EU: New project launched for organic pig
A new project – OK-Net EcoFeed – aimed at helping organic pig and poultry farmers in achieving the goal of 100% use of organic and regional feed was launched.
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Spain: The pig sector ends a historic 2017
The pig sector ends a historic 2017 exceeding €5,000 million in exports.
2018 outlook for feed costs: soybean
Huge supplies, increasing production and an efficient, coordinated global chain fuels low cost soybean meal, cheap feed and high profits.
Hungary: VAT on fish and pork offal will be reduced
The VAT on fish and pork offal and by-products for human consumption will be reduced from 27 percent to 5 percent beginning in January.
The FAO Food Price Index rebounded in 2017 despite a decline in December
Despite the late-year slide, the FAO Food Price Index averaged 174.6 points in 2017, up 8.2 percent from 2016 and reaching the highest annual average since 2014.
Battle for China’s pork market in 2018
China’s pork imports have been slowing down lately, but are expected to pick up again over the rest of the year, according to RaboResearch’s latest global Pork Quarterly.
Argentina: Pig production record
Pig production record: more than 6 million pigs slaughtered.
Russia initiates WTO compliance proceedings over pig products import restrictions
Russia says it has fully implemented the rulings within the reasonable period of time.
Final communiqué of the GFFA - Berlin World Food Conference
In adopting the communiqué of the 10th Berlin Agriculture Ministers Conference, the participant ministers from 69 states, as well as representatives of the European Commission and of international organisations such as the OIE and FAO, have committed themselves to responsible and sustainable animal husbandry.
Poland requests aid for the pig sector
Poland encouraged the Commission to take action among others through: aid for private storage...
Whirlwhind of slaughterings. Uncertainty.
The threat of ASF in Germany causes that nobody wants to keep greats stocks because of the risk that they become ‘unsaleable’. This attitude of selling at all costs has caused a collapse of meat prices in Europe.
The European Commission launches a public enquiry on rural development
The aim of this broad enquiry is to get a general picture of the strengths and the weaknesses of the rural development policy.
Demand for meat in Russia has increased due to the decline of pork and chicken prices
As a result of eleven months of 2017, pork accounted for 35.1% of the total volume of industrial meat production.
November 2017: impressive increase in EU agri-food exports
The value of EU agri-food exports in November 2017, now at EUR 12.7 billion, increased impressively by almost EUR 1 billion compared to November 2016.
Mergers: Commission refers the acquisition of Pini Polonia by Smithfield to the Polish competition authority
The European Commission has referred the proposed transaction between Smithfield Foods of the US and Pini Polonia of Poland to the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) at its request. Both companies are active in the slaughtering of pigs in Poland.
An economic analysis of sow retention in a United States breed-to-wean system
Retaining sows in the herd longer has economic benefits that could increase the financial returns of a breed-to-wean system.