Pig crisis in France: MPB session once again suspended
Two buyers, SA Bernard and SA Charles (Jean Floc'h group) did not attend the meeting.
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France: Cooperl also chooses to apply its own price
Cooperl has decided to pay its live pigs supplier partners a provisional base price that has in mind the market situation.
France: The Agriculture Minister calls for new types of contract for the pig sector
In order to encourage new contractual arrangements in the pig sector, the Ministry of Agriculture offers various stakeholders a working document.
New crisis in the relevant French pig market
Daniel Picart, president of the Marché du Porc Breton, relevant French market, left his post on Thursday. The MPB suspended its trading, scheduled for Thursday, postponing it to a later date.
Pig crisis in France: the Bigard business group applies its own price
The group has decided to apply a free market price. This decision has been harshly condemned by the pig farmers.
A VAT reduction causes an increase in meat consumption in Romania
Romanian government's decision to reduce VAT for meat and products from 24% to 9% resulted in an increase in the sale of meat.
European Commission partially refers Danish Crown / Tican merger to Denmark's competition authority
After a preliminary investigation, the Commission found that the proposed transaction would threaten to significantly affect competition in certain markets in Denmark.
Spain: increase in pig slaughterings
The statistical data of the Ministry of Agriculture show an increase by 8.37% in pig slaughterings during the first trimester of 2015.
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.
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%.
United States: total red meat production down from last year
Commercial hog slaughter totaled 106.9 million head, 5 percent lower than 2013.
Spain: FVO report on welfare in slaughterhouses
Overall the conclusions on the system of official controls to ensure business operators implement requirements effectively were positive.
Germany: main slaughterhouses in 2014
The 10 main slaughterhouses slaughtered a total of 44.69 million pigs, representing almost 76% of the total quota.
Mexico: 17 new businesses join the Federal Inspection Type System
According to the SENASICA, there are 419 active TIF businesses in Mexico that slaughter and process meat products with the highest health and harmlessness standards for the consumers.
Denmark: Tican and Danish Crown’s owners approved the merger
An overwhelming majority of Tican and Danish Crown’s owners approved the merger of the two cooperative societies.
Spain: pork production increased by 4.87% in 2014
Pork production reached 3.60 million tonnes: 4.87% more than in 2013.