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USA - New diet breath of fresh air to livestock units

28-Jan-2009
As populations expand into rural areas, more people are turning up their noses at malodorous livestock operations. With funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative State Research, Education & Extension Service, Alan Sutton and colleagues at Purdue University, Michigan State University and the University of Missouri developed and implemented diet modification strategies that reduce nutrient excretion and enhance air quality around pork operations.

Poland – Decrease in porcine livestock

28-Jan-2009
Polish porcine figures continues to decrease. In November there were 14.2 million head of porcine livestock, which is a decrease of 19% compared to the previous year. (Original in German. Read Google translation here).

Holland – Increase in pig exports

28-Jan-2009
During 2008 Dutch pig exports increased by 12% compared to 2007. A total of 85% of these exports were to Germany. (Original in German. Read Google translation here).

China says seizes tainted Irish pork

27-Jan-2009
Chinese quarantine authorities in the eastern city of Nanjing have seized more than 23 tonnes of frozen Irish pork that was found to be contaminated with dioxin and ordered it be returned, state media said on Sunday.

Russia – Increase in meat production in 2008

27-Jan-2009
According to reports from RosStat, meat production in the Russian federation increased by 11.6% in the last year, reaching a total of 2.9 million tonnes. (Original in Russian. Read Google translation here).

Germany – Hessen increases controls against CSF

27-Jan-2009
The minister of agriculture for Hessen has decided to increase controls to prevent the appearance of classical swine fever (CSF) in wild boars after the appearance of outbreaks of the disease in wild boars in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. (Original in German. Read Google translation here).

USA - Cold storage meat supplies on the rise

27-Jan-2009
USDA released its monthly Cold Storage Report this week, showing meat and poultry stocks are entering freezers at a faster pace than a year ago. The combined beef, pork and poultry inventories on Dec.31, 2008, at 2.193 billion pounds, were about 13 percent higher than the previous year, and 14 percent higher than the five-year average.

First British breeding pigs exported to Cambodia

27-Jan-2009
The first of 600 genetically-advanced breeding pigs have been shipped out to Cambodia as part of a 20-year franchise agreement in a deal clinched by Yorkshire-based international pig-breeding company, ACMC Ltd. It is believed to be the first time ever that Cambodia has imported genetics from Britain.