The current European pig crisis is mainly caused by overproduction, and not by the Russian ban on agricultural produce. That is the view of Robert Hoste, pig production economist at theAgricultural Economics Institute(LEI) ofWageningen University and Research, the Netherlands. Hoste spoke last week at the annualEuropean Pig Producers congressheld in Dublin, Ireland. One of the major themes these days in Europe's pig industry, is the current price crisis, as the business hasn't been a profitable one for a while – with ongoing low prices per pig and ongoing societal demands for investments. Situation with Russia is blamed, ASF closed. Read more...
The Russian government has decided to ease the food embargo introduced against Western countries and allow the import of poultry meat, beef and vegetables used for baby food. The food embargo against the EU countries, U.S., Canada, Australia and Norway was introduced on August 7, 2014. Source: Ingimage / Vostock-photo The Russian government has moderated the embargo conditions placed on products imported from the U.S., Canada, Australia, the EU countries, Ukraine and several other European countries. The ban has been lifted on poultry meat, frozen beef and dried and frozen vegetables used in the production of baby food. The rulingwas publishedon the official site. Read more...
A new outbreak of African Swine Fever has been reported on a pig unit close to the Russian boarder. The outbreak was reported in one pig in a village unit. Read more...
Another outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been reported in backyard pigs in Russia. One outbreak was reported in Duminichi,Kaluzhskaya region and another inTitovo,Orlovskaya. In total,. Read more...
An international team of scientists have published a study that highlights how antibiotics given to cattle can have far-reaching effects on an ecosystem, according to the EU's CORDIS (Community Research and Development Information Service). Publishing in ‘Proceedings of the Royal Society B’, a journal of The Royal Society, the international team comprising scientists from the US, the UK, Finland and Sweden, have argued that there may be ‘unintended, cascading ecological effects’ from the use of antibiotics in agriculture. The research gives another incentive for animal producers to reduce antibiotic use, which is already taking place in. Read more...
Foreign minister says current problems are temporary and subjective. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Source: AP Russia deems the goal of raising the trade turnover with China to $200 billion to be feasible despite the economic circumstances, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on May 31. "The achievement of the task of raising the bilateral trade turnover to $200 billion by 2020, which has been set by the national leaders, is on the agenda," he said at a Russian-Chinese conference of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) in Moscow. "Some may say that this goal is too big, given the circumstances, but I am sure. Read more...
EU exports of all pig meat products were up by more than a quarter in the first three months of 2016, compared with a year earlier, according to latest figures from the EU Commission. All the main categories of export were higher, on the back of strong demand from Asian markets, in particular. Fresh/frozen pork exports to China more than doubled, while sales to Hong Kong and the Philippines were both up by a third. Japan and the United States both took around 20 per cent more EU pork than in the same period last year. South Korea was the only major market to take significantly less product this year. Offal sales to the Asian markets were similarly strong.. Read more...
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) this week presented its national delegates with its plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance, which is considered a major risk by the international community. Animal agriculture has often been blamed in recent years for a rise in antimicrobial resistance. The new strategy from the OIE aims to preserve the effectiveness of antimicrobials used in animal medicine, protect animal welfare, and contribute to maintaining important antimicrobials used in human medicine. The OIE said it has worked for many years on the subject, in particular by developing dedicated international standards that were revised in 2015, and by taking. Read more...
African swine fever (ASF) continues to spread into new territories in Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and Russia, threatening the stability of the pig industry in these countries, according to. Read more...
Russia has increased meat production volumes by 13.5% to 792,000 tonnes (t) from January-April 2016 compared with the same period last year, according to a recent report from Russia’s State Statistical Service. Assuming this pace of development continues, the country could experience a major oversupply problem. Read more...
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