Brazil/China: exchanged views on deepening agricultural cooperation
China stands ready to work with Brazil to deepen the cooperation in all sub-sectors of agriculture.
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Colombia: increase in pork production and consumption
Pork consumption has gone from 4.22 kg per capita in 2009 to 6.75 kg in 2013.
Russia: temporary restrictions imposed on Canadian pig product export
According to Rosselkhoznadzor, laboratory tests of Canadian pig product consignments exported to Russia demonstrated consistent increase in detections of harmful substances including ractopamine.
United States: September results solid for U.S. pork exports
Pork export value was up 7 percent in September to $513 million, despite a 3 percent decline in volume (162,125 mt).
Brazil: South Africa reopens its market to Brazilian pork
South Africa had its borders closed to Brazilian pork products since year 2005.
France: the production of pork remains stable since the beginning of 2014
During the first nine months of 2014 the slaughterings have dropped by 0.3% in terms of the number of heads, but they have increased by 0.6% in terms of weight.
U.S./Canada: revised Institutional Meat Purchase Specifications to facilitate trade
Based on feedback from stakeholders, the United States and Canada earlier this year agreed to harmonize the terminology used for wholesale meat cuts.
Belarus suspends certification of pig products intended for the Russian market
Belarus would suspend certification of pig products including chilled pork and frozen offals intended for the Russian market till the 11th of November this year.
Pork industry metric used for over 100 years flashes a danger sign!
Just like the emergent molten lava from Mount Kilauea, so an historical metric of the US hog industry, having lay dormant for many years, is creeping ever so slowly over its profit destroying "trigger" level. That metric is the hog corn ratio.
Mexico: the SAGARPA opens up new markets for meat products
During the first semester of 2014, the Mexican meat products producers obtained 24 authorisations for the commercialisation of beef, pork and horse meat in 16 African, Asian and American countries.
United States: pig and sow skin market access restored to China
China is the largest leather producing country in the world and represents a major opportunity to increase the value of U.S. exports of these products.
Belarus: measures to restore pork production
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko gave the relevant instructions at the government session held on 22 September to review the measures designed to restore pork production.
United States: pork meat surpasses beef in 2015
WASDE raised the commercial pork production forecast for 2015 to 23.9 billion pounds, for the first time exceeds beef output in 62 years.
Firm ground at last?
Europe as a whole has a flat depressive profile with the prices in the minimum levels of the last three years.
Portugal: the number of pig slaughterings increases
During the first semester of 2014 a total of 2,491,870 pigs were slaughtered, and this represents an increase by 1.3%.
European Union: € 39 million support for the promotion of agricultural products
The European Commission has approved 27 programmes to promote agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries.