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Pig production is concentrated in a few countries, with Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Poland having more than two thirds of the breeding pigs between them (December 2008 survey).

According to Irish Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures, 2.61 million pigs were processed in 2007, 2.57 million in 2008 and this dropped to 2.42 million in 2009.

The Russian veterinary authorities have notified the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about a new case of Classical swine fever in wild boars.

The Government has banned importation of pork from South Korea, as well as poultry and live birds from the same country and Taiwan, an Agriculture official said over the weekend.

The Danish Food Minister, Eva Kjer Hansen, wants to introduce a ”yellow card”-scheme on vets and farmers who use too many antibiotics.

As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), more than 7.7 million tonnes of meat were produced from commercial slaughtering in Germany in 2009.

Livestock and poultry are major sources of agricultural pollution in China stated the country's first national census of pollution sources.

Funds in excess of USD 860,000 has been set aside by Indonesia's Bali provincial administration to develop 40 integrated farming locations.

Hog receipts are expected to increase as a slight decline (2.8 percent) in pork production is more than offset by a $3.77-per-cwt increase in the price of pork.

Thailand’s Pig Board, a core body overseeing pig industry policy, has agreed upon action plans to be implemented in associated with the earlier adopted master plan to develop the pig and pork industry as a whole.

Collaboration among scientists from OIE Reference Laboratories around the world and other relevant experts has led to an updated compilation of 33 technical disease cards, including 32 OIE-listed priority diseases.

California plans to install a network of computerized monitors to measure methane emissions from regions that are home to dairy ranches, farms, landfills and other sources.

It was the only meatworks in the region licensed to kill pigs for the export market.

Soybean producers recently underwrote an aggressive USMEF initiative to bolster U.S. pork exports in an effort to help improve the economic outlook for one of its most valuable customers, the U.S. pork industry.

The European Commission today officially announced the winner of the EU organic logo competition. Over the past two months, some 130,000 people have voted online to choose the new organic symbol from three finalists.

OIE has reported Brucellosis (Brucella suis) in Brandenburg, Germany.