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According to preliminary calculations of the Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food, Ukraine will import about 100,000 tons of pork in 2011, Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food Volodymyr Ladyka has said.

The objective of the mission was to review and evaluate the measures taken by the Hungarian competent authority (CA) in relation to CSF.

Commission Decision of 3 February 2011 on certain European Union Measures to prevent the transmission of the African swine fever virus from Russia to the Union (2011/78/EU).

According to a report published in the yearly register of the Office of Farming Policy (Opypa) carried out by Eduardo Errea and titled “Recent hog evolution and perspectives”, throughout 2010 the global supply of pork meat in Uruguay increased by 10%, reverting 2009’s trend and taking up a trend reminiscent of that of 2006 and 2007.

East Midlands Pig Health (EMPH) is the latest regional health improvement programme to be launched.

The Ministry of Rural Development said Tuesday that the decision to ease the rules came after consultations with the EU and Germany.

On January 31, 2011, Bulgarian veterinary services informed of a fourth source of foot and mouth disease after detecting the presence of non-structured antibodies in samples taken from thirteen sheep and one cow belonging to different owners. All of the animals were located in the town of Gramitokovo, including within the 10 km security radius established after the first notification of the diseases appearance, also located within the region of Burgas.

German pig prices are showing signs of bouncing back this week as The EU’s farm ministers agreed to introduce a private storage scheme for pork from regions affected by the dioxin scare.

April hogs closed up the 300 point limit and nearby futures pushed to their highest levels since August.

Throughout 2009 a total of 35.856 tons of pork products were imported, a value of 78 million dollars. The importation of fresh meats represented 75% of total products imported and equals 10% of national production (27.800 tons).

According to the report from the Territorial Administration of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Adygeya, positive results for ASF were obtained on January 27, 2011 in the FGI Krasnodar Interregional Veterinary Laboratory from tests performed with the aim of ASF monitoring on pathologic material taken from shot wild boars in the territory of the Teuchezh Payon of the Republic of Adygeya (4-5 to the west from the settlement Chabanov, 15-20 km to the south from the settlement Shevchenko).

The Government stressed at the meeting that private farming has big potential and should expand production of export-oriented and import substituting products with adequate state support.

The bilateral health veterinary certificate for swine semen was finalized on January 6th, 2011. US swine genetics industry may proceed with shipments to Ukraine.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the expansion of a USDA initiative to help farmers and ranchers conduct energy audits and improve their overall energy efficiency.

During the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, animal husbandry has made significant achievements in ensuring effective supplies of meat, eggs and milk and improving quality and safety of feed and animal products as well as safety and improvement of ecosystems, and maintained a steady and sustained momentum of development in general.

The latest data from the State Committee of Statistics of Ukraine on the swine census el census, published January 1 2011, places the herd at8.039.600 heads, a 6,1% increase with respect to the rate of the past year.