• Brazil pork producers want Bolivian soy

    Persistent drought has shrunken Brazil’s domestic supplies of soy, and now producers are lobbying the government to approve soy imports from neighbouring Bolivia, Reuters reports. Bra...
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  • New drought assistance available to livestock producers

    As part of continuing steps by the Obama Administration to assist livestock producers in response to the historic drought, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted t...
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  • Brazil pork producers want Bolivian soy

    Persistent drought has shrunken Brazil’s domestic supplies of soy, and now producers are lobbying the government to approve soy imports from neighbouring Bolivia, Reuters reports. Bra...
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  • China buys frozen pork to stabilise prices

    China’s government will again purchase frozen pork to stabilise the market, as increases in hog production have prompted a fall in prices, Xinhua reports. Due to a...
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  • China buys frozen pork to stabilise prices

    China’s government will again purchase frozen pork to stabilise the market, as increases in hog production have prompted a fall in prices, Xinhua reports. Due to a...
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  • Sweden plans ban of castrating piglets without anaesthesia

    Sweden may ban the surgical castration of piglets without anesthesia as from 2016. The Swedish government is planning to intensify animal welfare by banning piglet castration without the use of anaes...
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  • Strong Forecast for Brazil Maize, US Drought Raises Feed Costs

    BRAZIL — Maize farmers are having one of their best moments this year. Brazil’s crop should reach a record 69.4 million tonnes, according to forecasts by the Natio...
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  • British bacon may disappear from the menu

    The National Pig Association has released a survey that concludes that the climate’s influence on pig feed prices is forcing British producers to quit bacon. The NPA estimate some 10% of the fa...
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  • Strong Forecast for Brazil Maize, US Drought Raises Feed Costs

    BRAZIL — Maize farmers are having one of their best moments this year. Brazil’s crop should reach a record 69.4 million tonnes, according to forecasts by the Natio...
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  • British bacon may disappear from the menu

    The National Pig Association has released a survey that concludes that the climate’s influence on pig feed prices is forcing British producers to quit bacon. The NPA estimate some 10% of the fa...
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  • Sweden plans ban of castrating piglets without anaesthesia

    Sweden may ban the surgical castration of piglets without anesthesia as from 2016. The Swedish government is planning to intensify animal welfare by banning piglet castration without the use of anaes...
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  • Brazil’s pork exports Jan through May went up 5%

    Brazil exported 225,000 tonnes of pork in the first five months of the year. This ia a 5% year-on-year increase. The figures were made public by Rabobank in its quar...
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  • Retailer Delhaize: No more pork from physically castrated males

    The Belgian supermarket chain Delhaize has announced to stop selling fresh pork from physically castrated boars, as from June 1, 2013. The retailer says there are plenty of method...
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  • Brazil’s pork exports Jan through May went up 5%

    Brazil exported 225,000 tonnes of pork in the first five months of the year. This ia a 5% year-on-year increase. The figures were made public by Rabobank in its quar...
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  • Retailer Delhaize: No more pork from physically castrated males

    The Belgian supermarket chain Delhaize has announced to stop selling fresh pork from physically castrated boars, as from June 1, 2013. The retailer says there are plenty of method...
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  • Vietnam: Feed, sows and diseases make pig farming like gambling

    Experts say there are three deeper causes which make Vietnam’s pig industry particularly vulnerable during the current-day feed crisis: breeder pigs, feed and veterinary issues. The Vietnamese...
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  • Vietnam: Feed, sows and diseases make pig farming like gambling

    Experts say there are three deeper causes which make Vietnam’s pig industry particularly vulnerable during the current-day feed crisis: breeder pigs, feed and veterinary issues. The Vietnamese...
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  • Outbreak of influenza A virus among humans and swine at county fair

    Both visitors as well as swine appear to have contracted influenza A (H3N2) at a recent county fair, held in Indiana, 8-14 July. The Centers for Disease Control reported that during 12-16 July, the I...
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  • US pork council complains about trade barriers

    The US National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) yesterday complained about trade barriers that makes pork producers and the US economy lose billions of dollars in exports. The NPPC s...
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  • US pork council complains about trade barriers

    The US National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) yesterday complained about trade barriers that makes pork producers and the US economy lose billions of dollars in exports. The NPPC s...
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