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Spain - Pigmeat exports increased by 1.2%

26-Apr-2010
The latest figures offered by the Spanish Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs show that in 2009 Spanish pig meat exports increased by 1.2% reaching a total of 1.25 million tonnes.

European Union - Commission authorises Bulgaria to grant limited amounts of aid in the agricultural sector

23-Apr-2010
The European Commission authorised a Bulgarian scheme with a budget of BGN 20 million (approximately € 10,26 million) which aims at supporting agricultural holdings active in the primary production, marketing and processing of agricultural products who encounter difficulties as a result of the current economic crisis. Aid under this scheme can be granted until 31 December 2010 and will take the form of a direct grant.

Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health opens state-of-the-art vaccine manufacturing facility at Biosciences Center Boxmeer

22-Apr-2010
Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health announces that it will open today a state-of-the-art production center for veterinary vaccines against bacterial infections. The new facility is located at Biosciences Center Boxmeer, one of the world’s largest veterinary R&D and manufacturing facilities and a cornerstone of the company’s global vaccine R&D and production network.

Canada's economic action plan invests in Manitoba's hog industry

21-Apr-2010
The Government of Canada is delivering real results for the meat packing and processing sector in Manitoba. The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, today announced an investment of $567,500 in Country Meat and Sausage, which is being delivered through Canada's Economic Action Plan.

Ireland - Tough times for Irish meat exports

19-Apr-2010
Irish exporters struggled to compete with supplies from the UK market, where the average price in euro terms fell by 7% due to sterling weakening. Volume shipments to the UK declined by 5% as a result, but the UK market share of total Irish exports remained unchanged at 51%.

World Pork Outlook

19-Apr-2010
According to FAPRI 2010 U.S. and World Agricultural Outlook, recovering from a 12 per cent drop in 2009, pork trade grows by 2.8 per cent (122,000 metric tons; mt) annually in the next decade, reaching 5.52 mmt in 2019. Pork production increases in the next decade at a rate of 1.9 per cent (1.85 mmt), reaching 115.46 mmt in 2019.

JSR targets Taiwan

15-Apr-2010
JSR has reaffirmed its keen interest in working with pig producers in Asia by signing a franchise contract with Evabiotech Ltd of Er Lun County in Taiwan, at Pig Focus Asia in Bangkok.