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Germany – Larger concentration of slaughterhouses

29-Mar-2011
The tendency towards a higher concentration of slaughterhouses in Germany has continued throughout 2010. The 10 largest German slaughterhouses had, in 2010, a 75,1% market share which represents an increase of 16,1% over the last 7 years. The 4 largest slaughterhouses have 60,1% of the market compared to the 48,4% they had 7 years ago.

FAO - Global wheat production to increase in 2011

29-Mar-2011
FAO's first forecast for world wheat production in 2011 stands at 676 million tonnes, representing a growth of 3.4 percent from 2010, the March 2011 edition of the Crop Prospects and Food Situation report. This level would still be below the bumper harvests in 2008 and 2009.

JSR Breeding Pigs Fly Into China

28-Mar-2011
Over eight-hundred high health, genetically advanced breeding pigs have successfully touched down in China this week. The animals were transported from the UK onboard a specially chartered 747 aircraft on behalf of JSR Genetics.

Animal Health International, Inc. to merge with Lextron, Inc.

25-Mar-2011
Animal Health International, Inc. and privately held Lextron, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Lextron, with support from investment funds affiliated with Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of AHII for $4.25 per share, or approximately $111 million, plus the repayment of AHII’s outstanding indebtedness, for a total purchase price of approximately $251 million.

New TOPIGS nucleus farm in Canada

25-Mar-2011
TOPIGS has purchased a new nucleus farm in Canada named Windy Acres near the village Malonton in Northern Manitoba. This purchase will provide TOPIGS with better breeding, better genetics and better numbers of terminal sires to supply. The farm houses 750 sows, 220 boars and 4000 fattening pigs.

Netherlands - Pig-farming sector has efficient production, but manure results in high costs

24-Mar-2011
The Dutch pig-farming sector is operating within a competitive European market, and production costs play an important role in the sector’s competitiveness. At €1.41 per kg of slaughter weight in 2009, the Netherlands’ production costs are fairly average compared with those in rival countries within Europe. However, Dutch pig farmers pay a relatively high price for the disposal of manure: 5% of the production costs.

Spain - Increase in Serrano ham exportations

24-Mar-2011
According to information from the Spanish “Consorcio del jamón Serrano”, developed based on statistics from the National Tax Administration, throughout 2010 Spanish exports of cured ham grew by 4,8 percent in volume, reaching 22.680 tons, and by 6,8 percent in value, reaching 196 million Euros.