EU Pig Prices: Demand from Slaughter Companies
EU - The shortage in supply, which is even intensified by the current pan-European cold spell, still characterises the current week’s EU pig market conditions.

EU Pig Prices: Scarcity Continues to Raise Prices
EU - Like last week, this week too sees that the supply of slaughter pigs available on the European markets is insufficient for the most part to cover demand.

Pig Welfare Standards Now Compulsory in Victoria
AUSTRALIA - Pig welfare standards have been made compulsory in Victoria.

EU Pig Prices: Scarce Supply Makes Prices Go Up
EU - In line with the German quotation, which went up by 9 cents on Friday, the prices in other EU member countries also increased.

Court Ruling Benefits Consumers & Ag Industry
US - National Farmers Union (NFU) is pleased with the US Supreme Court’s recent unanimous decision in National Meat Association v. Harris in which the court ruled that hogs suffering from fatigued hog...

Helping British Pig Exports Succeed
UK - A call has been put out to support the British pig industry and to back quality British pig meat after a UK pig meat processing company was blocked from exporting to China, writes Lucy Towers, ThePigSite...

EU Pig Prices: Pig Prices Reach Bottom
EU - It seems that the bottom has been reached on the EU markets with regard to pig prices.

Meat Safety Boosted for Spring Festival
CHINA - The government will redouble its efforts to weed out illegal meat processing in the coming months, especially during the Spring Festival, in the interest of food safety, officials said on Friday....

EU Pig Prices: Little Movement at Start of the Year
EU - Only slight changes are reported from the European slaughter pig markets this first week of the New Year.

EU Pig Prices: Uncertainty in Slaughter Markets
EU - On almost all European markets, the quotations went down considerably at the turn of the year this week. The German quotation is the unfortunate leader with an eight-cent downward correction.

Commercial Red Meat Production Down in November
US - Commercial red meat production was down two per cent in November, according to the latest Livestock Slaughter report from the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

UK Slaughter Statistics - December 2011
UK - The latest National Statistics produced by Defra on UK slaughterings of cattle, sheep and pigs were released on 22 December 2011 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Auth...

Pneumonia Causes Slaughter of 1,000 Pigs
SWITZERLAND - More than 1,000 pigs in the canton of Lucerne will face slaughter after being diagnosed with a respiratory disease that can lead to pneumonia.

EU Pig Prices: Slaughter Pig Demand Still Brisk
EU - Over the course of the last week, slaughter pig prices moved just a little.

EU Pig Prices: Steady Price Situation Continues
EU - On the major European pig markets, the price situation continues to be steady.

NFU: Agriculture Part Of Climate Change Solution
UK - As the world tries to agree on its next steps towards managing climate change in Durban, South Africa, the National Farmers Union (NFU) is working with others in the industry to ensure that agriculture’s...

EU Pig Prices: Mostly Steady on a High Level
EU - Over the past week, the EU pig prices have stabilised on quite a high level considering the time of year.

Abattoir May Lose Licence After Pig Investigation
VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA - The Department of Primary Industries has launched a full investigation into slaughter practices at a Victorian abattoir following serious animal welfare complaints concerning the slaughter...

UK Slaughter Statistics - November 2011
UK - The latest National Statistics produced by Defra on UK slaughterings of cattle, sheep and pigs were released on 24 November 2011 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Author...

Commercial Red Meat Production up Slightly
US - Commercial red production was slightly higher in October than in the same month a year ago, according to the latest Livestock Slaughter report from the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics...

EU Pig Prices: Steady Prices Prevailing
EU - Apart from in France, the EU pig prices are unchanged this week. In France, last week’s severe 5 cents’ price increase needed to be withdrawn because the price increases which had been imposed...

SI Virus Discovered in Mainland Pigs at HK Abattoir
HONG KONG - A new swine flu virus with human genes has again been found in mainland pigs at a Hong Kong slaughterhouse.

Pig Farmers Endorse Increase in Slaughter Levy
AUSTRALIA - Yesterday, at the industry Annual General Meeting in Canberra, Australian pig farmers endorsed the proposal to increase the pig slaughter levy by 90 cents.

EU Pig Prices: High Price Level Stabilises across EU
EU - After last week’s price increases, the prices now seem to stabilise on a high level. France alone announced a price change, with the exchange going up by another 5 cents.

CCTV Encouraged in Slaughterhouses
UK - The British Food Standards Agency is to encourage slaughterhouses to use CCTV to monitor animal welfare in their plants.

More Pigs in the Box Mean Better Returns
UK - Pig producers can improve returns by aiming for at least 85 per cent of finished pigs to meet the top grade specifications on their abattoir contract.

EU Pig Prices: Prices Continue to Increase
EU - Contrary to the difficult market conditions usually observed in autumn, the atmosphere proves to be positive on the slaughter pig market throughout Europe currently.

HKScan Sees Sales Grow
FINLAND - Finnish pig and poultry meat processor HK Scan's group net sales grew in the third quarter of the year by 16.2 per cent and were €618.1 million compared to €532.4 million last year.

EU Pig Prices: Prices Unchanged to Slightly Increasing
EU - The European slaughter pig market appears to be in a solid condition this week.

Supreme Court to Consider Pig Welfare at Slaughter
CALIFORNIA, US - The National Meat Assocation is challenging a law in the state that requires slaughterhouses to remove and euthanise animals unable to walk.