Category Archives: Global news

UK revises veterinary rules in abattoirs as Brexit pressures mount

Source: The Pig Site/Global Ag Media, 29 March 2021, photo credit: European Parliament The Royal ...

Canadian pork producers ask for increase in AgriStability payment rate

Source: Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork, 17 March 2021, photo credit: Lonely Planet Canada’s 7 ...

Vietnam successfully clones pot-bellied pigs

Source and photo credit: The Pig Site, 18 March 2021 According to a story in ...

China to accelerate agri reform in the next five years

By Elizabeth Schroeder, Farmer’s Weekly, 18 March 2021, photo credit: Global Times The Chinese Ministry ...

The post-Brexit trade deal is off to a rocky start

Source: David Henig, World Politics Review, 28 January 2021, photo credit: Fin24 The United Kingdom’s ...

Germany calls for an animal welfare tax and a mandatory animal welfare label

Source: pig333.com, 15 March 2021, photo credit: 2Oceansvibe/Radio 702 At its most recent meeting on ...

African swine fever outbreaks in China shows ASF isn’t under control

Source: Farm Journal’s Pork Tyne Morgan March 9, 2021, photo credit: Abroadshio.org The African Swine ...

Scientists clash over New Zealand beef and lamb carbon claims

Source: Michael Priestley, UK Farmer’s Weekly, 03 March 2021, photo credit: Get Farming The New ...

China confirms ASF outbreaks in Sichuan and Hubei provinces

Source: The Pig Site, 8 March 2021, photo credit: Kyodo News China’s agriculture ministry confirmed ...

ASF Russia: Over half a million pigs culled this winter

Source: Vincent ter Beek, Vladislav Vorotnikov, Pig Progress, 3 March 2021, photo credit: jobs.ac.uk Career ...

Namibia: FMD cripples meat sales

Source: RPO e-newsletter, 5 March 2021, photo credit: Travel Safe Abroad The outbreak of foot-and-mouth ...

Carbon footprint for UK pig farms drops significantly

Source: The Pig Site, 1 March 2021, photo credit: Reader’s Digest New research that reviews ...