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The frozen meat and poultry sector grew by 2.1% in value last year and is now worth just under £563m.

U.S. farmers produced the largest corn and soybean crops on record in 2009, according to the Crop Production 2009 Summary released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

During summer 2009, Ukraine announced new inspection requirements which put European exports of animals and animal products at risk. These requirements were scheduled to enter into force on 14 January 2010. The European Commission immediately expressed concerns on this proposed measure and held co-operative and constructive discussions with the Ukrainian authorities. Early in January 2010 Ukraine announced the cancellation of its proposed inspection requirements.

Capitol officials have put to premium public health and safety as they passed on first reading the proposed “pro-active measure” Ordinance that puts in place stringent regulation in the establishment of livestock farms, such as piggery and poultry.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) announced it would launch a study into the role of meat in climate change.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has updates to Attachment 1 for FSIS Directive 7120.1.

According to figures from Coop de France Nutrition animale/Snia, the production of animal feed has suffered a reduction of 5.6% during the third quarter of 2009, although this reduction is not as big as that observed in the two previous quarters in which the decreases were by 7.7% and 7.2%.

Poultry production in 2009 increased by 318,000 tonnes, while red meat by 550,000 tonnes.

The prices for clean pigs in 2008 were on average 15% higher than in 2007. The average reference price amounted to € 1.43 per kg.

A total of 250,000 tonnes of feed wheat is expected to begin arriving in the Philippines this month until March.

Total German pig production will grow in 2010 by 3% to 57.8 million head says the German organisation for agricultural and retail companies Deutsche Raiffeisenverband (DRV).

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has confirmed the first case of H1N1 in Russia's swine herd.

Vietnam and the World Bank will join forces to improve the overall competitiveness of Vietnam’s livestock production by addressing main constraints and risks faced by household-based livestock producers.

On 29 Dec 2009, Aujeszky's disease was officially confirmed in a hunting dog in the district of Wittenberg. This is the 1st finding of this notifiable disease in an animal in Saxony-Anhalt since 1997. The dog had eaten offal from a hunted wild boar and fell ill with typical symptoms.

The number of slaughterings of pigs in the Netherlands increased in 2008 by around 1.5% to reach 14.4 million animals. The export of live animals rose by a good 3%.

South Korea will begin commercial exports of pork to Hong Kong for the first time ever starting next week, the government said Wednesday.