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Monday, February 20, 2012
Copa-Cogeca - Cap Must Ensure Food SecurityEU - In a position paper on the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) approved today, Copa and Cogeca Presidents presented their detailed reaction to the EU Commission's legislative proposals on the...
Friday, February 17, 2012
Have Imports Clouded US Meat Production Efficiencies?ANALYSIS - A special report in the February USDA Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook produced by the USDA Economic Research Service maintains that the efficiencies in US production of beef, pork...
Companies Quizzed over Antibiotics in MeatUS - A letter has been sent to more than 60 fast food companies, producers, processors and grocery chains in the US asking them to disclose their policies on antibiotic use in meat and poultry product...
CPC Supports Canada Entering TPP NegotiationsCANADA - The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) has submitted comments on behalf of Canadian hog producers to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada in support of Canada’s participation in negotiations...
Centers Approved to Export Bovine & Swine SemenTHAILAND - On 24 January 2012, DLD provided APHIS Bangkok with the list of approved US collection centers for the exportation of bovine semen and swine semen to Thailand.
Pig and Poultry Assurance Scheme to be EvaluatedUK - Are you a member of the Environment Agency’s Pig and Poultry Assurance Scheme? The scheme is about to enter its third year and NFU invites all to provide feedback on how it’s going.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Boars Test Positive for ASF in Volgograd RegionRUSSIA - According to Rosselkhoznadzor, the study of samples of pathological material selected from eight boars who died in the hunting territory "Zamurovskoe", in the Volgograd region, revealed the genetic...
ENERGY NOW - NFU Offers Energy Advice ServiceUK - The National Farmers Union is launching an energy helpline service for farmers.
Discussions Aimed at Revising Pig Code of PracticeCANADA - The Chair of the National Farm Animal Care Council's Pig Code Development Committee says space allowance and the use of gestation stalls are among the key issues being discussed as revisions to...
Outshine the Swine Begins in NSWAUSTRALIA - Authorities and landholders in the highlands of south west New South Wales are stepping up efforts to reduce feral pig numbers.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Launch of Next Phase of Pig Monitor Farm ProjectSCOTLAND, UK - Quality Meat Scotland has launched the search for a new Pig Monitor Farm as the project moves into a new phase.
Bulgarian Ag Minister Vows to Improve WelfareBULGARIA - Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov has pledged to make the country's pigs happy after he recently made the same promise about hens.
UK & Italian Unions Join Forces on CAPEU - The National Farmers' Union (NFU) and Confederazione Nazionale Coldiretti have united to agree a common statement on the future of the CAP, following top level discussions between the two organisations....
NPPC Ready to Assist McDonald's with Sow HousingUS - The decision by the McDonald’s Corp. to study its suppliers’ use of individual sow housing is an opportunity for the pork industry to respond to its customers. The National Pork Producers Council...
Farmers Look to Embrace Clean Energy FutureAUSTRALIA - Australia's agriculture sector is embracing a clean energy future with more than 500 applications received from universities, land managers, industry and government agencies for Gillard Government...
Robert Easter and Bill Fisher Recognised by IPPAUS - Robert Easter, former dean of the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES), now interim vice-chancellor for research at the university, has received...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Will McDonald's Phase Out of Stalls Have a Global Impact?ANALYSIS - Fast food chain McDonald's is to require its US pig meat suppliers to phase out gestation stalls and adopt more welfare friendly methods of production, writes ThePigSite editor in Chief, Chris...
Farmer Responds to Welfare Abuse AllegationsUK - The pig farmer at the centre of the latest allegations of welfare abuses has admitted that the film footage looks bad and has stated that his animals were in the care of the animal rights organisation's...
Pig Development Could Breach Human RightsUK - An industrial scale indoor pig unit, holding 25,000 pigs, which developers are proposing to build less than 150 metres from a large women’s prison, and within 75 metres of houses, poses serious...
2013 Budget Will Cut Ag ProgrammesUS - The president's budget proposal for FY 2013 would cut agriculture programs by $32 billion over ten years, which is $9 billion more than the agreement reached late last year in a bipartisan, bicameral...
Monday, February 13, 2012
Govt to Wipe Out Substandard SlaughteringCHINA - China is vowing to eliminate substandard meat processing in the country within the next few months as part of a campaign to ensure food is safe, officials said on Friday.
New Scheme to Boost Pig Farming in KolarKARNATAKA, INDIA - Pig farming will be a profitable venture soon as the department of Animal Husbandry will give subsidies to piggeries under the Krishi Vikas Yojana.
Second Complaint on Cruelty to Federal AgenciesUS - The Humane Society of the United States has filed supplemental complaints with both the US Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Trade Commission regarding false and misleading statements...
Friday, February 10, 2012
Action Taken to Ramp Up Abattoir InspectionsNEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA - Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson today announced that the NSW Government would immediately ramp up random inspections of domestic abattoirs in NSW following...
Public Resistance Ousts GM Crops From EUEUROPE - Public resistance to genetically modified crops has ensured that the area grown in Europe in 2011 remained at 0.1 per cent of all arable land, shows figures released yesterday by Friends of the...
Thursday, February 09, 2012
NSW Protection of the Environment LegislationAUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited (APL) recently wrote a letter to the NSW Minister for the Environment Robyn Parker MP, the NSW Minister for Primary Industries Katrina Hodgkinson and the Chief Executive...
Further Discussion on Forthcoming EU Ban on StallsUK - Working together was the key message to come out of a meeting between BPEX and the NPA with Defra Minister Jim Paice.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
EU Sets New MRL for AltrenogestEU - A new maximum residue limit (MRL) for altrenogest in pig tissues has been set.
Bill for Grocery Adjudicator Needed Urgently UK - The National Farmers' Union (NFU) has called on the Government to bring forward a Bill to establish a Groceries Code Adjudicator as a matter of urgency.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
New Report Reveals Use of Irradiation in EU FoodsANALYSIS - A new report published by the European Commission (EC) recently reveals that more than 9,000 tonnes of food were irradiated in the European Union in 2010. The main findings are summarised by...
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