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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced USDA will be delivering its first actions implementing the $28 billion provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).

In January, Danish exports of pigs to the EU increased by 25% compared to the same month of the previous year. (Original in German. Read Google translation here).

While shoppers are eating out less and cooking more, they are also trading down, substituting and eliminating, resulting in the overall spending amount remaining roughly the same, at $91 per week. While grocery expenses may be relatively unchanged, the way shoppers are spending most certainly is not. The study found that at least half are using coupons whenever possible, buying only what they need and switching from national brands to store brands. Other popular measures include resisting luxury foods and buying items on sale.

The Bureau of Animal Industry has finished culling over 6,000 hogs on a farm in Pandi, Bulacan to stop the transmission of the Ebola Reston virus or ERV. BAI Director Davinio Catbagan said in a report that the depopulation process was completed at 8:15 p.m. Friday with 6,210 hogs of various ages killed, burned, and buried.

The federal agriculture minister says Canada is prepared to resurrect its World Trade Organization challenge to U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling rules once such action becomes necessary.

Classical swine fever or hog cholera has gripped Karnataka, incurring huge losses and hardships for breeders and farmers in the state.

This normative is the first step towards putting into effect equality between men and women in the farming sector and achieving full recognition of women in the rural environment.(Original in Spanish. Read Google translation here).

The Canadian Pork Council representatives wanted to remind the committee that while they are trying to remain optimistic about the long term potential for the Canadian hog sector, it is increasingly difficult to be prepared for and manage the shocks that continue to hit the hog sector. The most recent, and most pressing, is COOL.

In 2009, total beef imports are expected to decline by 12 percent and total pork imports by 5 percent due to the economic situation and the depreciation of the Korean won vis-à-vis the strong U.S. dollar.

The U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Meat Grading & Certification Branch is completing a survey this month to determine the kind of country-of-origin labels (COOL) that are being used for meat and other products governed by the COOL law, according to Craig Morris, AMS deputy administrator for the livestock and seed program.

A producer-owned pork processing cooperative in Illinois has announced it will file Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Assets will be liquidated, including the cooperative's 30-million dollar processing facility at Rantoul, Ill., in order to pay as many debts as possible according to a memo from the Meadowbrook board of directors. The cooperative was formed nine years ago with over 200 producer members.

The Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport has announced that it will be extending its inquiry to include the use of labels 'organic' and 'free range' across all meat products. "This is very encouraging news for the free range pork industry" says Lee McCosker, President of the Free Range Pork Farmers Association.

Last year, Nebraska’s commercial red meat production was 7.39 billion pounds, compared to 7.22 billion pounds in 2007. Pork production, at 23.4 billion pounds, was 6 percent above the previous year.

Figures released by the Ministry of Agriculture show how French swine livestock continued to decrease in the month of November 2008. (Original in French. Read Google translation here).

Falls in the EU pig breeding herd are predicted of at least 4% in the first quarter of 2009, and 2% in the second quarter. The production decline is affecting finished pig supplies, helping to push EU pig prices so far in 2009 to 3% ahead of year earlier levels.

The Danish Agricultural Council and Danish Agriculture will join together with the Danish Meat Association to create a new organization that will represent the industry from “farm to table”. (Original in Danish. Read Google translation here).