Pork Production Keeps Rising, Prices Stabilizing
US - Increased pork production drove higher estimates for total meat production for 2009, as calculated by the USDA in its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. Growing...

Belgian Pig Producers Send Out Alarm Signals
BELGIUM - Pig producers in Belgium continue to send out alarm signals as they feel they continue to be underpaid for their pigs by large retailers.

CME: Larger-than-Expected Corn Production Indicated
US - USDA’s monthly Crop Production report and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, released on Friday, indicated larger- than-expected corn production and smaller-than-expected soybean output...

Spot and Contract Too Far Apart
UK - It was a case of “back to the future” when spot pig prices took a sharp drop today as processors tried to narrow the gap between imported pigmeat which retailers have been buying in increasing volumes...

Weekly Review: Upward Spiral of Feeder Pig Prices
US - Weekly review of the US hog industry, written by Glenn Grimes and Ron Plain.

PiGIS Awarded Prize for 'Next Big Thing'
NORTHERN IRELAND, UK - The Northern Ireland Science Park (NISP) CONNECT’s search for ‘the next big thing’ has concluded with the innovative software, PiGIS™, coming away with a £3,000 prize for best product...

CME: Current Situation Index in August Down
US - One sector that will have to improve before meat demand in general and beef and chicken demand in particular improve is restaurants — and the monthly Restaurant Performance Index from the National...

Early Registration for Hog Farm Transition Program
CANADA - The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board is advising pork producers planning on participating in the new Hog Farm Transition Program to register early in order to qualify for the first round of...

WTO Panel to Be Requested to Address US M-COOL
CANADA - The federal government has announced it will ask the World Trade Organization for a panel to resolve Canada's dispute with the United States over US Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labelling, writes...

Lawmakers Ask USDA to Help Pork Producers
US - Members of the US Senate and House have urged the US Department of Agriculture to lend assistance to US pork producers to help them out of a 2-year-old economic crisis. The National Pork Producers...

CME: M-COOL a Legitimate Policy?
US - This week’s Daily Livestock Reports feel like “All Canada all the time” but there was more market-impacting news from north of the border yesterday, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner in their Daily...

Canada Requests WTO Panel on US M-COOL
CANADA - The Canadian government has announced its intention to file for a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement process over the US mandatory country-of-origin labeling (M-COOL) law that went...

JBS Swift Seeks to Expand Iowa Pork Complex
IOWA, US - JBS USA has proposed an expansion of its Marshalltown, Iowa pork complex.

First Round on Agriculture ‘Templates’ Completed
GLOBAL - World Trade Organisation farm talks’ chairperson David Walker described as “a good start” two days of technical discussion on the blank forms members will use for making commitments on agriculture...

Ohio 'Pork and Beans' Support Promotes Pork Ribs
US - Support from Ohio pork and soybean producers is helping the US Meat Export Federation introduce pork ribs to a wider range of consumers in Japan, which is traditionally the US pork industry’s highest-value...

Southeast Asia Major Growth Market for DDGS
GLOBAL - The US Grains Council carried out a 10-day distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) promotion in Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia concentrated on the swine sector.

Cranswick Sales Up on Record Hog Prices
UK - Pork supplier Cranswick said first-half sales rose in line with expectations, helped by an acquisition, but the business had been impacted by the rise in pig prices to record levels.

Quick Application for New Debt Consolidation Loans
CANADA - Farm Credit Canada is advising pork producers planning to apply for loans under a just launched federal pork industry restructuring plan to do so quickly, writes Bruce Cochrane.

US Swine Economics Report
US - USDA’s latest survey of the US swine inventory said the market herd was down 2.2 per cent on 1 September and the breeding herd was down 3.1 per cent compared to 12 months earlier, writes Ron Plain...

CME: Output Numbers Will Not Drive Feed Prices
US - Dow Jones’ monthly pre-report survey regarding Friday’s monthly Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates indicates that the old adage “A big crop gets bigger” is still...

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Pork Producers to be Eligible for Restructuring Loans
CANADA - The Canadian Pork Council is confident most Canadian pork producers will be eligible for loans being made available under a new restructuring plan being offered by the federal government for the...

Pork Commentary: Markets Continue to Languish
CANADA - This week's North American Pork Commentary from Jim Long.

EU Pig Prices: Slaughter Market Going Downward
EU - A downward drift is observed on this week’s slaughter pig market.

Compensation over Pork Contamination Paid Out
IRELAND - More than €100 million of taxpayers’ money has been spent by the Government on compensation to farmers and processors following last December’s pork contamination scandal.