Denmark: Uncastrated male pigs can be slaughtered
Slaughterhouses have increased openings for this type of pig.
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Meat Institute Partners with IT-ISAC to improve cybersecurity with New Food & Ag ISAC
New partnership to enhance cybersecurity for the meat and poultry industry.
France: Decrease in pig slaughter
For twelve consecutive months, the volume of pigs slaughtered has declined dramatically.
Intricate balance
Slaughterhouses will suffer a very complicated summer; in addition to the normal lack of pigs, there will be the absence of hundreds of thousands of piglets, victims of PRRS. Sooner rather than later, we will only be able to slaughter just four days a week.
Danish Crown closes one of its slaughterhouses
A significant decrease in the number of slaughter pigs in Denmark has forced Danish Crown to undergo major restructuring and close its slaughter plant in Sæby.
Canada: Olymel announces closure of slaughter plant in Quebec
The closure will have a significant impact on Canadian pig production.
UK: Plan to ensure fairness and transparency across pig sector supply chain
The government has committed to regulating pig contracts to support the supply chain and provide greater certainty across the whole sector.
EU approves new specifications for Prosciutto di Parma PDO
Substantial changes to the production of Prosciutto di Parma Protected Designation of Origin.
USDA announces $43M investment in meat processing research, expansion and innovation
The program promotes novel approaches to meat and poultry processing by implementing pioneering production system technology.
Unprecedented is an understatement
We are witnessing a reconversion of the industry. We have seen a string of all-time record hog prices and now pork prices for processors are also rising, but large-scale distributors are only willing to raise prices in dribs and drabs.
Subpopulations (I of III): How to find the profitability gap
Where would you begin to develop new and valuable information about your farm’s profitability (or lack thereof) that you are not monitoring now? Certainly, one of the most important ones is to visualize your data in a new way.
Olymel continues to consolidate its activities and announces closure of Blainville and Laval plants
Olymel’s management is announcing the closure of two of its facilities for the further processing of pork: its Blainville and Laval plants.
Making the impossible possible
What is happening with Spanish pig prices? Guillem Burset explains this anomaly in the international market.
Reorganization of German pig production
Declining numbers of slaughtered animals and decreasing consumption of pork in Germany are now causing Danish Crown to adjust its approach.
JBS USA to acquire certain assets from TriOak Foods
Agreement cements longstanding exclusive partnership.
Autumn downturn, shocks, and underground battle
While pig prices and inventories are falling in most of Europe, we see the center of gravity of European pig production shifting relentlessly to the southwest of the continent.