Pig Industry News
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
ESPHM: European Pig Health Meeting Opens in Edinburgh, New Book LaunchedSCOTLAND - The European Symposium on Porcine Health Management (ESPHM) opens today in Edinburgh, with strong attendance from around 1,000 delegates from across Europe and further afield. Senior Editor,...
Pork Commentary: US Cash Hogs Continue to Push HigherUS - The relentless push to higher cash hogs continues. Last week National lean hogs moved 3¢/lb. higher a further jump of $6.00 per head week over week, writes Jim Long....
EU Pig Prices: Market at Equilibrium – Most Quotations UnchangedEU - At the beginning of the week, the European pig slaughter market appeared in an overall steady way. ...
Pig Industry Award on OfferUK - The pig industry is looking to honour somebody who has gone the extra mile to help – and there are many out there....
Event to Drive Pig Industry InnovationUK - The BPEX Innovation Conference is billed is a must for forward-thinking business owners, farm managers, vets and the allied industry in the English pig sector. This new conference format will focus...
Ukrainian Pork Production Forecast to Grow 25 Per Cent by 2020UKRAINE - The Association of Pig Breeders has forecast pork production in Ukraine to amount to about a million tonnes by the year 2020....
Weekly Roberts Market ReportUS - My field crops tour of the Northern US Plains started this week, writes Michael T. Roberts....
Bahrain MPs Vote to Ban Pork in KingdomBAHRAIN - Lawmakers in Bahrain have approved a change in legislation that would criminalise the sale, import, export, production and possession of all pork products, it was reported....
Survey Shows Brachyspira Infection Gradually IncreasingCANADA - The latest Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network survey of Canadian swine veterinarians shows the number of farms across the prairies infected by swine dysentery caused by Brachyspira appears...
CME: News of PEDV Upsets TradingUS - News of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) shook the market despite pork being still safe to eat and no threat being posed to people....
African Livestock, Poultry Exhibition OpensETHIOPIA - African Livestock and Poultry Exhibition and Congress opened for public in Addis Ababa on Thursday, 16 May 2013, reports Ethiopian News Agency....
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
FMD NEWS: FMD Outbreak in Jiangsu Affects PigsThe latest news on Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreaks around the world....
Planning Procedure Continues for Foston FarmUK - Derbyshire county council has opened the latest application from Midland Pig Producers to build a pig unit at Foston Farm for public consultation. A spokesman for the Company explains to ThePigSite...
Groups Want 'Comprehensive' FTA with EUUS - A coalition of US food and agricultural organizations led by the National Pork Producers Council is urging the Obama administration to press the European Union to negotiate a "comprehensive" free...
Simplicity the Way ForwardUK - The first steps have been taken towards simplifying the Red Tractor Pigs standards for both producers and auditors....
New Technology to Transform Pig Waste to GasAUSTRALIA - New technology has been developed by South Australian scientists in China to turn pig waste into biogas and biochar....
New Crop Corn Improves Prospects for Pork ProfitsUS - A dry week in the Midwest will likely be reflected in substantial, probably record-high, weekly planting progress report when those data are released this afternoon (20 May), writes Steve Meyer in...
Live Pig Prices Up in Most RegionsBRAZIL - According to data provided by Cepea, the price of live pigs rose in most regions....
New Round of Pork Purchasing Looms; Policies Help Prices RecoverCHINA - China will soon start a second round of pork purchasing to shore up prices which have been depressed by oversupply and weak demand since the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Commerce said...
Corn, Soybean Prices Continue to Retrace 2012 Drought RallyUS - Corn and soybean prices rallied sharply beginning in July 2012 as US drought conditions unfolded. It was generally expected that prices would follow the pattern experienced in other "short crop"...
Study Reveals Poor Storage Conditions for Health ProductsUS - In a case study involving beef producers in Idaho, researchers found less-than-ideal refrigeration conditions for animal health products at retailers and on-farm. ...
BPEX Releases Two New PublicationsUK - The best of the old with something new is the best way to describe two new publications, the Pig Pocketbook 2013 and the BPEX Yearbook 2012/13....
Weekly Roberts Market ReportUS - The general consensus in the pits is that corn acres will decline from original planting intentions, writes Michael T. Roberts....
Disease Control Discussed at SENASA TrainingARGENTINA – Pig producers met with the National Health and Food Quality Service (SENASA) at a training session to discuss disease control in the city of Toay last week....
Monday, May 20, 2013
Weekly Overview: New Pig Viral Disease Confirmed in USANALYSIS – Porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV) has been found for the first time in four states in the US, while Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) has been reported in Kazakhstan (in cattle). In advances...
NFU Encouraged by 2013 Farm Bill MomentumUS - National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued a statement following the US House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture’s passage of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management...
Innovation Award for Hermitage Closed Herd Breeding Programmes UK - Hermitage Seaborough Ltd. have been awarded the ‘Pre Farmgate Innovation Winner’s Award’ for their ‘Closed Herd BLUP Breeding Programmes’, at the 2013 Pig & Poultry Marketing Awards. The...
Cranswick’s Growth ContinuesUK - UK pig meat processor Cranswick has reported revenues up by seven per cent to £875 million for the 2012/13 financial year compared to £821 million in the previous year. ...
Genetics Suppliers Given Disease Status DeadlineARGENTINA – All businesses wishing to engage in the exchange of reproductive pig material are to be officially registered as brucellosis- and Aujeszky’s disease-free from 31 July....
Shortage of Higher-welfare PigsUK - Although the DAPP continues to break new ground rising by 0.33p to stand at 162.79p, flagging up further significant shortages in the British pigmeat supply chain, prices stood at stand-on on Friday...
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