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United States and Canadian inventory of all hogs and pigs for June 2014 was 75.1 million head. This was down 4 percent from June 2013, and down 5 percent from June 2012.

Despite very strong June wholesale pork prices (+21 percent over June 2013 of the Wholesale Carcass Cutout), U.S. pork exports in June were more than 4 percent higher than a year ago.

The SAGARPA (Ministry of Agriculture, Stockbreeding, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food) and the Mexican pig production chain are carrying out different actions for the recognition of the pig health status in Mexico and the export markets expansion.

The acquisition of Hillshire by Tyson Foods Inc. would combine two major purchasers of sows from farmers in the United States and eliminate the benefit farmers have received from the competition between Hillshire and Tyson’s Heinold Hog Markets.

The European Commission has opened a new section on its website to inform about relevant news on the EU measures resulting from the Russian import ban.

Russia is the main destination for the Brazilian pork and beef exports.

These measures involve the EU, US, Canada, Norway and Australia, and will extend for a year.

Under this proposed rule, such pork and pork products would have to be derived from swine raised on farms meeting stringent sanitary and biosecurity requirements.

After a period of four days when the country's borders were closed to Lithuanian pork products, the Veterinary and Food Board lifted the ban.

Especially in the exporting countries impacted by the porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDv), hog and pork prices will continue to break records in the remainder of Q3 and into Q4.

The Chinese pork import market strengthened in the first half of the year, with volumes up by 9% compared with the same period a year earlier.

At the end of the negotiations with Japan, this country gave its approval to the export of pig meat products.

The procedure for the presentation and the evaluation of the projects will be simplified, with a maximum of 3 months between the approval and the signing of the contract.

Between January and May 2014 the exports of pig meat reached a value of US$2.8 million, and this represents a growth by 73% with respect to the same period in 2013.

There is a distinct possibility of pork export increase due to cessation of pork export from the EU to Russia because of ASF outbreak.