The price hikes in feedstuff and the outbreaks of the blue ear disease are mainly blamed for the pork price surge. The price of pork plummeted in the first half of 2006, prompting pig raisers to slaughter their sows and piglets to avoid further losses. The average retail price for lean pork has exceeded 22 yuan per kilogram. The three agencies also ordered local officials to ban pork that was injected with water and failed safety tests to enter the market and to eliminate the blue ear...

In the first three years after its inception, those who strolled through the market probably entered it at Market and Meeting streets and walked east. Clues to why it took two decades for the market to become a reality are in papers that were moved to the old orphan house for safekeeping during the Civil War. Nearly 20 years passed between the day six public-minded Charlestonians donated their property to build the market and the day it opened. One observer described that entrance near...

The 25-nation bloc told Korea it could withdraw its initial proposal promising to fully open all product markets within seven years after the trade deal goes into effect unless Korea makes more drastic concessions on tariffs, according to chief Korean negotiator Kim Han-soo. The EU has called on Korea to improve its trade offers on major items like pork and cars in the second round of free trade talks underway in Brussels. The 25-nation bloc told Korea it could withdraw its initial...

A SURVEY of pig farmers and specialist pig vets has found many producers are losing money through failing to guard against a common porcine intestinal disease. Only 30 per cent of farmers surveyed said ileitis was a problem on their farms despite previous research having found that over 90 per cent of farms in Europe were infected with the bacteria that causes the illness. Although many farmers would recognise the acute forms of the disease, the sub-clinical form of the disease is more...

It is the pork part that comes to mind in the Senate Agriculture Committee chairman's briefings this week about the new farm bill. But the term applies especially well to agriculture, where the subsidy recipients are particularly piggy. Perhaps the country is ready for change? People in Washington this week are saying the new agriculture bill faces a series of obstacles before passage. Washington's involvement in agriculture dates to the Homestead Act of 1862, which gave title to settlers...

Sunday, July 15, 2007 Singapore yet to issue pork export certificate THE scheduled shipment of the country's pioneer shipment of premium fresh frozen pork meat to Singapore last month failed to materialize, pending the validation of the condition of processing plants and piggeries in Mindanao, a top company executive said. Sunday, July 15, 2007 Singapore yet to issue pork export certificate THE scheduled shipment of the country's pioneer shipment of premium fresh frozen pork meat to...