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Pollutant emissions from thousands of industrial installations throughout the EU must be further reduced, but more flexibly, said the European Parliament. MEPs back a Commission proposal to update and strengthen existing rules, but inserted new provisions for introducing EU-wide emission limits, greater flexibility in granting permits, excluding small plants, and better informing the public. The resolution was adopted with 402 votes in favour, 189 against and 54 abstentions. The scope of the recast legislation (IPPC directive plus six more specific ones) correspondents more or less to the one of the current directives. It covers different industry sectors from metals, chemicals and paper to processed food, oil refineries and large-scale pig and poultry farms.

The Government of Canada will now allow tax deferrals to livestock producers who are forced to sell animals due to flooding.

During 2008, the number of pigs slaughtered in Germany reached 54.8 million, a 2.9% increase on the previous year. The slaughter of animals from Denmark and Holland also showed a significant increase. (Original in German. Read Google translation here).

Hershell Brown, project director of the Agricultural Support Services Project (ASSP) in the ministry, revealed that 2008 was a record-breaking year for the nation's pig farmers.

In the last four years, Mexico has become an important provider of aliments for the Japanese market, having increased exports from 501.1 millon dollars in 2005 to 689.3 millon dollars in 2008. The main agroalimentary products exported from Mexico to Japan last year were pig meat (43%), diverse fruit (23%) and beef. (Original in Spanish. Read Google translation here).

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced USDA will be delivering its first actions implementing the $28 billion provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).

In January, Danish exports of pigs to the EU increased by 25% compared to the same month of the previous year. (Original in German. Read Google translation here).

While shoppers are eating out less and cooking more, they are also trading down, substituting and eliminating, resulting in the overall spending amount remaining roughly the same, at $91 per week. While grocery expenses may be relatively unchanged, the way shoppers are spending most certainly is not. The study found that at least half are using coupons whenever possible, buying only what they need and switching from national brands to store brands. Other popular measures include resisting luxury foods and buying items on sale.

The Bureau of Animal Industry has finished culling over 6,000 hogs on a farm in Pandi, Bulacan to stop the transmission of the Ebola Reston virus or ERV. BAI Director Davinio Catbagan said in a report that the depopulation process was completed at 8:15 p.m. Friday with 6,210 hogs of various ages killed, burned, and buried.

The federal agriculture minister says Canada is prepared to resurrect its World Trade Organization challenge to U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling rules once such action becomes necessary.

Classical swine fever or hog cholera has gripped Karnataka, incurring huge losses and hardships for breeders and farmers in the state.

This normative is the first step towards putting into effect equality between men and women in the farming sector and achieving full recognition of women in the rural environment.(Original in Spanish. Read Google translation here).

The Canadian Pork Council representatives wanted to remind the committee that while they are trying to remain optimistic about the long term potential for the Canadian hog sector, it is increasingly difficult to be prepared for and manage the shocks that continue to hit the hog sector. The most recent, and most pressing, is COOL.

In 2009, total beef imports are expected to decline by 12 percent and total pork imports by 5 percent due to the economic situation and the depreciation of the Korean won vis-à-vis the strong U.S. dollar.

The U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Meat Grading & Certification Branch is completing a survey this month to determine the kind of country-of-origin labels (COOL) that are being used for meat and other products governed by the COOL law, according to Craig Morris, AMS deputy administrator for the livestock and seed program.