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Kazakhstan allowed the supply of pig products from 19 regions of Russia

  • 16 Jan 08:46

On December 18, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan Gulmira Isaeva announced the lifting of restrictions on the import of live pigs and pork from 19 regions of Russia. The lifting of the ban is confirmed by a letter from the Committee for Veterinary Control and Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan sent to the Rosselkhoznadzor. Restrictions on the supply of pig products from the Russian Federation to the domestic market of Kazakhstan were introduced due to the unfavorable epizootic situation of African swine fever in 19 constituent entities of the Russian Federation and were lifted due to the absence of ASF outbreaks. Read more...

Pig production holds the lead in terms of growth

  • 6 Sep 09:54

Pig production continues to lead in terms of production growth in the meat market of the Russian Federation, according to Rosstat data for July and 7 months of 2019, published on Friday. So, in July, the production of pigs (in live weight) amounted to 358.3 thousand tons, which is 3.5% more than a year earlier. For 7 months, this figure increased by 5.2%. Cattle production in July grew by 2.4%, to 79.3 thousand tons, for 7 months - by 2.3%. In July, poultry farmers increased production by 2.8%, to 516.2 thousand tons. In January-July,. Read more...

The number of cattle in Moscow region decreased by 2.1% in October 2018

  • 6 Dec 10:20

By the end of October 2018 the cattle numbers in farms of all categories in Moscow region decreased by 2.1% compared with the corresponding date of 2017 and amounted to 205.4 thousand heads, of which 95.1 thousand cows, reprts Mosoblstat. At the same time, the number of pigs on the same date increased by 6.6%, to 346.2 thousand heads, sheep and goats - by 1.9%, to 64.5 thousand heads, poultry - by 30.8%, to 12, 1 million heads “The private farms of the population accounted for 5.9% of cattle, 2.8% of pigs, 53.9% of sheep and goats, 4.6% of poultry (a year ago 5.7%, 3%, 55.5 % and 6% respectively). The number of cattle in agricultural organizations of the Moscow region. Read more...

New guidance on pig antibiotics published by PHWC

  • 13 Nov 14:15

Pig-keepers should review their use of antibiotics at least every quarter, new guidance from the Pig Health and Welfare Council (PHWC) Antimicrobial Sub-group and the Pig Veterinary Society (PVS) has advised. The guidance paper has been published to help pig producers cut their use of antimicrobials. It advises that the review should include a clinical inspection of the herd; analysis of production and mortality data; and a review of abattoir records, as well as both treatment records and laboratory results. Further investigations must be conducted when the clinical inspection has highlighted any problems such as increased mortality. Sub-group chairman. Read more...