The Chinese government is increasingly worried about food safety due to floods that have been occurring in large parts of the country since June. Chinese state news agencyXinhuareported that ever since the onset of the floods, “millions of domestic animals have been washed away in flooding.” •Anhui province, inland from Shanghai, is known to be one of the worst-hit areas. The press agency speaks of about 80,000 pigs and more than 12 million chickens and ducks having been carried off by floodwaters. • InHubei province, more than 80,000 pigs and over 3.6 million chickens and ducks died; • InJiangxi province, about 5.2 million chickens. Read more...
Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the United States Up Slightly Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 215 million eggs in incubators during the week ending July 30, 2016, up slightly from a year ago. Hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 207 million eggs in incubators during the week ending July 30, 2016, down slightly from the year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 84 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier. Broiler-Type Chicks Placed in the United States Up 1 Percent Broiler growers in the United States weekly. Read more...
Russian agribusiness Miratorg plans to loosen the purse strings by investing $10m in a cattle breeding programme to grow. Read more...
Another outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been reported in Ukraine. This outbreak effected a backyard pig unit in Nova Odesa, Novoodeskiy, Nikolayev. In total, of the 15 pigs susceptible,. Read more...
Twelve new outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) have been reported in farmed pigs and wild boar. Nine farms reported outbreaks and, in total, 96 cases were confirmed out of the 1090 pigs susceptible. Only four cases were. Read more...
Several narrow, advanced fields of study that examine the cellular metabolism of living organisms are setting the foundations for genuine innovation relating to gut health and performance in animal production in the years ahead. Breakthroughs may help define future nutrition strategies and the substitution of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs). Gaining ground “Areas of study including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics, colloquially referred to as the ‘-Omics’ fields, are gaining importance in livestock sciences, particularly because they are applicable to both the gut microbiome and the host tissue,” according. Read more...
Russia eyes sausage trade with China and Japan Russia is looking to export sausages and processed meat products to Japan, South Korea and China, according to the Meat Processors Association. Read more...
According to the latest Rabobank report, market prospects for EU pig producers for the second half of 2016 are expected to be helped by tight EU supplies combined with Chinese import demand remaining at elevated levels. EU pig supplies will tighten during the second half of 2016 in response to breeding herd numbers falling from the beginning of Quarter 3 2015 up until at least April 2016. Strong export demand combined with tightening EU supplies have seen EU pig prices rise by around 30 cent/kg over the past two months. EU exports for the first four months of 2016 have risen by 35% to 1.3 million tonnes compared to the corresponding period in 2015. Shipments of pork. Read more...
An outbreak of anthrax has killed 1,500 northern deer in Russia and, with the figure set to rise, fears over exports of venison. Read more...
Producing pigs in China can be a challenge for even the best producers. The challenges related to pig production are endless starting with health issues, management issues, feed quality and much more. Which are the five that jump out? 1. Turnover of staff Most pig producers in China have a problem with turnover of farm staff. At some of the farms we visited, the turnover can hit 100% per year. As the development from backyard to large scale commercial farms is occurring, producers are afraid of contamination of new diseases. Therefore, the new large scale farms are built with a dormitory where the staff live for a shorter or longer time without being able to leave the. Read more...
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