Queensland to Hold Pan Pacific Pork Expo
QUEENSLAND - Pacific pork industry representatives will meet on Queensland's Gold Coast for the fifth Pan Pacific Pork Expo.

Midwest Floods Hit Fuels and Pork Sectors
US - The impact of the Midwest floods has spread beyond the Great Plains, affecting the ethanol industry, hog farmers, pork producers and even catfish farmers as the prices of grains continue to skyrocket.

Food Banks Receive Pork Donations
CANADA - Winnipeg Harvest reports it has started receiving pork donated through a federal breeding swine reduction program for distribution to food banks across the province, writes Bruce Cochrane.

British Farms Face Interrogation Over Diseased Pigs
UK - Government vets are investigating Britain's pig industry after being shown disturbing images of dead and diseased animals.

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

Manure Drying Tunnel Doing a Good Job
GERMANY - Generating power from renewable energies is becoming increasingly important in Germany as well as on the international level. Thus, it is not surprising that the number of biogas plants is steadily increasing as are wind power plants and solar...

Waitrose Committed to Buying 100% British Pork
UK - Waitrose is committed to purchasing all of its pork products from British farmers. This has brought about an upswing to the struggling pig industry.

CME: A Look at the Corn/Food Price Relation
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 16^th June, 2008.

A $1.4M Investment for Pork Industry Assistance
ONTARIO - The Government of Canada is making sure Canadian families can identify Canadian pork products on grocery store shelves. Gary Schellenberger, Member of Parliament for Perth–Wellington, made the announcement today on behalf of the Federal Agriculture...

Namibian Army Base Converted to a Piggery
NAMIBIA - A Kavango woman, along with her husband, has purchased a 30-hectare plot which was formerly a military base for 202 Battalion that was one of the South African army units. She has now converted this plot of land into a piggery.

Oxford Benchmarkers Improve Productivity
UK - Oxford pig club members, who benchmark their production figures on a quarterly basis, carried out their first year-on-year check and discovered they had all made great improvements to their levels of production.

Production Resumed in Sichuan Province
CHINA - Zhongpin Inc. has announced that it resumed production at the Deyang plant, located in Cangshan County, Sichuan Province, which was affected by an earthquake.

New "Canadian Pork" Label Unveiled
CANADA - Pork Marketing Canada has unveiled a new label designed to make it easier for Canadian consumers to identify and choose Canadian pork at their grocery stores, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Hog and Poultry Industries See Hope
THE PHILIPPINES - Despite escalating chicken and pork prices, prospects for the hog and poultry industries are bright as the agriculture department has been taking concrete steps to stabilize domestic supplies.

OIMP and Homegrown Ontario Join Hands
ONTARIO - Ontario Independent Meat Processors (OIMP) has joined the Homegrown Ontario program. Homegrown Ontario is a brand that launched in June 2007 to help consumers clearly identify meat products from Ontario. Currently the logo, a red barn with...

EU Pig Prices: Market Balance Expected
EU - After last week's intermission in the slaughter market, the situation is now back to normal.

Pork Commentary: Are We in the Swine Business or Grain Market?
CANADA - It now feels that we are no longer in the hog business writes Jim Long in this weeks North American Pork Commentary.

PorkExpo 2008: A Global Gathering of Experts and Companies
BRAZIL - PorkExpo 2008 and 4^th International Swine Production Forum will be held from September 30^th to October 2^nd, in Curitiba, Brazil

Weekly Outlook: Rationing the 2008 US Corn Crop
US - The USDA’s World Agricultural Outlook Board lowered its expectation of the size of the 2008 U.S. corn crop from 12.125 billion bushels in May to 11.735 billion in June. Extensive flooding in parts of the midwest suggest that production potential...

EU Food Chain Action Welcomed
EU - The European Commission is to hold the first high level group meeting among food producers, industry and legislators on competitiveness in the food industry.