1. Drop in global pork prices to bottom out at 10-year lows

    · By Debra · Posted in News

    The slide in global pork prices will reach its nadir in the first three months of 2016, finding 10-year lows, Rabobank said, “Sufficient supply and modest demand development mean the Rabobank five-nation hog price index will bottom out in the coming months, at the lowest point since 2006, after a stronger-than-expected drop at the end…

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  2. Cost Savings for Pig Processors

    · By Debra · Posted in Meat

    Cost savings for pork processors exporting to the USA are on the cards following an agreement with USDA regarding trichinella testing. Finished pigs from controlled housing destined to be exported to the US frozen, no longer need to be tested for trichinella. Finished pigs from ‘uncontrolled’ housing, together with boars and sows still need to…

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  3. Why Does Meat Have to be Manly?

    · By Debra · Posted in News

    Is the inclination to avoid meat on the part of many women a product of gender messaging? Is the move toward smaller portions of meat an inherently ‘feminine’ approach? When I was little–7, 8 years old–I used to be able to put away a steak with a gusto that my father remains proud of to…

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  4. Slaughtering Pigs on TB Suspicion is Over-the-Top, says NPA

    · By Debra · Posted in News

    The National Pig Association (NPA) has said that Defra’s plan for the compulsory slaughter of pigs if bovine TB is thought to be present is over-the-top, especially when it is in low-risk areas. “We do not agree statutory provision should be used to enforce compulsory slaughter of pigs when bovine TB is believed to be…

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