Charlotte Rowney

US - The American Feed Industry Association in partnership with the IGP Institute of the Department of Grain Science and Industry at Kansas State University will host a distance education programme offered every quarter …

IRELAND - Irish Farmers Association (IFA) President Eddie Downey has said the Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan and the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney need to push for the introduction of market measures in th…

GLOBAL - 2014 is third consecutive year of falling prices as all commodity groups except for meat decline.

US - National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson argues that all future US trade agreements should be negotiated with the goal of reducing the US trade deficit, while ensuring that our trading partners are keeping up …

CANADA - Despite the variability and price spikes in March and July, which sent both cash hog prices and pork cutout values to all-time highs, prices end the year close to where they started, writes Bob Fraser – Sales & …

IRELAND - Following a meeting of the National Pig Health Council (NPHC), Irish Farmers Association (IFA) Pigs Committee Chairman Pat O’Flaherty said Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea caused enormous losses on farms in America, …

US - The USDA December 1st Hogs and Pigs Report that was released a week ago was not negative for lean hog futures, writes Jim Long President – CEO Genesus Inc.

CHINA - The National Video Conference on Permanent Basic Farmland Designation and Protected Agriculture Land Management jointly organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Land and Resources was held on …

CANADA - A nutritionist with the Prairie Swine Centre says the inclusion of soluble fibre in the diets of gestating sows will increase their comfort level and reduce their instinct to fight over feed, writes Bruce Cochra…

CANADA - The president of the Canadian Pork Council warns failure to address the chronic shortage of workers within the Canadian pork industry will result in lost opportunities throughout the pork value chain, writes Bru…

UK - Jane King has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).

CANADA - Providing 64,570 jobs across Canada, the meat industry is the largest component of this country’s food processing sector.

POLAND - There has been one new outbreak of African Swine Fever reported and confirmed in the Podlaskie region in the east of the country.

US - Because of the holidays, cash livestock markets have been quiet in recent days, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, University of Missouri.

CANADA - Researchers working on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc are confident that increasing the volume and quality of milk produced by the sow will boost the productive performance of her piglets, writes Bruce Cochrane…

CANADA - The chair of the Canadian Pork Council reports key highlights of 2014 included substantial improvements in profitability, significant developments on the trade front and major advances in terms of biosecurity an…

RUSSIA - Russia's state veterinary watchdog has accused Lithuania of risking the spread of African swine fever by trying to supply pork to the Russian market by falsifying documents.

CANADA - The barn manager with Starlight Colony is advising swine producers and transporters to take extra care in ensuring transportation equipment is working properly during extremely cold weather, writes Bruce Cochran…

MEXICO - 2014 was an excellent yet atypical year for the Mexican pork industry, write Carlos A. Peralta (President) and R. Carlos Rodredguez (Vice-president) of Genesus Mexico.

US - What does the most profitable year in US swine production ever lead to? Simple answer - Expansion! Writes Jim Long President – CEO Genesus Inc.