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Lord Taylor of Holbeach has been appointed as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

North Dakota Farmers Union President Robert Carlson has been elected to lead the World Farmers Organization at the first international general assembly held in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

The agriculture ministry is considering tax incentives and other support for the animal husbandry sector in order to bring down food prices, news website VnExpress reported Sunday.

Minimum standards of animal welfare and recommended best practices for everyone involved in transporting animals in New Zealand are outlined in a new code of welfare issued today by Agriculture Minister David Carter.

The National Federation of Belgian meat (FEBEV), has decided to abandon the practice of surgical castration of pigs without anesthesia starting in 2012.

Pigs and cows are to be banned from entering all lakes, streams and rivers in Canterbury in a move to clean up waterways around the most intensive farms in the region.

Duties for grain export from Ukraine that led to the fall of shipment volumes will be preserved until the end of 2011, since the government turned down a proposal from the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry to refuse from the duties, Deputy Director of the Ministry's Market Department Anatoliy Rozgon told journalists.

The House Committee on Agriculture’s Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry heard firsthand the challenges the livestock and poultry industries face and expect to face in the coming years because of tight feed grain supplies.

While there have been certain improvements in getting better compliance in the pig sector, in particular regarding manipulable material, overstocking, and care for sick animals and concerning enforcement, have not been fully addressed and require action. As a result of the lack of mortality and medicine records, the CA cannot adequately verify the care of sick animals.

Pork production in Sweden has seen a slight reduction during the first half of this year, with a little over 125.480 tons, which represents a total decrease of 0,7% with respect to the same period the year before (126.330 tons in the first half of 2010).

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is launching a new tool to help staff at meat processing plants recognise and respond to an incursion of foot and mouth disease in stock, as part of its preparedness for risk organisms.

U.S. inspectors on Monday started using more sensitive tests to detect antibiotics in pork, part of a stepped-up effort to ensure meat safety after a government report last year suggested consumers might be at risk from harmful drug residues.

With the end of advancing the establishment of protocols for the harmonization and approval of zoological and phytosanitary measures, as well as increasing the exportation of agrofood products from Mexico to the Asian market, the National Service for Health, Food Safety and Food Quality (SENASICA) has initiated a technical visit to Taiwan, Korea, and Japan.

Russian veterinary authorities have reported a new outbreak of African Swine Fever on a commercial farm in Leninsky (Krasnodar).

Pork prices in China rose to a record high of 26.22 yuan ($4.1 yuan) a kilogram last week, according to figures from the Ministry of Commerce.

In a number of other areas where flexibility could provide ad-hoc solutions in small capacity establishments the CA have so far not taken any action. The result was, however, that in small establishments visited which could not benefit from flexibility measures non-compliance was more frequent.