percent
Between September and November 2014, 29.4 million pigs were weaned on U.S. farms, up 4 percent from the same time period in 2013.