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News Archive
High costs hit Dutch pig incomes
09 Mar 2007 -
Dutch pig producers are losing money due to high
costs for feed and manure disposal, according to a Dutch agricultural newspaper.
Breeding pig farms in the Netherlands saw their incomes fall in 2006, while
slaughter pig producers earned the same as in 2005, according to provisional
figures. Read more >>
Cargill aims at 1% less emissions
09 Mar 2007 -
Minnesota-based Cargill will join other companies such as Smithfield Foods in
signing on with the Chicago Climate Exchange. This step means that Cargill will
push its U.S.-based operations to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions by 1%
annually. Read more >>
Russian import ban from Poland unjustified
09 Mar 2007 -
EU veterinary experts will travel to Moscow next
week to try to convince the Russian authorities that the ban on imports of
agricultural products from Poland is unjustified. Read more >>
EU seeks EFSA opinion on cloning
09 Mar 2007 -
The subject of cloning animals and their offspring is
set to go under the microscope in the coming weeks, after the European
Commission announced today that it had asked scientists to assess the risks
involved. Read more >>
EU criticises illegal export of bone meal
08 Mar 2007 -
The European Commission has criticised German meat companies which exported
bone meal to countries that do not have established food safety agreements
with the EU. Read more >>
US producers seek support for ID system
08 Mar 2007 -
Moving forward with efforts to implement a national swine identification
system, the National Pork Producers Council will ask the marketplace, including
meat packers, and swine breed registries to demand ID numbers from pork
producers. Read more >>
EU pork prices in balance
08 Mar 2007 -
At present, the European market for slaughtering pigs proves to be quite
balanced. Supply tends to be slightly decreasing in the Netherlands, in France,
Spain and Germany, yet meeting good demand on the part of the slaughter
companies. Read more >>
Russia urged to produce more meat
08 Mar 2007 -
Russia should build up the production of top quality
frozen pork and poultry, Agriculture Minister Alexei Gordeyev said this
week. Read more >>
Meat margins improve for Tyson Foods
07 Mar 2007 -
Although consumers feel pressure from the higher meat prices, it's a positive
boost for Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest protein
company. Read more >>
Prison for animal rights campaigners in Britain
07 Mar 2007 -
Three British animal rights campaigners who targeted firms and individuals
linked to an animal testing science laboratory were given jail sentences ranging
from 15 months to four years. Read more >>
Potential rise in North Dakota pig numbers
07 Mar 2007 -
Poor pork prices in Canada could push more pig production over the border
into North Dakota, though the increase likely would be offset by higher corn
prices stemming from the demand for ethanol. Read more >>
FMD hits Vietnamese northern province
06 Mar 2007 -
Vietnam's northern Quang Ninh province has recently been stricken by
foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), according to a Vietnam News Agency report
Tuesday. Read more >>
Smithfield pledges to reduce emissions
06 Mar 2007 -
Smithfield Foods promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States by at
least 6% by 2010. Read more >>
Polish farmers protest against low pork price
06 Mar 2007 -
About 500 Polish farmers protested against low pork livestock prices and
agriculture minister Andrzej Lepper outside the parliament building in Warsaw.
Read more >>
US meat production reaches record high
06 Mar 2007 -
Total red meat production in the US reached a record 47.7 billion pounds
(21.68 million tonnes) in 2006, up 4% year-on-year, according to a report from
the US Department of Agriculture. Read more >>
NPPC urges end to ethanol subsidies
06 Mar 2007 -
At the National Pork Producers Council's annual business meeting March 3 in
Anaheim, California, producer delegates approved several resolutions related to
ethanol. Read more >>
Slovakian pig sector at rock bottom
05 Mar 2007 -
Slovak pig breeders are facing a serious crisis in
the wake of a slump in pigmeat prices to as little as SK 32/kg (€0.93).
This is €0.23 to 0.26 below production costs. Read more >>
Swine fever outbreak hits Bulgaria
05 Mar 2007 -
Veterinary authorities started a cull of 285 pigs in eastern Bulgaria after a
classical swine fever outbreak, according to the agriculture
ministry. Read more >>
FDA approves Nuflor® premix for swine
05 Mar 2007 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently licensed Nuflor®
(florfenicol), an antibiotic for the control of swine respiratory disease
(SRD). Read more >>
New Russian import restrictions for EU meat
05 Mar 2007 -
The Russian authorities demand that all the EU meat that is imported into
Russia from March 31 onwards need to have a detailed health report. Countries
that do not include such a health certificate take the risk that all animal
products will be denied to enter Russia, according to the Russian food agency.
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