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Canadian warehouses held 43,713 metric tons of pork, up from 38,055 tons a year earlier, Statistics Canada, a government agency, reported. Pork exports fell 4.7 percent in 2009 through August from a year earlier, according to agency figures.

China's Ministry of Agriculture has announced that an outbreak of PPRS has reemerged in five provinces of China this year.

The pandemic H1N1 influenza virus has been found for the first time in a commercial swine herd, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Monday.

The European Commission decided Friday to authorize the importation of three types of genetically modified corn which are mainly used in animal foods.

A global collaborative has produced a first draft of the genome of a domesticated pig, an achievement that will lead to insights in agriculture, medicine, conservation and evolution.

On September 25th, USDA released the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report showing that the September 1 inventory of breeding animals had declined more than 3 percent below the inventory of a year earlier.

In the 3rd quarter 2009 meat production and milk collection decreased (by 6.9% and 2.8%, respectively).

U.S. and Canadian inventory of all hogs and pigs for June 2009 was 78.2 million head. This was down 3 percent from June 2008 and down 1 percent from June 2007.

Productivity is rising again in Ireland and sow output is now up to 23.4 pigs per year.

The voluntary movement restraint was lifted on 23 October 2009.

The Commission has agreed a Communication that aims to improve the functioning of the food supply chain in Europe. The recent sharp decline in agricultural commodity prices alongside persistently high consumer food prices has raised concerns on the efficiency of this crucial sector of the European economy.

Specialist pig farms saw the largest percentage increase in farm business income in the 12 months to February 2009, but this was from a particularly low base.

Chinese officials have agreed to lift the ban on U.S. pork imports they imposed last spring out of fear of swine flu.

The European Commission agreed to allow Member States to pay farmers a one-off payment of up to €15,000 in state aid.

The federal and provincial governments announced that an additional $70 million has been added to the AgriStability program, allowing producers to get an advance on 75 per cent of the estimated public funding they would receive for the year.

The European Commission adopted today a report in which it outlines a series of options for animal welfare labelling, to facilitate an in-depth political debate with the other institutions. The overall goal of policy in this area is to make it easier for consumers to identify and choose welfare-friendly products, and thereby give an economic incentive to producers to improve the welfare of animals.