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This Statistics in Focus is part of a series of country-specific publications on the results of the Farm Structure Survey (FSS) 2007. It provides a brief but nevertheless comprehensive insight into the farm structure in the United Kingdom.

China had lifted import bans on pork products from the United States, Canada and Mexico, the country's top quarantine authorities said Tuesday.

With a decreased domestic supply caused by a slump in the output of pigs, a significant increase in the prices of pigs for slaughter was observed. On average, in the 1st half of 2009, the price of 1 kg of pigs for slaughter was higher than in the corresponding period of the previous year both in procurement and in marketplaces (by 27.8% and 20.7%, respectively). An increase in profitability of pig production and a limited supply of piglets contributed to a rise in their prices. In the period January-June 2009, one piglet was, on average, twice as expensive as in the previous year.

The Northern Ireland Science Park (NISP) CONNECT’s search for ‘the next big thing’ has concluded with the innovative software, PiGIS™, coming away with a £3,000 prize for best product in the ‘Digital Media and Software’ category.

The European Commission adopted today a Decision authorising genetically modified (GM) maize MIR604 for food and feed uses and import and processing. MIR604 maize received a positive safety assessment from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and underwent the full authorisation procedure set out in the EU legislation.

Sweden's Pig farming industry agreed Friday to introduce a system of certification of pig farms to ensure they follow Swedish animal husbandry laws.

Former Agriculture minister Dacian Ciolos has been announced as the next EU agriculture commissioner.

No great changes have been recorded in the number of reports on violations of animal welfare regulations at Finnish farms in recent years. However, the proportion of serious violations has increased.

The staff at the biofuel power plant in Mouscron have produced a car which drives for 24 hours entirely on animal waste fats. This same biomass is used as fuel in the power plant at Mouscron to produce green energy.

Systematic checks on all consignments originating in or consigned from China of feed and food containing milk, milk products, soya or soya products and of ammonium bicarbonate intended for food and feed are no longer necessary given the significant decrease in RASFF notifications, so the intensity of physical checks should be reduced.

China has reported a case of Foot and mouth disease in cattle, in Fukang City, Xinjiang.

The banana peel bran is a good substitute to maize bran which is becoming very expensive for farmers because it is highly nutritious.

In response to concerns about vomitoxin levels, the CME Group said last week it may add vomitoxin specifications to its corn contracts.

The Agriculture department is looking at prescribing suggested retail prices (SRP) for chicken and pork in the holiday season.

The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the US company Cargill's animal nutrition business in Spain and Portugal by Dutch based Nutreco.

Swine at a slaughterhouse in Heilongjiang province tested positive for the virus last Thursday, the Ministry of Agriculture revealed over the weekend.