Zhongpin Completes Pork Plant Expansion in Anyang
CHINA - Zhongpin Inc., China's leading meat and food processing company, yesterday announced that it has completed the five-month...

Store Prices Hold Up Despite Poor Deadweight Trade
NORTHERN IRELAND, UK - Since the start of June, Northern Irish (NI) beef finishers have been dismayed by the declining deadweight...

Brazil's Pork Exports Rise in Value Again
BRAZIL - Pork exports in July and for the half-year are down in volume compared to the same period last year but value is...

Lower US Cattle Supplies Could Boost Prices
US - A positive outlook for the US beef industry is being forecast by Cattle Fax on the back of tightening domestic supplies...

International Egg and Poultry Review: Italy
ITALY - This is a weekly report by the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), looking at international developments...

Stability in Canadian Swine Inventory
CANADA - The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board reports, following an across the board decline in hog numbers since this...

China Opens Doors to More Danish Crown Imports
DENMARK - A new agreement between Denmark and China opens up for exports of processed foods such as sausages and tinned products...

Beef Production Down
US - The US Commerce Department has lowered their estimate of the US gross domestic product. They now estimate the US economy...

Russia Relaxes Rules On Irish Beef
IRELAND - Russian authorities have raised the age-limit above which slaughtered animals must be tested for BSE from 30 months...

Market Preview: Cutout Values Break More Records
US - In this week's US Market Preview, published in National Hog Farmer's Weekly Preview, Steve Meyer, Ph.D. of...

Russia Approves Four More US Plants for Exports
RUSSIA - Russia has lifted the ban on poultry imports from four more US plants.

EU Pig Prices: Inconsistent Trend for Quotations
EU - The European slaughter pig market proves to be characterised by the trend being inconsistent this week.

More Cooked Turkey Deli Meat Enters Market
US - The National Turkey Federation's latest survey shows stability in product distribution.

HK Scan Sees Drop in Sales
FINLAND - Finnish meat processor HK Scan saw net sales drop to € 985.9 million in the second quarter of the year down from...

Korean Beef Imports Remain High
KOREA - Korean beef imports maintained their momentum during July, jumping 21 per cent year-on-year, to 21,575 tonnes swt,...

CME: What Determines Value of Market Animals?
US - What determines the value of a market animal? We all know that the answer to that question could fill volumes, depending on...

RTC Weight Down Three Per Cent from Last Year
US - The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports a three per cent drop in poultry ready-to-cook (RTC)...

Export Markets Double For UK Beef Producers
UK - The number of export markets available to beef producers has more than doubled in the last week thanks to a dedicated...

Yurun Food Sees Sales and Profits Soar
CHINA - China Yurun Food Group Limited, a vertically-integrated meat-product processor and supplier in China, recorded a...

EC Approves Weyl Beef Products Acquisition by VION
NETHERLANDS - The European Commission has approved the acquisition by VION of some of the assets of beef producer Weyl Beef...