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Smithfield urges pig gestation crate phase-out
2014-01-07 19:28:03| Food - Topix.net
Smithfield Foods is recommending that its contract growers phase out the practice of keeping female hogs in small metal crates while pregnant.
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Pork Commentary: 2014 – The Year of the Pig Farmer
2014-01-07 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The Chinese have the year of the horse, dragon, dog, etc. The last few years in North America and much of the world it’s been the years of the Grain Farmer, writes Jim Long, President-CEO Genesus Inc.
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Tax Cut on Pig Meat in Hungary to Close Legal Loopholes
2014-01-07 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
HUNGARY - With effect from 1 January, the value added tax (VAT) on live pigs and half carcasses has been reduced from 27 per cent to five per cent.
Hog Outlook: PED Virus to Blame for Reduction in Pig Numbers
2014-01-06 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Most of the attention to USDA's hogs and pigs reports is focused on their quarterly numbers. They also publish monthly estimates as part of the quarterly reports. Perhaps the most import number in the December 27 report was their estimate of 10.04 pigs per litter (ppl) in November. It was down from 10.16 ppl in November 2012 and was the first month that ppl was below the year ago level since August 2003, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, University of Missouri.
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Outdoor Pig Producer Puts JSR Pork on the Menu
2014-01-06 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - A Suffolk pig farmer, whose produce is on the menu in some of Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants, has been working closely with JSR Genetics in order to tailor the taste of his products for new markets.
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