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To control the domestic pig herd growth, MIFAFF is expected to slaughter 80,000 head of low producing sows.

With regard to the May and November 2011 total swine census a drop of approximately a 1.74% and a 1.85%, respectively, is seen.

The use of insects as a sustainable protein-rich ingredient in pig and poultry diets is technically feasible.

In mid-June, the EU Commission announced that 18 Member States had confirmed that they expected all of their remaining pig breeders to be compliant with the new regulations by 1 January 2013.

The total number of pigs in Ireland in June 2012 was estimated at 1,570,600. This represents an increase of 1.4% since June 2011.

The new rules will come into force on 1 January 2013 and will better integrate animal welfare considerations into the design and operations of slaughterhouses.

The Council confirms its decision to maintain the existing EU legislation on beta-agonists, which bans the use of, and the import of meat from animals treated with growth promoters such as ractopamine.

Rabobank expects global hog prices to remain under pressure in the first part of Q4 followed by a price recovery towards the end of the year and into 2013.

The outbreak is located at a farm in Darkhan soum, Darkhan-ull.

Global pork production is forecast nominally higher to a record 104.7 million tons.

The use of food-based biofuels to meet the 10% renewable energy target of the Renewable Energy Directive will be limited to 5%.

The aim is to assist the swine industry attain and apply the strategic objectives of bio-exclusion, bio-management and bio-containment of swine pathogens and zoonoses.

At present the average pig price is less than 152p per kg, resulting in an average loss of over £14 on every pig produced.

U.S. – Panama Trade Promotion Authority will go into effect on October 31, 2012.

MEPs backed plans to provide EU-wide early warning of all such threats and inserted a provision enabling member states to club together to buy vaccines.

Subsequent to the suspension of the FMD free status on 6 September 2011, the Delegate of Turkey submitted a dossier on 31 August 2012 to the Director General requesting the recovery of the status.