Pigs

Canada hog inventory up 1 percent; US inventory down 5 percent

The United States and Canadian inventory of all hogs and pigs for June 2014 was 75.1 million head, a 4 percent decline from June 2013 and a 5 percent drop from June 2012. The aggregate change was figured with a 5 percent drop in the U.S. inventory of all...

2014-08-28 Read more

WTO rules against country of origin labeling, sources say

TheWorld Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled against the United States in its disputes with North American neighbors Canada and Mexico concerningcountry of origin labeling (COOL), according to reports.COOL, which went into effect in the U.S. in November...

2014-08-28 Read more

PEDv cases in Taiwan resolved, OIE reports

Cases ofporcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus reported in Taiwan have been resolved, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). A total of 34 farms had been infected since the deadly virus emerged in southern and central Taiwan in Decem...

2014-08-28 Read more

Tyson Foods to divest Heinold Hog Markets business

Tyson Foods will divest of its subsidiary Heinold Hog Markets, a boars, outs and sows purchasing business that is part of Tyson Hog Markets Inc. Tyson Foods announced August 27 it has agreed to divest of the company as part of an agreement with the Antit...

2014-08-28 Read more

China ractopamine ban leads Tyson to seek new export markets

Tyson Foods is seeking alternative export markets for pork products, after China implemented a ban on the import of pork products from several of Tyson’s pork processing facilities.The USDA had earlier announced that China was barring pork imports from...

2014-08-21 Read more

Danish pig production up 2 percent in 2014

According to the latest figures published by Denmark Statistics, the Danish pig population at the start of the third quarter had increased by 2 percent when compared to the third quarter of 2013. Pig production in Denmark for the quarter was recorded at 1...

2014-08-21 Read more

National Pork Board examines global marketing opportunities

TheNational Pork Board announced today a study that will explore alternatives for promoting pork's quality and sustainability benefits with international consumers. The study, to be conducted by SIAM Professionals, LLC, will evaluate existing marketing...

2014-08-21 Read more

Japan gate price on pork must end, NPPC says

TheNational Pork Producers Council, in a letter sent to top Obama administration officials on August 14, detailed the reasons U.S. negotiators on theTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) should insist that Japan eliminate its gate price on U.S. pork. TPP is a...

2014-08-21 Read more

Russia lifts trade restrictions on Brazil pork, pig offal

Russia has allowed some Brazilian pig producing establishments to resume exports of pork and pig offal products to Russia, effective August 18.Rosselkhoznadzor, the Russian federal service for veterinary and phytosanitary surveillance, said specifically t...

2014-08-21 Read more

Justice Department seeks more details on Tyson-Hillshire deal

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has requested additional information from Tyson Foods and Hillshire Brands concerning Tyson’s pending acquisition of Hillshire. The request, according to aTyson Foods press release, relates to only...

2014-08-14 Read more

Smithfield Foods net income, sales set records in 2Q 2014

Smithfield Foods, a wholly owned independent subsidiary ofWH Group Limited, on August 8 reported record 2014 second quarter results with a net income of $142.9 million, compared to a net income of $32.4 million for the same period in 2013. Sales for the s...

2014-08-14 Read more

Gestation stall ban bill dies in Massachusetts

A bill that would have prohibited the use of gestation stalls failed to advance in the Massachusetts Legislature. The proposed legislation had been approved by the Joint Committee on the Judiciary, but was held in the Senate Ways and Means Committee and w...

2014-08-14 Read more

Prestage court hearing postponed in gun case

A preliminary hearing forRonald William Prestage that was originally scheduled for August 13 was postponed until September 10. Prestage, 59, the president ofPrestage Farms of South Carolina and president-elect ofNational Pork Producers Council, was arre...

2014-08-14 Read more

Breeding sows receive no short-term benefit from citric acid

Citric acid is a common organic acid used extensively in diets for young and growing pigs. It enhances appetite and has a strong antimicrobial effect. It also lowers digestive pH and, being absorbed at the stomach level, it can be a good source of readily...

2014-08-14 Read more

ECO, Pharmgate establish swine health fellowship

ECO Animal Health and Pharmgate Animal Health have launched the ECO/Pharmgate Animal Health Research Fellowship in Applied Pharmacology at theSwine Medicine Education Center of Iowa State University. This fellowship provides resources to graduate stud...

2014-08-07 Read more

Canada ag minister: COOL hurting US, Canada swine industries

CanadianAgriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has stressed the importance of ending the discrimination against Canadian hogs and cattle under mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) and emphasized the growing recognition that COOL is harming farmers and in...

2014-08-07 Read more

WH Group trading in Hong Kong off to strong start

WH Group Limited, the world’s largest pork processing company and parent company to U.S. pig producer and pork processorSmithfield Foods, commenced trading on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on August 5.WH Group’s shares were activel...

2014-08-07 Read more

EU pork exports to Asia helps offset loss of Russian trade

The European pork industry may have lost a major trade partner when Russia suspended imports from the European Union (EU) on January, but that has not had as huge of an impact on the industry as some may have thought.EU pork exports worldwide are down on...

2014-08-07 Read more

BPEX export prospects targeted in upcoming activities

TheBritish Pig Executive (BPEX) is stepping up its export drive with visits to Hong Kong, India and the Philippines in the next few weeks. On top of that, a health certificate has now been agreed with the Dominican Republic which is another market that c...

2014-07-31 Read more

The Maschhoffs buys two sow farms from JBS United

The Maschhoffs LLC, the largest independent pork producer in the United States, has acquired two sow farms from affiliates of livestock nutrition and health company JBS United Inc. The two farms are located in Morristown and Crawfordsville, Indiana.The...

2014-07-31 Read more

Pigs at Lithuanian farm test positive for African swine fever

Lithuania has had its first case ofAfrican swine fever (ASF), with animals at one of the country’s largest swine farms testing positive. A total of 19,411 animals were susceptible, according to theWorld Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).The affected...

2014-07-31 Read more

Rabobank: Pork prices will keep breaking records in 3Q 2014

The global pork market is moving into record territory in the third quarter of 2014, especially in exporting countries impacted byporcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus,Rabobank reports.According to Rabobank, hog and pork prices will continue to break re...

2014-07-31 Read more

Harrisvaccines wins National Hog Farmer´s Producer´s Choice Award at 2014 World Pork Expo

On July 15, 2014, Ames, Iowa-based animal vaccine producer, Harrisvaccines, was announced as the recipient of the 2014 World Pork Expo New Product Tour Producer’s Choice Award. Sponsored by National Hog Farmer, this coveted award honors a product fo...

2014-07-29 Read more

KSU’s Goodband earns animal management award

Dr. Robert “Bob” Goodband, professor of animal science atKansas State University (KSU), was a recipient of the Animal Management Award at theAmerican Society of Animal Science (ASAS) National Awards Program on July 21.Goodband was selected for this...

2014-07-24 Read more

Nedap adds technical services specialist to US swine team

Nedap, a global leader in livestock management systems, has hired Stan Skaro as the technical services specialist for the United States. Skaro joins a team of industry leaders at the Illinois-based Nedap with expertise inswine feeding and housing manageme...

2014-07-24 Read more

Pork, turkey company executive Prestage arrested on gun charge

Ronald William Prestage, president ofPrestage Farms of South Carolina and president-elect of theNational Pork Producers Council (NPPC), was arrested July 23 after allegedly trying to enter a federal building in Washington, D.C., with a handgun in his bag...

2014-07-24 Read more

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