RP to Import 20,000 Tons of Pork to Avert Shortage
PHILIPPINES - An expected tight supply of pork in the coming holiday season amid low production has prompted the government, private traders and even hog raisers to agree to import an additional 20,000...

Swine Numbers Decline Two Per Cent
US - The US swine breeding herd now numbers 5.87 million head, down 2.3 per cent from last year, writes Shane Ellis.

CME: Corn Yields Expected to Reach All New Record
US - A lot of the conversation in the marketplace has focused on the yield potential for the current crop, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner in their Daily Livestock Report for 29 September.

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

Danish Pork Exports Plummet
DENMARK - As Danish farmers send increasing numbers of pigs to Germany for finishing and slaughter, the Danish Crown kill is in an accelerating downward spiral. During the first half of the year its exports...

Pork Industry Needs to Reduce Reliance on US
CANADA - The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board suggests to flourish Canada's swine industry needs to reduce its reliance on the United States, writes Bruce Cochrane.

CME: Market Hog Imports Remarkably Stable
US - An alert reader pointed out to us this morning that the year-to-date data in Friday’s Production and Price Summary was out of date, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner in their DLR for 28 September....

EU Pig Prices: Inconsistent Price Trends
EU - Inconsistent price trends are being reported on from all over the European slaughter pig markets this week.

Pork Commentary: Light at the End of the Tunnel
CANADA - This week's North American Pork Commentary from Jim Long.

Weekly Review: First Signs of Dawning Seen
US - Hog producers may be seeing the first signs of the financial dawn, writes Chris Hurt.

September Quarterly Hogs & Pigs Report Summary
US - The September report came in a little more positive than the trade estimates, write Ron Plain and Glenn Grimes.

Market Preview: Hogs & Pigs Report Encouraging
US - Weekly US Market Preview provided by Steve R. Meyer, Ph.D., Paragon Economics, Inc.

Optimism within Western Canadian Swine Industry
CANADA - A livestock feed consultant with Winnipeg based Finer Feeds reports optimism is growing within western Canada's swine industry as producers start to see light at the end of the tunnel, writes...

Lifting of Funding Ban Could Help US Pork Producers
US - The National Pork Producers Council commended conferees on the agriculture appropriations bill, on text slated for the FY 2010 agriculture appropriations conference report regarding the use of appropriated...

CME: US Swine Herd Continues to Decline
US - USDA’s quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report, released Friday afternoon, indicated that the US swine herd continues to shrink and that the pace of that reduction may have, as expected, increased in the...

Record High Pork Production for August
US - Commercial red meat production for the United States reached 4.08 billion pounds in August, down slightly from the 4.10 billion pounds produced in August 2008, according to the USDA's National Agricultural...

Supplies Will Tighten Soon
Despite the surging euro which during the last seven days has risen in value from 90.4p to almost 92p, little of the benefit seems to have filtered through to the United Kingdom pig market yet, writes...

Weekly Review: September Hogs and Pigs Report Bullish
US - Weekly review of the US hog industry, written by Glenn Grimes and Ron Plain.

Taiwan Set on Purchasing US Corn and DDGS
TAIWAN - The Taiwanese Agricultural Goodwill Mission signed a letter of intent Thursday, 24 September, with the US Grains Council, committing to purchase 7.7 to 10.5 million metric tons, or 303 to 413...

Canadian Standard for Pork Quality Recommended
CANADA - Participants in a Canadian pork industry trade mission that traveled to Japan are endorsing the creation of a Canadian pork industry standard aimed specifically at satisfying the demands of that...

Piggeries Shut as Demand Falls Due to H1N1 Scare
GHANA - Due to dwindling fortunes in the pig industry, many farmers in the Ashanti Region are being forced to either cease production or convert their farms to produce poultry.

Scottish Census Reveals Fall in Animal Numbers
SCOTLAND, UK - There were declines in the number of all farm livestock and poultry in the June 2009 census compared to a year previously, including a 10 per cent decrease in the breeding herd and nine...

Study: Supply Management Not a Simple Solution
ONTARIO, CANADA - A recent study prepared by The University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus, finds that implementing a supply management system for Ontario’s hog industry would be a challenge.

China Denies Imposing Restrictions on EU Imports
CHINA - China has never placed any restriction on pork imports from the European Union (EU), and its demand for health certificate from the EU imported pork was needed to prevent the spread of A/H1N1 flu,...

No Immediate Relief in Sight on China Pork Access
US - Kevin Smith, US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) director of export services, was part of a USMEF delegation that just returned from Asia.