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The Ukrainian Statistics Committee reported that as of September 1, 2009 Pig population showed 7.4 million heads which is 7.5% up.

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has embarked on a new project as part of efforts to keep down levels of antibiotic resistant bacteria in the human food chain.

Canada’s government launched a World Trade Organization (W.T.O.) dispute settlement process Oct. 7 over U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labeling (C.O.O.L.).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced Wednesday that the loan limit for its Guaranteed Loan Program has been increased to $1.112 million, effective Oct. 1.

The Canadian Pork Council plans to focus on Canada's swine breeding herds as it moves to make national-level traceability ear tags available for hog producers' use.

In the first half of this year there was a significant growth in imports of processed pigmeat, the largest increase being from the Netherlands.

Vietnam has signed a veterinary agreement for allowing German fresh pork to be exported.

Russia's emergencies ministry has put farms in Russia's southern Rostov Region under quarantine following confirmation of an outbreak of swine fever, the ministry said in a statement.

LEI Wageningen UR has taken part in a European research project in order to ascertain what this means for agricultural incomes within the European Union. It appears that income fluctuations are increasing over time.

An important market for pork has been re-opened following lengthy negotiations. South Korea used to be a valuable export market which was closed following the last outbreak of foot and mouth, in 2007.

Danish Agriculture and Farming Council expect a pig quote of € 1.2 during the fourth quarter of 2009 and of € 1.67 during the first quarter of 2010.

Canadian pork producers can start applying for government-backed loans. Starting Monday, October 5, 2009, many financial institutions, including Farm Credit Canada, will be ready to work with pork producers to develop long-term business plans and deliver government-backed loans.

With the aim of maintaining support for the commercialization of pig meat, the National Monetary Council of Brazil has decided to extend the Special Credit Line, made available to swine producers last February, until the 30th of September 2010.

At the end of August the average EU reference price was 11 per cent lower than a year earlier in Euro terms but just four per cent lower in sterling terms. In recent months the UK premium over the average EU price has increased, averaging between 20 and 30p/kg for much of 2009.

The government of Argentina has announced the creation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fishing and Food, which until now had been a Secretariat.

Less than 5 percent of farms saw an improvement in income this year, a drastic downturn compared to the same time last year when one in four farms saw better year over year income, according to Rabobank’s Farm & Ranch Survey.