More pig prices
We have added the pig prices for: Hungary, Chile, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and South Korea.
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IGA drives Aussie pork message
Over the next few weeks IGA supermarkets will start to use distinctive labels to help Australian consumers more clearly identify and buy Australian grown pork.
DLG Trendmonitor results: Continued investment despite challenging conditions
This spring the Trendmonitor surveyed 3,500 farmers in eight countries – Germany, France, UK, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Included in the survey for the first time were top farming decision makers in Russia and the Ukraine: and responses from the new countries emphasised the continued importance of markets for agricultural machinery in eastern Europe and further afield.
Biogas growth predicted
About 760 biogas plants will be connected to the German national electricity grid in 2009 — three times the number in 2007 — according to estimates by the German Biogas Association. This is around 100 times more than exist in the UK.
Effect of feeding reduced crude protein and phosphorus diets on weaning-finishing pig growth performance, carcass characteristics, and bone characteristics
Nutrient excretion may be reduced without affecting growth performance, bone variables, and carcass characteristics in growing-fattening pigs
Raw potato starch in weaned pig diets and its influence on postweaning scouts and the molecular microbial ecology of the digestive tract
The use of raw potato starch in weanling diets may reduce the negative effects of postweaning diarrhoea
Lupins in pig diets: Competent alternative to soybean meal (1/2)
Australian sweet lupins are a predominant protein source in Australian pig diets due to economic rationale as opposed to soybean meal (SBM) which is commonly used in most other countries.
Swine dysentery eradication – choosing the right drug, dose and duration
There are several decisions to make before attempting an eradication programme. Firstly, which antibiotic should we use? If we have had the disease on the farm for some time, the Brachyspira will have been exposed to possibly a number of drugs and may have reduced susceptibility to some of them.
Zhongpin to Increase and Streamline Production Capacity
The new pork production facility, located in the Jinghai Economic Technical Development Area in Tianjin City, will increase total annual pork production capacity by 136,000 metric tons.
Canada - New industry programs help Alberta's livestock and meat sector move forward
Grant funding supports a competitive future through innovation, diversification.
USA - California Takes First Step to Feed Antibiotic Ban
The state Senate committee in California has approved the measure to ban routine use of antibiotics for farm animals - a first step towards a future ban.
China - $9.5b earmarked to help farmers
The central government will spend 65 billion yuan ($9.5 billion) on infrastructure and services in rural areas to help farmers cope with the economic downturn, the State Council said yesterday. The move to support the agricultural sector includes investment in pig raising and dairy farming and improving grain production.
Russia - Meat production to Grow by 11.4% in the Ist Quarter
Russian meat production grew by 11.4% to 749 thousand tons in the first quarter of the current year compared to the same period in 2008, as Federal State Statistics Service reports.
Vietnam subsidies livestock farmers and aquaculturists
Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked the government to provide subsidised loans for livestock farmers to buy machinery and vaccines.
UK - Yorkshire producers 'up for something big' - Regional Health Improvement Scheme
Funding is now in place to build a healthier, more efficient and more internationally competitive Yorkshire and Humberside pig herd.
Italy - The numbers of Italian porciculture
Current figures of porcine production, importation and exportation in Italy (original in Italian)