• OECD: support to agriculture at historic lows

    Government support to agriculture in OECD countries fell to 19% of total farm receipts in 2011, a record low driven by developments in international commodity markets, rather than by explicit policy c...
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  • OECD: support to agriculture at historic lows

    Government support to agriculture in OECD countries fell to 19% of total farm receipts in 2011, a record low driven by developments in international commodity markets, rather than by explicit policy c...
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  • Brazil: pork sales to Russia increased by 327.5% in August

    In August, the increase in Brazilian exports of beef and pork roll was 14.9% and 9.3% respectively, compared with the same month last year. It is noteworthy that 97% of the increase was due to exports...
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  • Fewer Sows, More Pigs in Total in UK Census

    UK — According to the census carried out in June 2012, the number of pigs in England increased by 1.7 per cent to almost 3.7 million. The female pig breed...
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  • Brazil: pork sales to Russia increased by 327.5% in August

    In August, the increase in Brazilian exports of beef and pork roll was 14.9% and 9.3% respectively, compared with the same month last year. It is noteworthy that 97% of the increase was due to exports...
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  • Fewer Sows, More Pigs in Total in UK Census

    UK — According to the census carried out in June 2012, the number of pigs in England increased by 1.7 per cent to almost 3.7 million. The female pig breed...
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  • China: FMD in Tibet, 340 swine culled

    China’s Ministry of Agriculture announced that Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) infections have been confirmed in livestock in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Xinhua reports. A total of...
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  • China: FMD in Tibet, 340 swine culled

    China’s Ministry of Agriculture announced that Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) infections have been confirmed in livestock in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Xinhua reports. A total of...
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  • Return to Profitability Expected by Mid-2013

    CANADA — The manager of industry and policy analysis with the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board is predicting a return to profitability within the western Canadian hog...
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  • Return to Profitability Expected by Mid-2013

    CANADA — The manager of industry and policy analysis with the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board is predicting a return to profitability within the western Canadian hog...
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  • China - Denmark: further cooperation in livestock production with focus on pig-farming

    Minister Han met with Ms. Mette Gjerskov, Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (FVM) in Copenhagen on September 5th, 2012, during his official visit to the Kingdom of Denmark. The two...
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  • China - Denmark: further cooperation in livestock production with focus on pig-farming

    Minister Han met with Ms. Mette Gjerskov, Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (FVM) in Copenhagen on September 5th, 2012, during his official visit to the Kingdom of Denmark. The two...
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  • Hog Outlook: Breeding Herd Declined in July but Steady in August

    US — Gilt slaughter data imply the swine breeding herd declined in July but held steady during August. It is not obvious to me we are going to get as ...
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  • Hog Outlook: Breeding Herd Declined in July but Steady in August

    US — Gilt slaughter data imply the swine breeding herd declined in July but held steady during August. It is not obvious to me we are going to get as ...
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  • Italy’s swine industry reorganises: Less farms, more pigs

    The Italian swine business has been industrialising rapidly in the first decade of this century. While 83.3% of the country’s pig farms disappeared, the total number of ...
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  • No end to suffering yet for US pork industry

    Red ink is about to wash across the pork industry which is facing losses unseen even in the fall of 1998 when hog prices at times approached zero value, Purdue Extensionagricultural economist Chris Hu...
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  • EU sow group housing deadline will be missed by some

    Several European Union member states will fail to meet the deadline of January 1 to convert all sow breeding facilities to group housing systems. Frans van Dongen, representative for the Dutch meat s...
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  • Italy’s swine industry reorganises: Less farms, more pigs

    The Italian swine business has been industrialising rapidly in the first decade of this century. While 83.3% of the country’s pig farms disappeared, the total number of ...
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  • No end to suffering yet for US pork industry

    Red ink is about to wash across the pork industry which is facing losses unseen even in the fall of 1998 when hog prices at times approached zero value, Purdue Extensionagricultural economist Chris Hu...
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  • EU sow group housing deadline will be missed by some

    Several European Union member states will fail to meet the deadline of January 1 to convert all sow breeding facilities to group housing systems. Frans van Dongen, representative for the Dutch meat s...
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