• 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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  • CME: Trade Continues to Debate Drought Situation

    US - There is plenty of anticipation ahead of the latest USDA WASDE report as trade continues to debate the potential impact of drought conditions on the current corn crop, write Steve Meyer and Len S...
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  • CME: Trade Continues to Debate Drought Situation

    US - There is plenty of anticipation ahead of the latest USDA WASDE report as trade continues to debate the potential impact of drought conditions on the current corn crop, write Steve Meyer and Len S...
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  • Germany moving towards non-castrating policy for pork

    Germany, Europe’s largest and most important pig market, is gradually moving towards a pork market without castrating male piglets. An increasing amount of relevant parties are observed to be i...
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  • Germany moving towards non-castrating policy for pork

    Germany, Europe’s largest and most important pig market, is gradually moving towards a pork market without castrating male piglets. An increasing amount of relevant parties are observed to be i...
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  • EFSA: Food Safe from Animal Cloning

    EU- As far as food safety is concerned, there are no indications that differences exist between food products derived from healthy clones or their offspring – in particular milk and meat - from...
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  • EFSA: Food Safe from Animal Cloning

    EU- As far as food safety is concerned, there are no indications that differences exist between food products derived from healthy clones or their offspring – in particular milk and meat - from...
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  • New FSIS testing for residues in pork

    In light of USDA’s new FSIS testing procedures, pork producers are being urged to review their operation and management decisions regarding the use and dosage of drugs. With the announcement by...
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  • New FSIS testing for residues in pork

    In light of USDA’s new FSIS testing procedures, pork producers are being urged to review their operation and management decisions regarding the use and dosage of drugs. With the announcement by...
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  • About 450 sows die in Netherlands pig farm blaze

    About 450 sows and 1,500 piglets died in a farm fire near the Dutch town of Deurne, in the South of the Netherlands last night. A fire brigade spokesman said that the blaze was reported half an hou...
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  • About 450 sows die in Netherlands pig farm blaze

    About 450 sows and 1,500 piglets died in a farm fire near the Dutch town of Deurne, in the South of the Netherlands last night. A fire brigade spokesman said that the blaze was reported half an hou...
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  • US: Pork producer margins increasing

    US pork producer profits are rising due to weather and an increase in pork demand. For the week ending June 22, pork producer profit margins gained $6 per head over the prior week. The improvement re...
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  • US: Pork producer margins increasing

    US pork producer profits are rising due to weather and an increase in pork demand. For the week ending June 22, pork producer profit margins gained $6 per head over the prior week. The improvement re...
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  • Canada pork exports up despite weak Korean demand

    South Korean demand for Canadian pork products may be slowing down, but the total volume of exports is expected to remain steady. South Korea imported a lot of Canadian pork products in 2011 followin...
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  • Canada pork exports up despite weak Korean demand

    South Korean demand for Canadian pork products may be slowing down, but the total volume of exports is expected to remain steady. South Korea imported a lot of Canadian pork products in 2011 followin...
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  • Management of PRRS Continues to Improve

    US - A professor of veterinary medicine with the University of Minnesota says despite ongoing problems with the spread of PRRS, the North American pork industry is a lot better at managing the infecti...
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  • May Pork Exports Up in Volume and Value

    BRAZIL - The volume of pork exported in May rose compared to April, and the US$-value was also up. According to the latest figures from ABIPECS, Brazil exported 53,404 tons of pork in May, up by a wh...
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  • Management of PRRS Continues to Improve

    US - A professor of veterinary medicine with the University of Minnesota says despite ongoing problems with the spread of PRRS, the North American pork industry is a lot better at managing the infecti...
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  • May Pork Exports Up in Volume and Value

    BRAZIL - The volume of pork exported in May rose compared to April, and the US$-value was also up. According to the latest figures from ABIPECS, Brazil exported 53,404 tons of pork in May, up by a wh...
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  • Official opening of the Chinese market to Belgian pork

    Sabine Laruelle, Minister of Agriculture, welcomes the effective opening of the Chinese market to exports of pork from Belgium. Last week, Chinese Vice Minister Pu Changcheng delivered to the Belgian...
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