EU: MEPs adopt recommendations regarding animal transport
MEPs call on EU countries to respect animal welfare during transport and to transition to transporting meat and not live animals.
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MEPs call on EU countries to respect animal welfare during transport and to transition to transporting meat and not live animals.
The Department of Agriculture remains optimistic that the hog industry will gain momentum this year, and recover from its losses due to ASF.
Pork is the first U.S. protein to be allowed access to the Nigerian market.
A TIF slaughterhouse will be built in the municipality of Agua Prieta, Sonora, on the border with the United States, which will help boost livestock production in the border region and add value to Mexican livestock.
More than 350 exhibitors from 26 countries will be at the livestock trade fair in Moscow from 25 to 27 January 2022.
Swine production is expected to decline significantly in 2022, causing an upward price pressure on pork.
Here's how China's feed industry is growing to meet the increasing demand for pig feed in the wake of ASF.
A wild boar carcass found in the area around Wong Yue Tan in Tai Po tested positive for African swine fever virus.
Policy options were debated on animal welfare labelling, the phasing out of cages, transport, slaughter and on-farm welfare.
The Federal Minister of Agriculture has brought together the state ministries of the federal states affected by African swine fever.
After years of increases, China reduced its pork imports by 15% in 2021.
The French Minister for Agriculture and Food, Julien Denormandie, presented the presidency’s priorities in the area of agriculture and fisheries.
The restrictions applied after the ASF outbreak on a pig farm in Lalendorf (Rostock district) will be lifted on January 15, 2022.
The use of colistin in the pig industry increased by 9.3% in 2020. Experts consider urgent measures are needed to reduce its use.