Pigs

Cherkizovo Group Secures Funding For Production Facility In Tula

Gazprombank and Cherkizovo Group have signed a loan agreement to finance the construction of a high-tech automated production facility for slaughtering pig...

Bulgaria To Cull 24,000 Pigs In African Swine Fever Outbreak

Bulgarian veterinary authorities said they are to cull 24,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a pig farm in the northeast of the...

China To Lower Import Tariffs On Frozen Pork, Avocados From January 1

China will lower tariffs on products ranging from frozen pork and avocado to some types of semiconductors next year as Beijing looks to boost imports amid...

Cranswick Acquires Free-Range Producer Packington Pork

Cranswick, one of the UK's largest pork producers, has announced the acquisition of Packington Pork Limited, a supplier of British free-range and outdoor-b...

Buyer's Brief: This Little Piggy Went To Market

Nick Peksa examines the extent to which the growing African Swine Fever epidemic could influence pork supply chains in the coming months. This article firs...

China Says African Swine Fever Cases Slowing, Pig Output Returning

The number of fresh outbreaks of African swine fever in China has dropped this year and pig production is slowly returning to normal, its vice agriculture...

China's New Slaughterhouse Rules Keep Lid On Pork Prices For Now

China's pork prices are being kept in check even as pig production continues to drop, with tough new rules on slaughterhouses crimping trade and pushing fr...

UK’s The Co-operative Switches To 100% Outdoor-Bred Pork

UK retailer The Co-operative has announced that from July, all of its own-brand fresh pork, bacon, sausage, gammon and ham will be sourced from outdoor-bre...