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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Pork from HCM City Free of Lean Meat Agents VIET NAM - None of the samples of pork and pig organs sold in Ho Chi Minh City's markets contained clenbuterol and salbutamol, the lean-meat additives banned in breeding animals, the HCM City Department...
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Viet Nam Hog MarketsVIET NAM - Generally, pig production in Vietnam is in difficulty. In late February, Vietnamese officials seized a large portion of illegal agents used for stimulating growth and lean meat production in...
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Viet Nam's Middle Class Lifts Food, Feed DemandANALYSIS - The growth in China has garnered a lot of attention lately, but China's neighbour - Viet Nam - is another emerging market that is building our global middle class and increasing grain demand,...
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Genesus Global Market Report - Viet NamVIET NAM - According to calculations by Department of Livestock, meat production in January across the country continued to rise from 8-10 per cent, estimated at about 440 thousand tons of total meat (pork...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Livestock Company Opens Feed FactoryVIET NAM - The Hong Ha Nutrition Joint stock Co, a private Vietnamese firm, yesterday inaugurated an advanced animal feed production line to raise its capacity to 400,000 tonnes per year, becoming the...
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Viet Nam Hog MarketsVIET NAM - Throughout 2011, the large price increase in pork has been quite pronounced amongst the livestock product groups. From early 2011 until now, all prices for livestock products increased continuously,...
Friday, December 16, 2011
US Corn Mission Sees Potential in Viet NamVIET NAM - The rapidly increasing entrepreneurial spirit witnessed in Viet Nam encouraged participants of the US Grains Council’s Corn Mission about future opportunities for US agricultural products...
Monday, November 21, 2011
Investments to Help Sustain Global Market DemandVIET NAM - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced last week (16 November) that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing in approximately 70 US agricultural organizations to help expand...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Viet Nam Hog MarketsVIET NAM - This week's global hog market report focuses on Viet Nam and has been prepared by Ron Lane, Senior Consultant Genesus China and Genesus Viet Nam and Meggie Vo, Research Assistant.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Meat Prices Fall as Supplies Grow VIET NAM - Pork prices are falling as greater supplies reach the market from domestic producers, and other meat prices are also declining.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Viet Nam Ag Ministry Seeks Help for Meat Producers VIET NAM - The agriculture ministry is considering tax incentives and other support for the animal husbandry sector in order to bring down food prices, news website VnExpress reported Sunday.
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Vietnamese Hog MarketVIET NAM - Between 1996 and 2006, Viet Nam’s pork production more than doubled (132 per cent) as the result of constant growth from small farms, specialised pig households and the large-scale farms,...
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Food Company Drops Retail Price of PorkVIET NAM - Vissan Food Company has reduced pork prices in order to boost consumption.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Consumers Swap from Pork to ChickenVIET NAM - Big price rises for pork are causing many people to purchase chicken, which has fallen in price.
Monday, May 23, 2011
High Prices Encourage Meat Imports VIET NAM - There has been a significant rise in frozen meat imports, especially poultry meat but also pork and beef, as importers take advantage of higher domestic prices.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Viet Nam Gets Help Establishing Fair Trade Rules VIET NAM - Viet Nam is building a solid foundation of laws and notification procedures regarding food, animal health and plant health with assistance from the US Grains Council and the Food and Agriculture...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Small Pig Producers Bring Home the BaconVIET NAM - In Viet Nam, small pig farmers raising 10 or fewer animals near their village households can remain competitive with larger pig producers if they continue to exploit their advantages over larger...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Work Starts on First Large-Scale Pig ComplexVIET NAM - Work has started on the country's first large-scale industrial-agricultural complex in Dong Nai province.
Monday, August 09, 2010
USGC Vietnamese Swine Programme Yields SalesVIET NAM - Leading Vietnamese agriculture industry representatives traveled to the United States focused on the use of US corn, sorghum, distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and corn gluten...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Livestock Review: Viet NamVIET NAM - This weekly International Egg and Poultry Review report by the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), looks at international developments concerning the poultry industry. This...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Blue Ear Epidemic Makes Farmers Wary VIET NAM - Pig farmers are gradually returning to pig production following the recent epidemic of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), which cost more than US$1 million in just one pr...
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Minister Warns PRRS May Cause Pork ShortagesVIET NAM - The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cao Duc Phat, has urged northern Bac Giang province to clamp down on blue ear pig disease (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome; PRRS)...
Monday, April 26, 2010
PRRS Strikes Six Areas; Ton of Pork SeizedVIET NAM - Police in the northern province of Hai Duong have confiscated more than a ton of pork and pork fat of unknown origins, which was set to be transported to Hai Phong City.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Canada Helps Viet Nam Improve Safety in ProcessingVIET NAM - The Canada International Development Agency (CIDA) has kicked off a three-year project worth USD 17 million to help six cities and provinces in Viet Nam to produce safe pork.
Thursday, March 04, 2010
ILDEX Viet Nam 2010: Solutions for Sustainable GrowthVIET NAM - ILDEX Viet Nam 2010 says it is ready to offer technology and business solutions for Viet Nam’s livestock, dairy, meat-processing, and aquaculture industries.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Viet Nam Reviews Livestock Sector to Meet DemandVIET NAM - A review of the livestock industry is under way.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Animal Production Higher in 2009VIET NAM - The latest farm census reveals increases in animal numbers (except buffalo and oxen, for which the count was lower) and the production of meat and eggs compared to the previous year.
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Producers under Pressure from Fall in PricesVIET NAM - The recent fall in pork prices is predicted to put more pressure on producers.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Livestock Businesses in Need of More SupportVIET NAM - Although the domestic livestock industry has seen significant developments, many businesses demand a tighter control over the import of animal products and more assistance from the state to...
Friday, November 20, 2009
Interest in US Feed Grains Grows in Viet NamVIET NAM - The Council hosted approximately 120 commercial swine producers for the Swine Industry Symposium in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, this week.
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