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Canadian hog producers had 12.0 million hogs on their farms as of April 1, up 1.8% from the same date in 2011.

The value of total livestock output rose by £1,355 million (12%) to £12,573 million, due mainly to increases in the value of output for cattle and sheep produced for meat, and milk.

The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture has just published its report called "The pork sector in figures: major economic indicators in 2011."

The total pigmeat production decreased by 9.2% y-o-y to 60 018 tonnes.

A promotional campaign launched by the Council of Agriculture (COA) to stimulate sales of locally produced pork kicked off last week.

Due to identification during the quarantine in Russia of brucellosis positive breeding pigs imported from Germany and Czechia, since April 27, 2012 the Rosselkhoznadzor has imposed temporary restrictions on importation of such animal category from these countries.

Canadian pork shipments during 2011 came in at a record 1.15 million tonnes.

Average farm-gate prices of pork had fallen to 14.60 yuan (US$2.30) per kilogram the week before last, a level below the 6:1 ratio of pork-to-grain prices it seeks to maintain as a minimum.

Incentives and subsidies will be given to encourage pork production, in order to have a total of 85 million tons of meat.

As regards exports, 2011 was an exceptional year. For the first time in its history, the EU exported more than 3 billion t of pig meat.

Prices increased for milk (9.2%), poultry (8.5%), cattle (8%), equines (7.2%), sheep and goats (5.2%) and pigs (4.4%) but decreased for eggs (-4.7%).

Exports of pork from Brazil increased by 6.93% in volume in March compared with March 2011, and 3.02% in value.

China delivered a list of five Mexican companies which are allowed to export pork to Chinese market.

MIFAFF announced that it would limit the initial 70,000 MT duty free tariff rate quota for fresh/frozen pork bellies announced for the period April-June to 20,000 MT.

Argentina sent an official notice allowing the river traffic of raw bovine offal and pork.

Despite the decline of 1.7% in per capita consumption, pork is still the favorite.