Brazil: forecast for pork production upward
Post revised upward the forecast for pork production in 2012 by nearly 3 percent.
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Russia: Increased pork production
The quantity of pigs in agricultural enterprises and farms grew 5.2%.
Pig farming in Denmark
Thomas Wiese is a typical Danish pig farmer who's living 25 kilometers southwest of Aarhus. With a stable of roughly 3.500 pigs and a yearly turnaround of 14.500 animals, he owns a big farm for Danish standards.
Australia: imports remain a major challenge for local pig producers
Imports of processed pig products have grown from 15 per cent to 48 per cent of the market share in the last decade.
New £459,000 research projects bring precision pig farming a stage nearer
An initiative started in 2009 to help pig farmers improve their performance, using developments in IT and monitoring expertise, has come to fruition with the simultaneous launch of two major projects with a total funding of £459,000.
EU pork production is expected to decline
EU production is expected to decline (-1%) due to poor profitability in past years and the need for investments.
Germany: 1.5% increase in meat production
Pork production increased by 2.0% compared to last year.
Czech Republic: decline in pig meat production
Pig meat production decreased by 4.7% to 262 944 tonnes in 2011.
Ukraine could increase meat production by 5% in 2012
Pork production could expand by 7.3%, to 750,000 tonnes.
Korea: changes to its 2012 tariff-rate quota for pork
A zero-duty tariff-rate quota for 70,000 MT of fresh and frozen pork bellies and pork for processing is opened from January 1- March 31.
United Kingdom: British pork production highest since 2002
Last year, United Kingdom pig slaughterings were their highest since 2002, at 9.8m head — up six percent on the previous year.
Italian pork meat production is expected to stagnate
2012 Italian pork meat production is expected to stagnate at 1.6 MMT following the trend in slaughtering.
France: slight decrease in pork production
The latest data published by Agreste shows a 0.9% reduction in pork production between January and November of last year.
Ireland: Irish agriculture to consolidate its recent growth through 2012
Teagasc pigs specialist Michael McKeon said that profitability in the pig sector is set to be restored in 2012 as pig prices rise and the cost of feed decreases.
New training manuals for improving small-scale pig production: With lessons from northeastern India
A new set of training manuals for pig farmers is now available. The manuals inform poor rural pig farmers in developing countries how to ‘intensify’ their production, using lessons gathered from a research-for-development project in India. Among other recommendations, the manuals offer ways of improving smallholder pig farming, including basic veterinary care, and pork production and marketing.
Regulation needed to help poor farmers take advantage of East Africa's burgeoning pig industry
East Africa’s growing human population and rapid urbanization are creating new opportunities for small-scale farmers to make money from pig farming.