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Markets-EconomicsNews

Mexico records the highest livestock production in history

Livestock production in Mexico attained an historic growth by reaching a record production of 6.5 million tonnes (carcass weight) in 2016, that meant an increase by 202,000 tonnes (3.2% more than in 2015), according to the data of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA).

Figure 2. Estimated probability of excreting Salmonella at the slaughterhouse depending on the result of the ELISA blood test from a pig sampled at day 90 of the finishing period (Mainar-Jaime et al., 2017).

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Other alternatives for the control of salmonella in pigs?

We must come up with new strategies. The objective would be to prevent the animals going for slaughter from shedding Salmonella when they arrive at the abattoir, since they are the biggest responsible for carcass contamination.

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Growing production of pork combined with falling exports could lead to lower prices

The growing production of pigmeat combined with falling exports could lead to lower prices. This is just one of the findings of the latest short term outlook report from the European Commission's agriculture and rural development department.

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Japan: hog slaughter and pork production in 2017

Post projects Japan’s total hog slaughter in 2017 to sustain at nearly the same level as the previous year at around 16.37 million head.

Germany: Tierwohl Initiative, improving welfare to improve the end product

Tierwohl Initiative is an initiative that implies farms, abattoirs and supermarkets, and whose aim is to offer a better end product quality through the improvement of the animals’ welfare.

Global consumer trends and the opportunity for American agriculture

Global Consumer Trends and the Opportunity for American Agriculture - Dr. Mark Lyons, Global Vice President & Head of Greater China, Alltech, from the 2017 NIAA Annual Conference, U.S. Animal Agriculture's Future Role In World Food Production - Obstacles & Opportunities, April 4 - 6, Columbus, OH, USA.

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Cherkizovo Group ranks as Russia’s top meat producer

PJSC Cherkizovo Group, the largest vertically integrated meat and feed producer in Russia, announces that it has come first in the 2016 Agroinvestors ranking of Russia’s top meat producers.

Figure 1. Effect of the use of a combination of organic acids and monglycerides of medium chain fatty acids (OA+MG-MCFA, 8kg/t) instead of ZnO (3000ppm), in the starter stage in piglets (8 replicates/ treatment, 12 animals per replicate). The model included: treatment, piglet size at the beginning (P<0,001 for the final weight and growth) and their interaction (P>0,05). SEM = standard error of the mean

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NutritionArticle

Transition to diets without zinc oxide (2/2): additives

It is difficult for a single additive to mimic the effect of the addition of antibiotics or ZnO. This is why we need to combine groups of additives in water and feed, so they act both, as prevention and treatment.

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The French pig production drops

In the first semester of 2017, pig production fell by 4.7% with respect to the same period in 2016.

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Canada: hog production up

Hog producers reported 14.1 million hogs, up 2.1% from July 1, 2016, marking the fifth consecutive year-over-year increase.

Best Time Ever To Be In Agriculture, 5 Trends That Will Make It Even Better!

Best Time Ever To Be In Agriculture, The Five Trends That Will Make It Even Better! - Dr. Lowell Catlett, Regents Professor in Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business and Extension Economics and the Dean of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico State University, Retired, from the 2017 Iowa Pork Congress, January 25-26, Des Moines, IA, USA.

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Russia needs to become cost competitive

This means looking at ‘whole business decisions’, being able to do good calculations that take into account all production factors. Taking decisions on single traits, like born alive, have no place in a modern effective pig industry.

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USA: Record total red meat and pork production for June

Pork production totaled 2.05 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the previous year.

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Increase in the pork imports in Argentina

Despite the important growth of the national production, the pork exports in the first semester of 2017 have risen 79,4% versus the same period in 2016.

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The German pig census drops

It is the lowest pig census since November 2010.

OECD-FAO: Agricultural outlook for the next 10 years

The OECD, together with the FAO, have just published their Agricultura outlook report 2017-2026. According to the report, in the period encompassed by the Outlooks, it is expected that the growth of the demand suffers a considerable deceleration.