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According to Irish Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures, 2.61 million pigs were processed in 2007, 2.57 million in 2008 and this dropped to 2.42 million in 2009.

Pig production is concentrated in a few countries, with Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Poland having more than two thirds of the breeding pigs between them (December 2008 survey).

Hog receipts are expected to increase as a slight decline (2.8 percent) in pork production is more than offset by a $3.77-per-cwt increase in the price of pork.

Funds in excess of USD 860,000 has been set aside by Indonesia's Bali provincial administration to develop 40 integrated farming locations.

The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, set the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan a goal to develop animal industry to increase manufacture of meat for export.

Thailand’s Pig Board, a core body overseeing pig industry policy, has agreed upon action plans to be implemented in associated with the earlier adopted master plan to develop the pig and pork industry as a whole.

The European Commission today officially announced the winner of the EU organic logo competition. Over the past two months, some 130,000 people have voted online to choose the new organic symbol from three finalists.

The BMI's latest Polish Agribusiness Q110 Report shows that since EU accession, Polish pork producers have struggled.

The Government of Canada announced an investment of up to $900,000 to help the Certified Organic Associations of BC implement a new and comprehensive market development strategy for the organics industry.

The pork sector recovered quickly from April's H1N1 epidemic. Pork production for 2009 have fallen by only 0.6% y-o-y.

Philippine hog production rose by a mere 1.2% in 2009, but this is still better than the 1.6% contraction it suffered in 2008.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday approved a plan to boost domestic food production and reduce the country's dependence on imports.

Domestic meat production decreased by 7.2 percent year-on-year to 556,066 tonnes in slaughter weight last year, with pork production falling most, the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) announced Friday.