Pork Industry And Trade

The English Pig Industry

• Author(s): Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

• Categories: Technology & Engineering

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2009
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• Publisher: The Stationery Office

This report finds that, although the pig industry is highly competitive and is well known for being cyclical, the last ten years have seen a steady decline in the scale and productivity of the English pig industry and an increase in the pig meat imported into the UK to satisfy consumer demand. The lack of transparency in the supply chain leads farmers to form the view that they are not getting their fair share. UK pigs cost more to produce than their EU counterparts. The industry blames this on the effects of disease outbreaks, high feed prices, burdensome environmental regulations and the high cost of the introduction of new welfare standards of housing for pigs in 1999. Pig producers are r...

Hearing to Review the Economic Conditions Facing the Pork Industry

• Author(s): United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry

• Categories: Business & Economics

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2010
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Free Trade Deals

• Author(s): United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade

• Categories: Business & Economics

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2001
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• Publisher: Unknown

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The World Pork Market

• Author(s): Shayle D. Shagam

• Categories: Meat industry and trade

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1990
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications

• Categories: Government publications

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1992-04
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• Publisher: Unknown

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