USMEF Spreads Nutritional Message to Mexico
MEXICO - A very targeted message on the health benefits of including beef and pork protein in a balanced diet hit the mark last year as the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Mexico office delivered nutritional...

Call for Clearer Labelling and Sustainable Farming
UK - The UK is to push Europe to change regulations for clearer country of origin labelling (COOL).

Latest PCVD Group Meeting
MALTA - The ninth meeting of the Control of Porcine Circovirus Diseases (PCVDs): Towards Improved Food Quality and Safety Project Management Team (PMT) and PCVD Project Partners took place in Malta on...

EPP Congress 2009
AUSTRIA - The European Pig Producers' Conference will take place in Graz, Austria on 4-7 June 2009. The preliminary programme is now available.

Food and Feed Safety Symposium at Technopol Tulln
AUSTRIA - Eighty scientists and experts participated in the first Food and Feed Safety Forum. A special highlight was the opening of the new laboratories at the Biomin Research Center.

Best Product Innovation Award for Olmix
VIET NAM - The 3rd Vietstock show held in Hanoi on 25-27 November had more than 100 exhibitors and was visited by several thousand trade professionals and integrators representing farmers, meat processors,...

Livestock Producers Urged to Plan for FAD Outbreaks
ALBERTA - Canada will face a Foreign Animal Disease (FAD) outbreak in some form someday and a robust, tested and adequately resourced crisis management plan will be key to curbing its impact, says the...

Over $11,400 in Pork Donated for Underprivileged
ALBERTA - Alberta’s pork producers have donated just over $11,400 in pork products to help support the province’s underprivileged. The proceeds were raised at a silent auction during the banquet held at...

Alberta Pork AGM to Drive New Thinking
ALBERTA - Over the past year, the Alberta pork industry has been setting aggressive goals to become more responsive to what consumers are looking for both domestically and around the world.

Impacts of Gut Microflora and Probiotics
CANADA - More than 40 scientists and experts from different universities and research centers across North America and Europe gathered last month in Quebec City to participate in Institut Rosell-Lallemand’s...

UK Pigmeat Prospects are Good
EU - British pigmeat, long-term, remains a product with bright prospects compared to beef and lamb, despite current problems facing the sector, not least in Northern Ireland.

Recession Cuts Deep into US Meat Consumption
US - As the recession deepens, people are eating less beef, pork and poultry, leading to the biggest per capita decline in meat consumption since 1982, an industry analyst told the Kansas Livestock As...

Teagasc: Irish Pig Producers Incur Heavy Losses
IRELAND - Investment on farms is expected to shrink back to just €363 million in 2009.

Banff Pork Seminar to Focus on Cost Saving
CANADA - Officials of the 2009 Banff Pork Seminar are focusing on strategies to help hog producers cope with the current difficult economic situation, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Mycotoxins2009: A Special One Day Conference
BANGKOK - Mycotoxins2009 is a special one day conference on mycotoxins that will provide you with a comprehensive insight into and an overview of a key hazard in modern livestock production that has been...

Pork Commentary: SEW’s Price Increase
CANADA - This week's North American Pork Commentary from Jim Long.

MixPump 'Innovation of the Year 2009'
GERMANY - At the international leading trade show for livestock management EuroTier 2008 industry leader Big Dutchman once again gave impressive prove of their innovative abilities.

FAO Members Approve Reform Plan
ITALY - FAO members have approved a $42.6 million reform plan for the 'Reform with Growth' project over the next three years.

Confidence in Long Term Viability of Hog Industry
CANADA - Long term, Canada’s pork industry will be smaller but healthier and stable. That was the conclusion of the “Hot Topics” panel at Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium 2008.

USMEF: Issue Management Top Priority for 2009
US - At the annual USMEF Strategic Planning Conference held earlier this month in Tucson, Arizona, nearly 300 USMEF members from across nine industry sectors contributed their ideas to program strategies...

Outlook on Challenging Future
UK - Outlook is a word often associated with uncertain weather conditions, but this year’s Outlook Conference is looking at an extremely variable and challenging future for the meat and livestock indu...

FAO: Appeal for New World Agricultural Order
ROME - FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf yesterday (20 November) appealed to world leaders to meet together next year to design a new agricultural order and find $30 billion a year to eradicate hunger...

Nedap Extending Invitations to Pig Sector
GLOBAL - There is no better way to have a trade fair than like it was in Hannover, Germany from November 11^th to the 14^th of this year. With 130,000 visitors in four days and over...

EUROTIER REPORT: Record Number of Visitors
GERMANY - EuroTier has impressively demonstrated its strong pulling power for animal farmers and experts from all over the world.

Livestock Transport Conference Aiming to Teach
ALBERTA - The Livestock Transport Conference is slated for January 29, 2009, at the Radisson Hotel in Calgary. It will be hosted by Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC) and the National Farm Animal Care Council...