The Italian swine business has been industrialising rapidly in the first decade of this century. While 83.3% of the country’s pig farms disappeared, the total number of ...

Red ink is about to wash across the pork industry which is facing losses unseen even in the fall of 1998 when hog prices at times approached zero value, Purdue Extensionagricultural economist Chris Hu...

Several European Union member states will fail to meet the deadline of January 1 to convert all sow breeding facilities to group housing systems. Frans van Dongen, representative for the Dutch meat s...

The Italian swine business has been industrialising rapidly in the first decade of this century. While 83.3% of the country’s pig farms disappeared, the total number of ...

Red ink is about to wash across the pork industry which is facing losses unseen even in the fall of 1998 when hog prices at times approached zero value, Purdue Extensionagricultural economist Chris Hu...

Several European Union member states will fail to meet the deadline of January 1 to convert all sow breeding facilities to group housing systems. Frans van Dongen, representative for the Dutch meat s...

Ukraine has asked the FAO and EU for financial assistance to help stop the epidemic of African Swine Fever (ASF), reported State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine (Go...

EU — Slaughter of finished pigs has remained unchanged this week in the EU, despite processor demand falling. Prices were the same as last week’s in Germany,...

EU — Slaughter of finished pigs has remained unchanged this week in the EU, despite processor demand falling. Prices were the same as last week’s in Germany,...

Ukraine has asked the FAO and EU for financial assistance to help stop the epidemic of African Swine Fever (ASF), reported State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine (Go...

US - The US Department of Agriculture's export forecast for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, shows a level of US agricultural exports unmatched in the nation's history. "The export forecast marks indicati...

US - The US Department of Agriculture's export forecast for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, shows a level of US agricultural exports unmatched in the nation's history. "The export forecast marks indicati...

BRAZIL - Two days after Japan had officially recognised the pork produced in the State of Santa Catarina as free of FMD, representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) vis...

BRAZIL - Two days after Japan had officially recognised the pork produced in the State of Santa Catarina as free of FMD, representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA) vis...

The G20 will wait for the next United States crop report — due September 12 — before deciding whether to call a meeting to discuss joint action for combating the c...

The G20 will wait for the next United States crop report — due September 12 — before deciding whether to call a meeting to discuss joint action for combating the c...

Older-age pig farmers in Belgium would prefer to stop rather than comply with the new EU rules enforcing the ban on sow gestation crates, the Belgian daily newspaper De Standaard reports. The newspap...

Older-age pig farmers in Belgium would prefer to stop rather than comply with the new EU rules enforcing the ban on sow gestation crates, the Belgian daily newspaper De Standaard reports. The newspap...

The US drought-induced price increase of corn is closing US ethanol plants. The plants produce distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS), as a co-product with e...

The US drought-induced price increase of corn is closing US ethanol plants. The plants produce distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS), as a co-product with e...