World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates - May 2010
The pork production forecast has been raised for next year, according to the USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates for May 2010.

Global Challenge of Food Security
Food security is one of the key global challenges today, writes ThePigSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

EU Pig Populations - April 2010
Figures are now available for the November/December 2009 census of pig numbers for most of the leading pig-producing countries in the European Union, which are analysed by Jackie Linden, editor of ThePigSite.

EU Pig Slaughter Statistics - April 2009
This article provides a summary of the latest statistics relating to pig slaughterings in the European Union, summarised by ThePigSite editor, Jackie Linden. Between January and November 2009, 5.4 per cent fewer pigs were sent for slaughter than in the...

Agriculture and Food Chain Need Collaborative Approach
The meat and livestock industries will need to collaborate along the chain if they are to pull themselves out of the current recession caused by the banking crisis last year, writes ThePigSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

Canadian Hog Statistics - First Quarter 2010
By Statistics Canada. In the survey on 1 April, producers reported two per cent total pigs on farm than a year previously, and 5.7 per cent fewer sows, continuing the decline in the Canadian pig population. Slaughter numbers have remained steady for the...

Russian Federation - Livestock and Products Semi-Annual Report 2010
Attaining self-sufficiency through import substitution is the goal of the GOR, but pork production failed to offset the reduced quota in 2009, driving prices slightly higher and consumption lower, according to Morgan Haas and Mikhail Maksimenko in the...

Japan - Livestock and Products Semi-Annual Report 2010
Subtitled 2010 Japanese Beef and Pork Market Outlook, this report revises the 2009 livestock annual report, without fundamental changes. The deflationary trend that began last year is not expected to end soon, according to this GAIN report from...

China's Growth Influences Global Meat Sector
The growth in the Chinese economy and its gross domestic product could have a major impact in the meat industry worldwide, writes ThePigSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

Conference Looks Back to the Future
BPEX hosted a successful conference recently entitled 'Back to the Future'. In this article, Jackie Linden, editor of ThePigSite, selects the highlights of two presentations on the Danish pig industry, focussing on the product and on current areas of...

US Pork Outlook Report - April 2010
Lower hog supplies are expected for the remainder of 2010 and 2011, according to the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) April 2010 Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook.

United Kingdom Pig Meat Market Update - April 2010
James Park, senior economic analyst with AHDB Meat Services Economic and Policy Analysis Group, explains the latest trends in pig production in the UK and European Union.

USDA Sees Pork Higher, Beef and Broiler Meat Stable
US - World trade in beef remains virtually unchanged from the October forecast, according to the Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade report from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.

Developing Nations Lead Way Out of Recession
The growth of biofuels and their importance on food prices will be one of the major factors as the world emerges from the effects of the banking crisis and recession, writes ThePigSite editor Chris Harris.

Brazilian Export Values Falter (April 2010)
By Chris Harris, Senior Editor, ThePigSite. Our snapshot of the ongoing global pig industry trends as reported in April 2010 Whole Hog Brief. To read the full detailed analysis including all the commentary and graphical data, subscribe to the...

US Feed Outlook - April 2010
Corn ending stocks for 2009/10 are projected higher this month as 1 March stocks indicated lower feed and residual use in the second quarter than forecast earlier, according to the USDA Economic Research Service.

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates - April 2010
The forecast for 2010 total US meat production is raised as higher beef and poultry production more than offset lower pork output, according to the USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates for April 2010.

US and World Agricultural Outlook 2010
Income and population growth are expected to raise per-capita meat consumption and fuel expansion in world trade, according to the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) report 2010 US and World Agricultural Outlook.

Impacts of Increasing Meat Consumption
Continuing along the existing global trajectory of increasing meat and dairy consumption is likely to lead to further agricultural intensification of both crop yields and farm animal production systems plus, in the case of the ‘Western high-meat’...

BPEX Export Bulletin - March 2010
The British Pig Executive's (BPEX) Export Bulletin for March 2010 reports pig industry trends from around the world.

USDA Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report - March 2010 [Updated]
This quarter's quarterly Hogs and Pigs report from the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Alberta Hog Market Commentary and Outlook - Winter 2010
US forecasts and 2010 hog prices plus developments in Canada and Alberta from Kevin Grier, Senior Market Analyst at George Morris Centre.

China - Livestock and Products Semi-Annual Report 2010
Chinese pork imports will rebound from sharply lower levels inspite of higher domestic production and beef production in 2010 will fall due to a continued fall in the country's cattle herd, according to Michael Woolsey and Jianping Zhang in the latest...