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Barbecued rats anyone? (They fetch more than British pork!)

The Thai rat-catcher is paid around £1 more per kg — about 125 baht (£2.50) per kg liveweight, compared with around £1.50 live paid to British pig farmers for their pigs who are currently losing money on every pig produced.

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EU pork exports continue to rise

According to information from the Management Committee of the Organization of Agricultural Markets, exports of pork have increased by 21.1%.

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USA: fourth-quarter pork export forecast increased on strong

The U.S. pork industry is expected to ship 1.4 billion pounds of pork products to foreign destinations in the fourth quarter of this year, an increase of more than 22 percent over the same period in 2010.

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Italy:Commission prohibits the export of pork from Sardinia to the Member States

The derogation granted to Italy to authorise the dispatch of pig meat from Sardinia to areas outside Sardinia, is suspended.

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FAO: Major gains in efficiency of livestock systems needed

Meat consumption is projected to rise nearly 73 percent by 2050; dairy consumption will grow 58 percent over current levels.

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Korea: beef overtakes pork

Beef accounted for 51.4 percent of sales of Korean meat until November, followed by pork (34.8 percent) and chicken (13.8 percent).

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USA: pork production up 2 percent from the previous year

Pork production totaled 2.03 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 9.91 million head, up 2 percent from October 2010.

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USA: Net Farm Income forecast up 28 percent in 2011

Pork production should be up 1 percent in 2011 and prices for hog feeders are forecast to increase 17 percent.

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Philippines: pork shipments to Malaysia could start early

The Philippines may begin pork shipments to Malaysia by early next year if a triple A slaughterhouse facility in Cavite gets the approval from Malaysian regulators to export such products there, Agriculture officials said.

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USA: American Meat Institute says pilot program to conduct inspections at plants instead of border will facilitate U.S. -Canada trade

A new pilot program to conduct inspections in plants in-country will help facilitate trade between the U.S. and Canada and prevent delays at the border.

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Pork exports set new annual value records with two months to spare

China was the largest volume market for U.S. pork in October at 48,678 metric tons, more than double the year-ago volume and setting another monthly record.

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Brazil: perspectives for the pig sector

In 2011 there was a 4.9% increase in pig production compared to 2010.

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Romania authorized for trade in pig meat to other Member States

This is the first time that Romania is authorised after its accession because of the classical swine fever situation that has however largely improved in the last years.

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Philippines: imported pork, chicken starts surging ahead of Dec. holidays

Up to 143,400 metric tons (MT) of pork and chicken entered the Philippine market since September 2011.

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S. Korea's imports of pork more than double in 2011

South Korea reported a more than two- fold growth in pork imports as of early November this year compared to the same period last year.

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Chile and Vietnam signed a Free Trade Agreement

Under this agreement 73% of Chilean exports will enter Vietnam duty-free, while the rest of the products will begin to benefit under two tranches in year 3 and year 15.