United Kingdom: Scottish pig herd falls
The Scottish breeding herd is down 12 percent.
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China’s demand for pork could see corn imports reach 20 million tonnes per year
China has recently been importing over 0.4 million tonnes of pork per year, in a world market with trade of less than 7 million tonnes per year.
FAO Food Price Index up 1.4 percent in September
The grain-intensive pig and poultry sectors recorded particularly strong gains, increasing by 6 percent and 2 percent respectively.
Pfizer Animal Health offers grants for swine antibiotic research
$100,000 in grant funding available to study DRAXXIN® for treatment of swine respiratory disease
Denmark reduces the maximum level of antibiotics in pigs
In order to maintain the positive results, the Fødevarestyrelsen has decided to introduce a small reduction in the maximum level of antibiotics.
European Union: pork and beef prices expected to remain high into 2014
Rabobank predicts a further 2 percent decline in pork production in 2014.
Ireland achieves Aujeszky's Disease Free Status
Ireland has achieved Aujeszky's Disease-free status following the success of the National Aujeszky's Disease Control and Eradication Programme.
Smithfield Foods reports progress on core sustainability goals at newly updated website
Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced today that its detailed sustainability results for fiscal 2012 can be found at the newly updated www.smithfieldcommitments.com, the website dedicated to sharing information regarding the core sustainability programs critical to Smithfield Foods' business.
United States: the impact of PRRS on the cost of pig production
Researchers estimated that PRRS was costing the swine industry $66.7 million per year in the breeding-farrowing phase, $201.34 million per year in nursery pigs and $292.23 million per year in finishing pigs.
European Union: final EU-27 cereal estimates showing a production drop
According to Copa-Cogeca final EU-27 cereals estimates for the 2012/13 marketing year, claiming EU production is expected to drop by 2.2%.
EU pig meat production is expected to decline
Pig meat production, on top of higher feed costs, would also be affected by the new animal welfare rules mandatory from January 2013, and would decline by -3.2% in 2013.
UK: Strategic de-stocking guidande
BPEX has published outline guidance on strategic de-stocking and reviewing slaughter weight decisions for producers who for financial or other reasons are contemplating the decision to cease production.
Italy: decrease in imports of live pigs
The import of live pigs from Italy in the first half of 2012 was characterized by an overall decrease of 13.3% compared to 2011.
USA: frozen pork supplies up
Frozen pork supplies were up 6 percent from the previous month and up 31 percent from last year.
U.S. corn and soybean stocks down from 2011
By September 1, there were 314 million bushels of corn stored on U.S. farms, down slightly from September 2011.
VIV China 2012
The VIV China 2012 edition was held in September 23-25 in Beijing, China.