Pork producers in Latvia and Estonia are suffering serious losses because of the ban on pork exports to Russia. In 2011 the share of pork exports in these countries has been accounted for about 73% of...

THAILAND - Government attempts to keep down fuel prices are not helping reduce the cost of farm products, according to vendors at a downtown fresh food market. According to Bangkok Post, Pattaradorn...

Ukraine will go for an enormous beer-loving pig to predict the outcome of football matches at the upcoming European Championships, from 8 June until 1 July in Poland and Ukraine. Ukraine – where...

BRAZIL - Another Brazilian slaughterhouse has been authorised to export pork to China. The decision was announced to a unit located in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais. The mission of the Chinese healt...

Pork producers in Latvia and Estonia are suffering serious losses because of the ban on pork exports to Russia. In 2011 the share of pork exports in these countries has been accounted for about 73% of...

THAILAND - Government attempts to keep down fuel prices are not helping reduce the cost of farm products, according to vendors at a downtown fresh food market. According to Bangkok Post, Pattaradorn...

Ukraine will go for an enormous beer-loving pig to predict the outcome of football matches at the upcoming European Championships, from 8 June until 1 July in Poland and Ukraine. Ukraine – where...

Norwegian company RBPI (Russia Baltic Pork Invest) Group has started implementing an aggressive expansion in the Russian pork market. Company representatives announced plans to invest RUB 7.4 bln (US$...

Norwegian company RBPI (Russia Baltic Pork Invest) Group has started implementing an aggressive expansion in the Russian pork market. Company representatives announced plans to invest RUB 7.4 bln (US$...

Brazil’s animal feed production costs are expected to increase this year by 3-3.5%, according to Ariovaldo Zani, executive VP of Brazil's National Animal Feed Industry Association, Sindira&ccedi...

There have been reports of new outbreaks of Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in the northern provinces of Vietnam. The provinces affected with the outbreak now are Bac Ninh and Lao...

Brazil’s animal feed production costs are expected to increase this year by 3-3.5%, according to Ariovaldo Zani, executive VP of Brazil's National Animal Feed Industry Association, Sindira&ccedi...

There have been reports of new outbreaks of Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in the northern provinces of Vietnam. The provinces affected with the outbreak now are Bac Ninh and Lao...

DENMARK - The Danish Pig Research Centre has laid down a series of animal welfare objectives moving towards 2020. Mortality rates and the use of antibiotics will have to be reduced and the sector has...

DENMARK - The Danish Pig Research Centre has laid down a series of animal welfare objectives moving towards 2020. Mortality rates and the use of antibiotics will have to be reduced and the sector has...

The latest estimate for the EU pig population sees the region's total number of pigs for 2011 at almost 148.6 million, 1.5 per cent below the figure for the previous year, writes Jackie Linden, senior...

RUSSIA - According to Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), all meat imports from Brazil could soon be banned due to poor monitoring of quali...

The latest estimate for the EU pig population sees the region's total number of pigs for 2011 at almost 148.6 million, 1.5 per cent below the figure for the previous year, writes Jackie Linden, senior...

RUSSIA - According to Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor), all meat imports from Brazil could soon be banned due to poor monitoring of quali...

NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand First is calling on the Government to drop changes to pig meat import standards because of the risk of spreading a highly infectious disease amongst pigs. New Zealand First...