Colombia has reported to the OIE an anthrax outbreak in the north of the country, in the La Guajira province in the town of Manaure on the Caribbean coast. Laboratory analysis undertaken by the Nation...

500,000 pigs at a slaughtering company have been abandoned and left to starve, as there is no supply of food and water. The dying pigs were left to starve as employees fled the plant when on Thursday...

500,000 pigs at a slaughtering company have been abandoned and left to starve, as there is no supply of food and water. The dying pigs were left to starve as employees fled the plant when on Thursday...

On Tuesday May 22 the Ambassador of Argentina in Brazil, Luis Maria Kreckler, announced the end to the embargo on pork imports from Brazil to the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Mendes...

On Tuesday May 22 the Ambassador of Argentina in Brazil, Luis Maria Kreckler, announced the end to the embargo on pork imports from Brazil to the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Mendes...

European pork exports follow last year’s trend with an increase of 9.1% during the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, reaching a total of 749,691 tons exported. Th...

The three older abattoirs and pork processors of Germany (Tönnies, Vion and Westfleisch) have undertaken a joint statement to buy whole finishing pigs without any deduction in the price. This wi...

European pork exports follow last year’s trend with an increase of 9.1% during the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, reaching a total of 749,691 tons exported. Th...

The three older abattoirs and pork processors of Germany (Tönnies, Vion and Westfleisch) have undertaken a joint statement to buy whole finishing pigs without any deduction in the price. This wi...

BRAZIL - Another Brazilian slaughterhouse has been authorised to export pork to China. The decision was announced to a unit located in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais. The mission of the Chinese healt...

Pork producers in Latvia and Estonia are suffering serious losses because of the ban on pork exports to Russia. In 2011 the share of pork exports in these countries has been accounted for about 73% of...

THAILAND - Government attempts to keep down fuel prices are not helping reduce the cost of farm products, according to vendors at a downtown fresh food market. According to Bangkok Post, Pattaradorn...

Ukraine will go for an enormous beer-loving pig to predict the outcome of football matches at the upcoming European Championships, from 8 June until 1 July in Poland and Ukraine. Ukraine – where...

BRAZIL - Another Brazilian slaughterhouse has been authorised to export pork to China. The decision was announced to a unit located in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais. The mission of the Chinese healt...

Pork producers in Latvia and Estonia are suffering serious losses because of the ban on pork exports to Russia. In 2011 the share of pork exports in these countries has been accounted for about 73% of...

THAILAND - Government attempts to keep down fuel prices are not helping reduce the cost of farm products, according to vendors at a downtown fresh food market. According to Bangkok Post, Pattaradorn...

Ukraine will go for an enormous beer-loving pig to predict the outcome of football matches at the upcoming European Championships, from 8 June until 1 July in Poland and Ukraine. Ukraine – where...

Norwegian company RBPI (Russia Baltic Pork Invest) Group has started implementing an aggressive expansion in the Russian pork market. Company representatives announced plans to invest RUB 7.4 bln (US$...

Norwegian company RBPI (Russia Baltic Pork Invest) Group has started implementing an aggressive expansion in the Russian pork market. Company representatives announced plans to invest RUB 7.4 bln (US$...

Brazil’s animal feed production costs are expected to increase this year by 3-3.5%, according to Ariovaldo Zani, executive VP of Brazil's National Animal Feed Industry Association, Sindira&ccedi...