EU Pig Prices: Stable Market Awaiting Impulses
EU - Due to a balanced offer and demand situation the prices of slaughter pigs on the European market are altogether stable this week.

EU Pig Prices: Markets Stable
EU - This week, the European pigs-mature-for-slaughter market is stabilising across the EU. Quotations are reported to remain largely unchanged with the meat business being steady.

EU Predicts 16 percent Cereal Harvest Increase
EU - The European Union’s total cereal harvest this year should see an increse of 16 percent on last year, according to a European Commission report.

Pig Meat Export Refunds Suspended
EU - A proposal from the European Commission to set the export refunds for fresh and frozen pig meat at zero has been discussed by the Management Committee for the Common organisation of agricultural markets yesterday.

EC Foresees Above Average Cereals Harvest
EU - Favourable weather conditions and an increase in the planted area farmed should lead to a total cereals harvest close to 301 million tonnes for this year in the European Union, 43 million tonnes more than in 2007.

EU Pig Prices: Central Europe Stagnates
EU - Central European market prices for slaughter pigs have stagnated this week, reports ISN.

EU Breeding Sow Numbers Collapse
EU - EU member states are only obliged to carry out surveys of pig numbers once a year, in December writes Tony Fowler, BPEX Ltd. However a year is a long time in the pig industry, and consequently most major producing countries also carry out surveys...

VION's Acquisition of Grampian Approved by EU
EU - The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Grampian of the United Kingdom, by VION of the Netherlands.

EU Pig Prices: Germany Shows How it's Done
EU - This week, we find that prices go on rising in the European market.

EU Pig Prices: Halt in German Prices
EU - This week, the European slaughter market has a pleasant picture to present.

PCV2 Genotype Definition Creates Opportunities
EU - The latest newsletter from 'The Control of Porcine Circovirus Diseases (PCVDs): Towards Improved Food Quality and Safety' has been published, updating on progress in a number of key areas of investigation into the interaction between PCV2 and pigs....

Exciting Opportunities Created by PCV2 Genotype
EU - It is rare for definitions to be regarded as exciting opportunities for further research. But the EU PCVD Consortium believes that its proposed framework for international agreement on consistent naming for existing and future isolates of porcine...

EFSA Publishes Advice Biological Feed Hazards
EU - Biological hazards in animal feed are a constant threat to livestock producers, but now the European Food Safety Authority has published its latest prevention advice to help tackle the problems they face.

EU Pig Prices: No Summer Slump!
EU - Things continue to be bright in the European slaughter market this week.

Hypor Presence Expands in Eastern Europe
EU - Hypor is pleased to announce that it has signed agreements in the Republics of Serbia and Croatia for the production and distribution of breeding pigs.

EU Pig Prices: Limited Supply Leads to Optimism
EU - This week seems to show either stability in pork prices or a strong increase in parts of the EU market.

New Cyprian Boar Stud a Sell-Out Success
EU - Two open evenings at a new 90 place Cyprian boar stud have proved an outstanding success.

EU Pig Prices: EU Market Stabilising
EU - For Germany, the end of the EURO 2008 is not exactly a "summer's fairytale".

EU Pig Prices: EURO 2008 Makes No Difference!
EU - Yes, everybody loves a good barbecue, especially during the Euro 2008. BUT it appears that Europe's having a hard time maintaining pig prices, but with a few exceptions.

EFSA Panels Find Feed Enzyme Safe and Effective
EU - European Food Safety Authority panels have found Econase XT P/L (ABF Ingredients) to be safe and effective for chickens, turkeys and weaned piglets.