Page 132 of articles about pork

Even with the news that the worst of the livestock sector disease problems are now somewhat under control, the impact on both production and consumption is forecast to be significant. While consumption of grains and pork is forecast to fall, production of pork is expected to do so significantly, meaning that meat prices have risen in many areas of the country.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced more than $8 million for three new projects that will help improve meat processing facilities and increase profitability for the entire livestock sector.

With pork prices skyrocketing, housewives are being encouraged to replace the meat with chicken to economise.

The frozen pork-bellies futures contract, a staple of Chicago’s commodity markets for a half century, was unceremoniously killed after traders abandoned it.

China will release some of its pork reserves onto the market at an "appropriate time" to help stabilise prices of the country's staple meat, an important driver of inflation, state media reported on Saturday.

South Korea's imports of pork and beef surged in the first half of the year from a year earlier due to the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) that led to the culling of millions of animals here.

The Chinese government announced a new fiscal support policy that will increase the country's supply of live pigs, which is expected to drive down pork prices and ease inflation worries, according to a meeting of the State Council, or China's cabinet, held on Wednesday.

The latest data published by the Spanish Minister of Agriculture’s statistics service indicate that throughout the month of April the number of animals slaughtered decreased by 6.7% compared to the same month last year. However, thanks to the increases observed during the first three months of the year, slaughters in the first quarter have increased by 1.14% with respect to the year before, with 13,565,163 animals slaughtered compared with the 13,412,688 animals slaughtered between January and April of 2010.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that it will expand and move ahead on the Salmonella Initiative Program (SIP) to help reduce Salmonella in raw meat and poultry products.

Brazilian pork exportations during the month of June have shown a surprising increase of 12,35% in volume with respect to the same month in 2010. Likewise, profits also increased (29,65%) in the period, which is explained by the 15,39% increase in median pork prices, compared with the prices reached in June of 2010.

After two years of talks, Chile and Vietnam successfully concluded negotiations for a free Trade Agreement (FTA) between both countries.

Premier Wen Jiabao told government departments to take immediate measures to support pork production and increase supplies to prevent a surge in the price of the meat, a key factor pushing up China's inflation rate.

South Korea will expand the amount of imported pork subject to lower tariffs as part of efforts to stabilize food prices and ease inflationary pressure, the nation's top economic policymaker said Thursday.

Mexico will cut in half retaliatory duties on more than $2 billion of U.S. farm and industrial goods this week after signing a deal with Washington on Wednesday to allow Mexican truckers onto American roads.