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Pork has remained the most favored meat, with 34 kilograms per resident consumed last year.

Irish researchers have identified genetic traits in pigs that can be used to ensure the tastiest, healthiest pigmeat is delivered to consumers.

Vietnam exports 6,000 pigs weighing around 135 tonnes daily to China via border gates in two Northern provinces of Lang Son and Quang Ninh, said the Animal Health Department.

Even though Finland produces pork in surplus and exports it to other countries, pork still featured prominently among imports due to its low price.

On October 21, 2011, the Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register) an announcement revoking the retaliatory import tariffs on 99 U.S. agricultural and industrial products, including pork.

Russia should produce 2.02 MMT of pork in 2012, 2.4 percent higher than 2011, resulting from improved conditions for swine rearing.

What stand out most is the pig market, which makes up a fifth of livestock production.

Poultry meat production increased 16.8% in the year, eggs 19% and pork 3%.

August was another outstanding month for U.S. pork and beef exports, according to statistics released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Pork exports reached their highest monthly volume of the year at 186,068 metric tons, and the second-highest value total of all time at $531.2 million.

Alcala said that the Department of Agriculture has set aside P180M initial budget for the establishment of five ‘triple A’ slaughterhouses to enable pork producers and processors to supply the local market quality products and take advantage of the international market.

Vietnam would modernise its livestock sector by shifting from household-based to industrial farms in a move to boost quantity and quality of livestock products.

The Commission has now published for the first time a short term outlook for main agricultural commodity markets. Meat production, boosted by good exports in 2010, is expected to continue the trend in 2011 and then decrease slightly in 2012.

Pork production in 2012 is forecast to jump four percent to 51.3 MMT from an estimated three percent decline in the previous year.

With financial help from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, the Jamaica Pig Farmers' Association (JPFA) has been laying the groundwork to grow the pig population and improve and maintain standards in pork production and processing.

During the first 7 months of this year pork exports have reached 1,759,769 tons, which signifies a 20.5% increase with respect to the same period last year.

The discovery of how chicory affects boar taint can, in the long run, open the door to a more targeted and efficient way of preventing boar taint via the feed.