Finnish Pork Market Faces Tough Times
FINLAND - Finland's pig meat industry has had a difficult start to the year, largely due to high feed prices and difficult market conditions.

AFBF Speaks Up About HSUS Livestock Auction Video
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, speaks about the mistreatment of farm animals.

High Demand Pushes Up Live Hog Prices
CANADA - Despite continued high levels of production and high volumes of pork in storage live hog prices in western Canada have risen dramatically over the past few weeks, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Pork Futures: Hogs Close Mixed
CHICAGO - Live cattle finished mixed, pork bellies closed higher and feeder cattle ended generally firm.

Welcome News for Canadian Agriculture
CANADA - Farm Credit Canada says, overall, the recent softening of the value of the Canadian dollar is welcome news for Canadian farmers competing on the international market, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Wiard Wins Checkoff's National Taste of Elegance Contest
US - Tyler Wiard, executive chef at Elway's Steakhouse in Denver, won top honors in the 19th annual national Taste of Elegance contest May 5 in San Diego, California.

Chicken and Pork Prices Expected to Rise
US - According to the Tennessean, it is likely that the US will be getting yet another dose of inflation, with the rise in chicken and pork prices.

Hog Farm Developers Take Case to Federal Court
SOUTH DAKOTA - Next week, the case of a large-scale hog farm west of Wagner will be in federal court again. However, this time it will be courtesy of the farm's developers, reports KOTA Territory News.

EU Pig Prices: Slaughter Market Sees Boost
EU - The EU is seeing a considerable boost in the slaughter market this week.

Pork Futures: Hogs End Higher
CHICAGO - Pork bellies closed up sharply, live cattle finished moderately higher late and feeder cattle settled flat to higher.

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

Swine Seminar Gives Reproduction Information
NEBRASKA - A June 10 Advanced Swine Reproduction Seminar will offer pork producers insight on reproduction management.

German Pigs Infected with MRSA
GERMANY - German health officials have made an announcement that the country's farm pigs are infested with "hospital bacteria", otherwise known as Methicilin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) bacteria.

Weather and Direction of Feed Grain Prices Linked
CANADA - A Winnipeg grain market analyst says weather over the next few weeks will be critical in determining the direction of feed grain prices over the next six to nine months, writes Bruce Cochrane.

NPPC Urges USDA to Address Pork Industry Crisis
US - Pork producers, who are losing an estimated $30 to $50 per hog, called on USDA to take steps that would address what the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) calls an “industry economic crisis.”