Belarus: scarcity of pig meat and rise in the prices
The government of Belarus has confirmed that the country faces a shortage of pig meat due to the African swine fever.
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Commission publishes cereals farm report on developments for 2004-2011
Estimates for 2012 showed a further improvement in the profitability of cereal crops.
European Commission to tackle unfair practices in the food supply chain
The EC has adopted a communication encouraging Member States to look for ways to improve protection of small food producers and retailers against the unfair practices of their sometimes much stronger trading partners.
Moldova accepts EU veterinary certificates
The EU welcomes the recent decision by Moldova to accept imports accompanied by a veterinary certificate based on a template specified in the EU legislation.
Ireland: 2013 was another difficult year for the pig sector
During 2013, approximately 2.83 million pigs were slaughtered in Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine export-approved plants. This equates to a decline of almost 2.5% compared to 2012.
Russia: pig production increase
The production in terms of the volume of pigs to be slaughtered on large farms rose by 17.2% (+ 95.2 tonnes) and reached 649,000 tonnes.
Germany: data of the foreign meat trade
With respect to the meat exports, 72% of them were of pig meat.
Canada: successful Agriculture Mission to China
Once in place, the market access gains for beef, cattle, swine, timothy hay, blueberries and cherries that were secured during this trade mission are estimated by industry to be potentially worth more than $400 million annually.
EU and Vietnam make good progress on FTA talks
The teams made significant progress on the basic negotiations on trade and sustainable development; trade in goods; animal and plant health and hygiene...
United Kingdom: BPEX launches Standard Pig Price
The GB SPP is calculated using the same basic specification as the current DAPP except that it covers standard pigs only.
June: the producer's margin improves adequately
The low supply sets the pace of the price of pigs, but there are many more factors at stake: multiproduct commercial flow from Denmark to US; Russia has just presented a proposal for the opening of exports from some countries of the EU, etc.
Russia took protective measures due to the ASF outbreaks in Latvia
On June 28 of the current year the Rosselkhoznadzor imposed temporary restrictions on live swine, pork and raw pork products, finished products containing pork, exported from Latvia into Russia.
Brazil: Russia leads the pig meat exports
From January to May Russia imported 61,527 tonnes of Brazilian pig meat, and this means an increase by 9.29% in terms of volume.
Use of mayonnaise and nuts meal as by-products in liquid feed for growing-finishing pigs
Using by-products from food industry can reduce the feed costs without affecting pig performance or meat quality.
Germany: number of pig-keeping holdings down by 3.1%
Since November 2013 the number of holdings that keep pigs for fattening has fallen by 900 (–3.9%) to about 22,700.
France: slight drop in the swine census in 2013
In 2013, the total swine herd added up 13,487,588 heads; slightly lower than in year 2012 (13,759,913).