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Monday, September 9, 2024
European Commission backs Denmark's scheme that aims to help reduce tail-biting among pigs
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a Danish scheme, with a budget of approximately €20 million (US$22.2 million), to support higher animal welfare standards for pigs.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
New EU livestock rearing emissions directive in force, covers more than 30,000 pig, poultry farms
An updated EU directive on industrial and livestock rearing emissions entered into force on August 4, revising the former Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).
Thursday, March 21, 2024
European Parliament updates industrial emission directive covering pig and poultry farms
The European Parliament has adopted a deal with EU member states on the revision of the industrial emission directive (IED), which will see new rules applied to cut down harmful emissions from industrial installations and large pig and poul ...
Thursday, February 8, 2024
German animal welfare schemes for pigs approved by European Commission
The European Commission has approved — under EU State aid rules — two German schemes with a total budget of around €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) to improve animal welfare standards in breeding of pigs.
Monday, July 31, 2023
EU Commission backs U$124 million support scheme for pig farmers in Poland
The EU Commission has on July 27 approved a support scheme worth €113 million (US$124 million) for Polish pig farmers.
Monday, April 24, 2023
Fifty-five ASF outbreaks involving domestic pigs reported in EU in Q1
A total of 55 African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks in domestic pigs and 2,799 in wild boar were reported in the European Union during the first quarter of 2023, according to the latest data published by the Animal Disease Information System ...
Monday, February 20, 2023
Nearly three times as many pig farms in EU to be affected by bloc's plan to cut emissions
The European Union's plans to slash industrial emissions could hit over three times as many pig farms and almost four times as many poultry farms as previously suggested due to the use of outdated 2016 data sets, according to a leaked Europ ...
Monday, October 10, 2022
ASF, high feed costs impact growth of EU pigmeat production
Sustained high feed costs and African swine fever (ASF) continue to limit the growth of the European Union's pigmeat production, according to the European Commission.
Monday, August 8, 2022
AHDB: EU pig meat production up 1.3% in May
Pig meat production in the European Union totaled 1.9 million tonnes in May, up 1.3% compared to a year earlier, the United Kingdom's Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) reported on August 5.
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
5% drop in EU pig meat production numbers during Q1 2022
EU pig meat production figures in the first quarter of 2022 showed a decline of 5% year-on-year, as pig meat producers in the European Union continue to struggle with the cost of production versus an under par pig price.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
The impact of porcine spray-dried plasma protein and dried egg protein harvested from hyper-immunized hens, provided in the presence or absence of subtherapeutic levels of antibiotics in the feed, on growth and indicators of intestinal function and physiology of nursery pigs
The objective of this experiment was to compare the effects of spray-dried plasma protein (SDPP) and dried egg protein (DEP), without (AB−) or with (AB+) in-feed antibiotics, on growth performance and markers of intestinal health in nursery ...
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Several EU states apply for 60-day pigmeat storage aid
April 29 was the deadline for EU member states' application for the private storage aid for pigmeat.
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Scheme to help Romania's bovine, pig and poultry producers approved by European Commission
The European Commission has approved a €91 million (US$96 million) scheme to support Romania's bovine, pigs and poultry producers in the context of the pandemic.
Monday, April 11, 2022
EU pigmeat production in 2022 hampered by high costs and ASF
High costs of inputs and lasting effects of African swine fever (ASF) are expected to push the European Union's pigmeat production downwards in 2022, according to the European Commission's spring Short-Term Outlook for EU Agricultural Marke ...
Monday, March 21, 2022
2021 pig numbers in EU dropped to lowest in last decade
The total number of pigs in the European Union in 2021 stood at 141.55 million head according to Eurostat, 2.9% less than the previous year, and the lowest it has been in the last 10 years.

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