• Government Introduces Support Measures for Pig Producers

    BRAZIL — Government ministers and the pig industry met this week to discuss support measures for the sector. Two of the issues discussed was a freight subsidy and a direct subsidy to the produc...
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  • US pork prices likely to rise as record drought continues

    Long-term prices for pork may rise in the United States as the the country is going through the worst drought in 24 years. Effects now felt on grain markets will be felt by both pork producers as well...
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  • Scottish councillors react to potential Vion closure

    Councillors in West Lothian, Scotland, are discussing with Vion the options in light of the possible closure of Hall's of Broxburn, the largest of Scotland’s pork processing plants. The announc...
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  • Russia confirms six new outbreaks of African swine fever

    The OIE has reported six new outbreaks of African swine fever in Tver region in swine and wild species. The outbreaks of ASF have been reported in Molokovsky, Kalininsky, Bezhetsky, Udomelsky, Ramesh...
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  • Cephalosporin use drops by 99% in Danish pig production

    The consumption of the broad-spectrum antibiotic cephalosporin in Danish piggeries has plummeted by almost 99% over the past three years. In 2009, Danish pig producers used about 99 kg of cephalospor...
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  • Agriculture Ministry seeking to move all of pig farms to country's south

    The Agriculture Ministry wants all 26 of Israel's pig farms to be moved from the north of the country to the south as part of a NIS 300 million project aimed at reducing pollution in residential areas...
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  • Russia confirms six new outbreaks of African swine fever

    The OIE has reported six new outbreaks of African swine fever in Tver region in swine and wild species. The outbreaks of ASF have been reported in Molokovsky, Kalininsky, Bezhetsky, Udomelsky, Ramesh...
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  • Cephalosporin use drops by 99% in Danish pig production

    The consumption of the broad-spectrum antibiotic cephalosporin in Danish piggeries has plummeted by almost 99% over the past three years. In 2009, Danish pig producers used about 99 kg of cephalospor...
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  • Agriculture Ministry seeking to move all of pig farms to country's south

    The Agriculture Ministry wants all 26 of Israel's pig farms to be moved from the north of the country to the south as part of a NIS 300 million project aimed at reducing pollution in residential areas...
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  • Popularity of Pork Undimmed

    UK — Pork is the most popular meat served out of the home and nine out of 10 people would like to know the style of cooking and type of cut when choosing...
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  • US pork sector close to financial disaster

    Drought and the impact on feed prices may be on the verge of creating a financial disaster for the US pork industry and other livestock. The crop stress that began in&nb...
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  • Popularity of Pork Undimmed

    UK — Pork is the most popular meat served out of the home and nine out of 10 people would like to know the style of cooking and type of cut when choosing...
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  • US pork sector close to financial disaster

    Drought and the impact on feed prices may be on the verge of creating a financial disaster for the US pork industry and other livestock. The crop stress that began in&nb...
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  • Government Considers Buying Pork to Raise Price

    BRAZIL - Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Mendes Ribeiro Filho, said that more measures may be adopted by the Federal Government to minimise economic effects on the pig industr...
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  • Pig farmers facing an empty trough

    Feed costs have again spiked due to global weather patterns and pig producers in the United Kingdom are facing large losses as the price they are paid is well below the cost of production. Latest fig...
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  • Government Considers Buying Pork to Raise Price

    BRAZIL - Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Mendes Ribeiro Filho, said that more measures may be adopted by the Federal Government to minimise economic effects on the pig industr...
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  • Pig farmers facing an empty trough

    Feed costs have again spiked due to global weather patterns and pig producers in the United Kingdom are facing large losses as the price they are paid is well below the cost of production. Latest fig...
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  • Reduced Amounts of Bedding During Transport of Pigs

    US — Research conducted by Texas Tech University has shown using extra amounts of bedding when transporting pigs offers no benefit to the pig and actually negatively imp...
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  • EU pig meat production is expected to decline the following year

    The 2012 cereal harvest in the EU is expected to be slightly higher than in 2011, with the usable production reaching 286 mio t (up 0.6%), thus leaving the cereal balance tight for the marketing year...
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  • Reduced Amounts of Bedding During Transport of Pigs

    US — Research conducted by Texas Tech University has shown using extra amounts of bedding when transporting pigs offers no benefit to the pig and actually negatively imp...
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