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Belgiums Official Gazette has recently stated that the surgical castration of male piglets up to seven days old is now permitted by the manager of the pig farm, provided that a written agreement has been drawn up with the company veterinarian.

Argentinas pig slaughter and pork production last year reached record levels, according to the countrys Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.

US-based Majestic Milling Co. is responding to increased customer demand by expanding its organic soybean operations and enhancing product integrity through the introduction of new storage and processing equipment at its terminal facility in Aurora, Missouri state, US, World-Grain reported.

Brazil, the worlds leading chicken exporter, has officially reported its first cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), according to an announcement made by the countrys Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply, Yahoo! News reported.

Brazilian research institution Cepea said the Brazilian swine market witnessed divergent trends in live swine prices across different regions between late April and early May, while pork prices experienced a decline in the wholesale market of the Greater Sao Paulo area, The Pig Site reported.

Norwegian-based salmon-farming company, SalMar, has recorded a substantial year-over-year increase in both revenue and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), attributed to high salmon prices and reduced costs, Seafood Source reported.

Argentinas pig slaughter and pork production last year reached record levels, according to the countrys Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.

Vietnam is one of the countries with the largest total poultry population in the world, with up to 551.4 million heads being raised across the country in the first quarter of this year, a year-on-year rise of 2.4%, VNA reported.

With the first halal-certified Hanwoo beef exports from South Korea to Malaysia starting next month, bilateral trade between the two countries is expected to increase, and this is expected to spur the republics export expansion to more Muslim-majority countries.

Leading corn importer China may cancel more grain purchases from the US because it can buy more cheaply from Brazil, and some local swine feed producers are replacing corn with wheat, Taipei Times reported.