• Brazil’s pork exports Jan through May went up 5%

    Brazil exported 225,000 tonnes of pork in the first five months of the year. This ia a 5% year-on-year increase. The figures were made public by Rabobank in its quar...
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  • Retailer Delhaize: No more pork from physically castrated males

    The Belgian supermarket chain Delhaize has announced to stop selling fresh pork from physically castrated boars, as from June 1, 2013. The retailer says there are plenty of method...
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  • Brazil’s pork exports Jan through May went up 5%

    Brazil exported 225,000 tonnes of pork in the first five months of the year. This ia a 5% year-on-year increase. The figures were made public by Rabobank in its quar...
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  • Retailer Delhaize: No more pork from physically castrated males

    The Belgian supermarket chain Delhaize has announced to stop selling fresh pork from physically castrated boars, as from June 1, 2013. The retailer says there are plenty of method...
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  • Vietnam: Feed, sows and diseases make pig farming like gambling

    Experts say there are three deeper causes which make Vietnam’s pig industry particularly vulnerable during the current-day feed crisis: breeder pigs, feed and veterinary issues. The Vietnamese...
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  • Vietnam: Feed, sows and diseases make pig farming like gambling

    Experts say there are three deeper causes which make Vietnam’s pig industry particularly vulnerable during the current-day feed crisis: breeder pigs, feed and veterinary issues. The Vietnamese...
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  • Outbreak of influenza A virus among humans and swine at county fair

    Both visitors as well as swine appear to have contracted influenza A (H3N2) at a recent county fair, held in Indiana, 8-14 July. The Centers for Disease Control reported that during 12-16 July, the I...
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  • US pork council complains about trade barriers

    The US National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) yesterday complained about trade barriers that makes pork producers and the US economy lose billions of dollars in exports. The NPPC s...
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  • US pork council complains about trade barriers

    The US National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) yesterday complained about trade barriers that makes pork producers and the US economy lose billions of dollars in exports. The NPPC s...
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  • Outbreak of influenza A virus among humans and swine at county fair

    Both visitors as well as swine appear to have contracted influenza A (H3N2) at a recent county fair, held in Indiana, 8-14 July. The Centers for Disease Control reported that during 12-16 July, the I...
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  • Smithfield Foods to import Brazilian corn for its pigs

    With the US corn prices increasing due to the drought, Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, has announced that it will import corn from Brazil. The move shows tha...
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  • US drought continues; Indiana pig farmers decide to sell

    The ongoing drought in the United States is taking its toll on Indiana pig farmers as they sell their pigs to the market. Pig sales are almost double what they were last year in July and have even ca...
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  • Smithfield Foods to import Brazilian corn for its pigs

    With the US corn prices increasing due to the drought, Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, has announced that it will import corn from Brazil. The move shows tha...
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  • US drought continues; Indiana pig farmers decide to sell

    The ongoing drought in the United States is taking its toll on Indiana pig farmers as they sell their pigs to the market. Pig sales are almost double what they were last year in July and have even ca...
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  • Drought Threatens Financial Well-Being of Livestock

    US — Livestock producers are likely to suffer the biggest financial fallout from a drought that encompasses much of the nation. High feed prices from failed grain crops could...
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  • Swine feed project seeks new crops for North Carolina

    US state of North Carolina hog producers and farmers could benefit from the launch of the Biotechnology Crops Commercialization Centre in testing new crops for their herds. The new crop commercializa...
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  • Swine feed project seeks new crops for North Carolina

    US state of North Carolina hog producers and farmers could benefit from the launch of the Biotechnology Crops Commercialization Centre in testing new crops for their herds. The new crop commercializa...
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  • Drought Threatens Financial Well-Being of Livestock

    US — Livestock producers are likely to suffer the biggest financial fallout from a drought that encompasses much of the nation. High feed prices from failed grain crops could...
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  • Ag organisation rings alarm bells for Belgian pig industry

    It is not high feed prices, it’s the Belgian pork processing and distributing industry that keep Belgium’s pig farmers in a permanent crisis. This was a recent message by a Hendrik Vandamm...
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  • Brazilian government guarantees minimum price for pigs

    The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Mendes Ribeiro Filho, has assured that pigs will be sold against a minimum price of R$0.40/kg (US$0.20). The measure aims to ensure the flow of produ...
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