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Iowa pork producers have reached a new milestone as 15,000 Iowa pork producers, employees and others with pork industry interests have been certified through the Pork Quality Assurance (PQA) Plus® program.

According to the Rosstat, live-weight pork production increased 3.6% in 2011 over 2010.

Details from the Italian Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) show a decrease of 1.20% in the number of sows.

The fund, established in 2009 in Switzerland to promote the rapid and widespread painless castration of piglets, was closed in late 2011.

Last year imports of pork from Russia increased by 2.5% to around 657,000 tons.

EFSA concluded that, under the proposed conditions of use, dicopper chloride trihydroxide may be considered as an effective source of copper for all animal species.

The Post 2012 Mexican pork production forecast is 1.215 million metric tons (MMT), carcass weight equivalent (CWE), higher than the USDA forecast.

The objective of this rule is to improve the price and supply reporting services of AMS in order to encourage competition in the marketplace for wholesale pork products by increasing the amount of information available to participants.

This appeal is to help make sure consumers are provided with accurate and relevant information regarding the origin of beef and pork products.

The judge’s decision requires the FDA to withdraw existing approvals for the growth promoting use in animal agriculture of two antibiotics – penicillin and tetracyclines.

The industry will be building stocks in response to cheap feeds and attractive pork prices.

The first deaths were reported on 28 February 2012 by farming groups rearing pigs.

This investment will help the AFAC develop a certification program that will lead to training for livestock and poultry transporters throughout Canada.

Japan exports mostly cars, machinery and other industrial products to Canada, while Canada mainly sells Japan natural resources and farm products, such as soybeans and pork.

The compound feed production in the EU-271 in 2011 may have reached a level of 150 mio. t, i.e. 1% below the figure for 2010.

This week the first shipment of pork from the state of Jalisco will be exported to Korea.