EU pig prices: Balancing out
EU - In week two of the New Year, the situation is reportedly 'well-balanced' on the European slaughter pig market.

2007 Comparison of European Pig Prices
EU - Trading levels in the EU pig market are undershot by seven per cent throughout the community compared with last year. Germany is no longer close to Spain and the Netherlands has been outdistanced by France. Poland's pig market started to racing at...

EU Pig Prices: Steady at the Beginning of the Year!
EU - A new year and the situation continues to be extraordinarily calm on the European finished pig market.

Hearing on Animal Vaccines
EU - European Parliament is to hold a hearing on the Community Animal Health Strategy and novel Vaccine Technology early next year.

EFSA-ECDC Annual Report on Animal Infections Transmissible to Humans
EU - Salmonella infections in humans in the EU down, Listeria infections up Campylobacter still most frequently reported animal infection transmissible to humans

EU Pig Prices: Situation May Change at Year End
EU - The situation in the European finished pig market appears to remain unchanged.

Immuno castration Up for Debate in European Parliament.
EUROPE - BPEX has learned that in answers to written questions, the Commission mentions the fact that'EU legislation does not foresee in any case specific restriction on the importation of pig meat on the basis that animals have been castrated whatever...

EU pig prices: No uniformity
EU - Even mid-month, the situation on the European pig market proves to be steady, for the most part.

EU pig prices: Well balanced
EU - The European finsihed pig market appears to be stabilising in the run up to Christmas.

Europe Revises FMD Status of Cyprus and UK
EU - Member States today endorsed Commission proposals to revise certain foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) measures in both Cyprus and the UK, to reflect the fact that there have been no recent outbreaks in either country.

Cereal import duties suspended to ease feed prices
EU - The EU Commission has announced plans to suspend import duties on all cereals except oats, to help ease the pressure on grain markets and so reduce feed costs.

EU pig prices: Stabilising with prospects
EU - The European finished pig market has hardly changed during the past week.

EU Pig Meat Export Refunds Proposed
EUROPE - European Agriculture Commissioner, Mariann Fischer Boel, is to take steps to introduce export refunds for pig meat carcases, cuts and bellies as a response to the difficult market situation.

Some Confidence, Investment Likely, But 'Greenness' a Low Priority
EU - Farmers in the countries who have most recently joined the EU are planning to make major investment in their holdings as confidence grows in the economic future for their businesses and the industry as a whole, according to a new survey carried out...

EU pig prices: Still stabilising!
EU - Record-breaking slaughter quantities are being reported from Germany as well as from Spain, the Netherlands, Austria and France these days.

EU pig prices: Brisk sale at low price level
EU - On the European pigs-mature-for-slaughter-market, the prices continue to stabilise. Great demand is observed on the part of the slaughter companies, meeting declining supply.

Europe at odds over GM
EU - GM crops are likely to be a continuous dividing factor in the EU, a meeting between environment ministers showed last week.

EU must guarantee our food supplies
EUROPE - Just four years after the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, concerns over food security are being discussed at the European Parliament, writes Jonathan Evans, Conservative MEP for Wales.

EU pig prices: Gaining ground all over
EU - After weeks of price pressure, the the slaughter pig market seems to be stabilising throughout Europe. There are still large numbers of finished pigs on offer, however, quotations are reported unchanged from across the continent.

World pigmeat prices continue to fall
EU - Worldwide pig meat prices have continued to fall, with EU mainland pigmeat producer quotes slipping from €1.50 to €1.25 over the past three months.