FAO: Pigmeat production to grow in all regions
World production of pigmeat is anticipated to grow by 1.9 percent to 119.4 million tonnes in 2015.
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Spain: the agrifood sector exports represent 17% of the foreign trade
The agrifood, fishing and forestry exports have grown from 15.4% to 17% of the total of the foreign trade in 2014.
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NewsUnited States: hogs and pigs inventory up 7 percent
United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2015 was 65.9 million head. This was up 7 percent from March 1.
Cuba: increase in pig production
170,900 tonnes of pork were produced in 2014: 15,900 tonnes more than forecasted.
Russia: FAS/Moscow anticipates swine inventories to increase
FAS/Moscow anticipates swine inventories to reach 19.7 million head by the end of 2015, a 1.5 percent increase in inventories and a slightly smaller increase than was realized in 2014.
Peru: increase in pig production
Last January, the pig sector reached a production of 15,000 tonnes.
Increase by 19.36% in the number of Iberian pigs marketed in 2014 with respect to 2013.
With the final 2014 figures, the ASICI has published the RIBER record's annual data and their evolution.
Proposal to reduce variability of live weight at slaughter
Growth curves as a tool to help manage weight variability among pigs.
Brazil: increase of nearly one percent in pork production in 2015
USDA forecasts an increase of nearly one percent in Brazilian pork production in 2015.
Punxsutawney Pork!
Unfortunately, it looks like the ground hog of pork price forecasts saw a long shadow when it emerged in late February and the tiny bubble of hope that the already late-to-end seasonal lows of winter were over was put on hold.
European Union: new short-term agricultural market outlook
A higher pig herd and increased productivity following the implementation of welfare rules in the sow sector should create conditions for a continuous recovery in production over the projection period at around 23 million tonnes.
2015 Canadian Agricultural Outlook
Growing strength in the cattle and hog industry, strong crop sales, and relatively stable input costs produced a record farm income in 2014 and will continue to sustain the agricultural economy in 2015.
Spain: pork production increased by 4.87% in 2014
Pork production reached 3.60 million tonnes: 4.87% more than in 2013.
Mexico: the meat industry generates 350,000 direct jobs
Livestock production accounts for 54 percent of the value of the primary sector and generates 350,000 direct jobs and more than one million indirect jobs.
Denmark: slight increase in the sow census
The number of sows has also increased slightly (1%) over the same period last year, reaching 1,046,000 heads.
Germany: increase in the number of slaughtered pigs
The number of pigs slaughtered in 2014 grew by 0.2% (112,600 heads), reaching 58.7 million animals.