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A team of animal health specialists from FAO and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has arrived in North Korea to assist veterinary authorities there in responding to outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth disease among pigs and cattle.

When negotiating international trade agreements, the European Commission must stop making concessions that can adversely affect European farmers, says a European Parliament resolution approved on Tuesday.

The value of UK meat exports increased by 15% to almost £800m in 2010, according to a new report by the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). The growth has been driven by higher prices of pork and sheep meat, as well as an increase in the amount of pork and beef exported.

In 2001, the EU decided that all sows must be housed loose by 2013, giving the pig producers 12 years to adapt. In Denmark, this legislation was introduced in 1998. To form an impression of the situation in Denmark, Hatting-KS, the Danish Pig Producers’ Association and Pig Research Centre forwarded questionnaires to all Danish sow farmers with more than 100 sows asking them about their expectations of 2013.

The latest Key Performance Indicator results for the 12 months to December 2010 reflect the challenges the industry faced with a long, warm summer sandwiched by severely cold weather at the start and end of the year.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received immediate notification on Friday, 4 March.

For 2011, our preliminary forecasts indicate that farm income will decline somewhat as increased expenses and reduced program payments will more than offset increased crop and livestock receipts.

Bord Bia has launched a campaign to promote sales of bacon and ham as pig farmers experience one of their biggest crises in years.

The Commission has published a new report by the Joint Research Centre looking at the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) effects of European livestock. It was commissioned to provide an estimation of the net emissions of GHG generated by EU animal production on the basis of a life-cycle assessment.

The physical inspections conducted on the animals in the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) protection zone in some parts of Northern KwaZulu-Natal have shown lesions which ranged from a week-old and some older than two weeks.

President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon have reached an agreement to resolve the dispute over cross-border trucking. Mexico had instituted tariffs in retaliation for the United States not complying with the trucking provision of the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The provision was supposed to become effective in December 1995.

The government is considering regular vaccinations for all livestock every 6 months for the next 3 to 5 years to prevent another outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease [FMD].

The National Pork Board on Friday replaced the decades-old ad campaign with a new message: "Pork: Be Inspired."

Throughout 2010 Colombia doubled its pork, poultry and oils importations from the United States.

The total number of pigs in England decreased by 1.7% from 3.6 million in December 2009 to 3.5 million in 2010.

British pig farmers are holding a rally opposite Downing Street, to highlight their plight to MPs and the public.