Japan authorises Costa Rica to export pork
Four Costa Rican companies have been authorised to export to Japan because they fulfil the health requirements demanded by the Japanese market.
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Poland is the sixth food producer in the EU
With respect to the pig sector, although Poland has suffered an important decrease in the size of its herd, in 2012 it was the 4th frozen pork exporter in the EU.
Czech Republic: number of slaughtered pigs decreased
In Q1 2014 the number of slaughtered pigs decreased to 639 495 heads; i.e. by 1.7%, y-o-y.
Feed Conversion Ratio: the new economics
The next time you hear someone over lunch tell you the value of a tenth improvement in FCR, unless they are drawing a distribution on your napkin, tell them you don’t run an average pig business so you are not interested in their average values.
FAO Outlook 2014: world meat production is anticipated to grow modestly in 2014
Continuing several years of expansion, production of pigmeat is expected to grow by 1.1 percent to a record level of 115.5 million tonnes in 2014.
Russia cancels temporarily the importation of live pigs and pork from Latvia
After the detection of CSF in wild boars, the Rosselkhoznador has cancelled temporarily the importation of live pigs and pork from Latvia.
FAO: Weather and political tensions impact food markets but cereal stocks remain adequate
Weather conditions in various countries and political tensions in the Black Sea region have made food markets more volatile.
Rabobank: ongoing PEDv to have material impact on pork supply
Rabobank believes the outbreak of PEDv in the US, Mexico, Japan and South Korea will lead to a likely decline in global pork production in 2014.
China: Denmark allowed to export cooked pork
Denmark has now become the first country that has been allowed to export cooked pork products, including the sausage.
April gives reasons for optimism, and May should confirm it
The Spanish price will rise until well into summer, and the range of the rise will depend on Europe.
EU: € 23 million support to promote agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries
The European Commission has approved 20 programmes to promote agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries.
Russia: Rosselkhoznadzor will inspect Lithuanian and Polish plants producing animal products
An inspection should be carried out within two months at the Lithuanian and Polish plants producing animal products and willing to export them to the CU countries.
Brazil: rise of the pork exports in March
During the month of March, a total of 39,026 tonnes were exported: a rise by 5.65% in comparison with February.
Ukraine: authorized to export pork to the EU without tariffs
This will allow the importation of 20,000 Tm of meat of domestic swine (fresh, chilled or frozen), and of 20,000 Tm of meat of domestic swine (fresh, chilled or frozen, excluding hams, loins and boneless cuts) without tariffs.
Denmark: plan for reducing the inspection costs in the abattoirs
The Ministry of Agriculture will work together with the abattoirs to reduce the cost of the public control in the next four years.
Elanco acquires Novartis Animal Health
$5.4 billion deal creates world’s second-largest animal health company.