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NewsPhilippine province bats for native hogs
The government of Pangasinan province in Northern Philippines has signed an agreement with the Department of Agriculture (DA) to develop the province’s native hog production.
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United States: January-July pork exports established a record pace in both volume and value
For January-July, exports established a record pace in both volume (1.32 million mt, +7 percent) and value ($4.0 billion).
Italy: slight drop in feed production
Italy is the fifth feed manufacturer in Europe, with a total invoicing of €7.3 billion.
United States: Tyson Foods Inc. to divest Heinold Hog Markets
The acquisition of Hillshire by Tyson Foods Inc. would combine two major purchasers of sows from farmers in the United States and eliminate the benefit farmers have received from the competition between Hillshire and Tyson’s Heinold Hog Markets.
Non-productive days (2/2): €16,000 hidden in the gestation
After checking that our farm loses days in the servicing of the gilts, the detection of empty sows housed in yards and the culling (sending of the sows to the abattoir), we propose a package of measures…
Belarus: scarcity of pig meat and rise in the prices
The government of Belarus has confirmed that the country faces a shortage of pig meat due to the African swine fever.
Russia: pig production increase
The production in terms of the volume of pigs to be slaughtered on large farms rose by 17.2% (+ 95.2 tonnes) and reached 649,000 tonnes.
European Union: pig meat production starts picking up slowly
According to the Commission's Summer 2014 Short-Term Agricultural Outlook published yesterday, after two years of tight supply, EU meat production is expected to grow again.
France: slight drop in the swine census in 2013
In 2013, the total swine herd added up 13,487,588 heads; slightly lower than in year 2012 (13,759,913).
PEDV, Profits Soaring, Temperatures Rising, Weights Falling (Maybe Not So Much!)
Current pig market weights are through the roof and at all-time highs for the modern period of meat pig production. We should be noticing a big decline shortly but…
Denmark: pig production would remain stable
The latest pig census in Denmark indicated that production would remain stable in the coming months.
Spain: increase in pig meat production
Pig meat production has increased by 3.28% during the first trimester of this year with respect to the first trimester of 2013 (945,488 vs. 915,426 tonnes).
Argentina: sustained growth of the pig sector
Pig meat production has grown by 164% in the last 10 years.
Vietnam looks to upgrade farms to industrial scale
Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development wants to gradually shift farming in high-population density areas to low-population density areas in midland and mountainous areas.
Mexico: collaboration agreement for encouraging productivity in the stockbreeding sector
The General Stockbreeding Coordination and the FIRA have signed a collaboration agreement for encouraging productivity, developing the productive potential and fomenting highly competitive production systems.
USA: red meat and poultry production in 2015 is projected to be above 2014
Pork production is expected to increase as producers respond to the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) by increasing farrowings and feeding hogs to heavier weights.