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IFA Pigs and Pig meat Committee
Newsletter July 2014
IFA National Pigs and Pigmeat Committee activity update July 2014
Chairman attends EU Pig Inno-vation Group meeting. This group endeavours to harness all pig research in Europe in one place to make it more ac-cessible & avoid duplication.
Meeting on market Manage-ment tools with analysts—IFA is currently examining tools to protect farmers from market volatility.
IFA pigs committee meet with DAFM on the Rural Develop-ment programme particularly TAMs. IFA have submitted a number of proposals & re-quested all farmers lobby for a fair inclusion for pig farm-ers.
IFA met with DAFM on the legality of submitting signa-tures on the Form 3. DAFM assured the committee that no legal issues arise from this.
IFA pigs committee met with Professor Paddy Wall in rela-tion to carrying out a review of the DNA programme—the final document is expected.
Chairman Pat O’Flaherty pre-sented on pig welfare to the Farm Animal Welfare Advisory Council.
Vice Chairman Maurice O’Bri-en attends IFA Executive
Council meeting & Irish Food Lobbying session.
IFA Pigs Committee met with Glanbia to press for a de-crease in feed prices. A de-crease has happened with more to follow.
IFA met with the EPA in rela-tion to Tank & Pipeline Asses-ments & other issues of con-cern.
IFA pigs committee Teagasc Sub-group members attend Teagasc stakeholder meeting in Moorepark. This was the first meeting to be chaired by Michael Berkery who took over from Jimmy Brett as Chairman. The group re-viewed the plans for the new piggery & toured the site.
IFA Committee Activities
June/July 2014
Chairman Pat O’ Flaherty
Country Ave Wk 1-30 Wk 30 Wk 30 2013
Netherlands 1.48 1.46 1.68
Belgium 1.51 1.51 1.71
Denmark 1.56 1.56 1.67
France 1.60 1.68 1.81
Spain 1.74 1.91 1.93
Germany 1.55 1.55 1.75
GB 1.93 1.98 1.95
Ireland 1.54 1.61 1.59
Pig Prices corrected for VAT,
kill Out Lean Meat Percentage (ISN) €/kg)
It is disappointing that pig prices
have dipped in July, IFA is main-
taining pressure on retailers both
by meeting them to express our
concerns over the latest BB audit
results as well as upping the ante
DNA testing at retail level. IFA met
recently with Glanbia and there is
definitely scope for millers to re-
duce feed across the board as
some have already moved. Please
continue to lobby TD’s on the rural
development programme. On
farm investment will be vital in en-
suring that we
remain effi-
cient and com-
petitive into
the future.
IFA have been in continual talks with the Irish Department of Agri-culture as well as the EU Commis-sion through COPA in relation to increasing controls and testing to prevent the entry of PEDv into Ire-land. The EU produces 22 million tons of pig meat each year, 13% of which is exported and protecting this industry from infection is vital. Emerging PED viruses are circu-lating in North America affecting pigs and causing major losses par-ticularly to the US pig industry. The USA and Canada are authorised to export live pigs to the EU. Approxi-mately 900 pigs with a high genetic value were imported in 2013. The Commission last month intro-duced temporary safeguard measures to allow for the safe im-port of live pigs from the US and Canada. Testing procedures have been endorsed by Member State experts and live pigs from these countries entering the EU will be
tested for Porcine Epidemic Diar-rhoea (PED) . These measures follow discus-sions held last week during the World Assembly of the World Organization for Animal Health and complement temporary im-port requirements previously agreed on pig blood products that may be used for feeding pig-lets. The Commission has also asked the European Food Safety Au-thority to carry out a scientific opinion on emerging PED viruses that will enable a more thorough review of the disease situation and risk mitigation measures.
Member States were also re-minded of the need to strengthen biosecurity at farm level. DAFM has produced a document on increasing biose-curity protocols which was circulated to all vets. It is
worthwhile discussing this with your vet or Teagasc advisor.
Animal Health: Commission proposes temporary import requirements on live pigs from North America
OIE Updates their PRRS Chapter
The OIE Animal Health Standards Commission have updated their chapter on PRRS so that coun-tries can apply for freedom.
There is no distinction made for trade between PRRS positive countries, where obviously addi-tional testing would be com-pletely unnecessary and could have a big impact on countries exporting weaners for finish-ing. Although the OIE has no legal powers, all the export cer-tificates reflect OIE guidance so whatever ends up in the text is likely to be abided by. IFA have been in contact with DAFM on this & will be watching develop-ments closely.
International grain prices stabilised this week led by a recovery in milling wheat as wet weather takes its toll on the French milling wheat crop. In addition news that Canadian grain and oilseed production is expected to fall by 19mt, exceeding market ex-pectations, was supportive of prices. Early season flooding led to signifi-cant crop abandonment estimated at 5.5 million acres in the 2 key states of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. To-tal Canadian grain and oilseed pro-duction for the current crop year is forecast at 71.2mt compared to 90.1mt last season. The overhang of rejected French milling wheat is ex-pected to put some downward pres-sure on the feed wheat market. How-ever, London feed wheat futures moved higher by st£1.25/t in early
morning trade. Further technical sell-ing of maize futures by funds is antic-ipated as they move to reduce their net long position.
The winter barley harvest is making good progress this week. Yields, while good, are down on last harvest. Reports from around the country indicate a 0.3t/ha to 0.6t/ha yield drop on last season. Moistures off the combine are excellent this week ranging from 13.5% to 17%. Some winter oats has been cut. Yields are somewhat ahead of last season but it is too early to call a final yield with much of the crop yet to be harvest-ed.
Irish dried spot wheat prices are low-er again this week ranging from €190/t to €191/t compared to €192/t
to €196/t the previous week. Dried barley prices were marginally weaker trading from €163/t to €166/t com-pared to €163/t to €168/t last week. New crop dried wheat for November collection is €1/t lower ranging from €172/t to €175/t compared to previ-ous week quotes of €173/t to €176/t. New crop dried barley for Oct/Nov collection was steady trading from €164/t to €167/t. Quotes for green barley are ranging from €130/t to €135/t (at 20% moisture exclusive of vat). However, deals are being done at €140/t (excl. vat) collected ex yard for barley averaging 17% to 18% moisture. Old crop spot maize is firmer this week, up €2/t, trading at €178/t but new crop on a run until April is weaker trading down €2/t to €175/t.
Grain Market Update – 24th July 2014—Fintan Conway, IFA Grain Committee Executive
Monthly Feed Recording data
Every month, a number of farmers
supply compound and home milled
data to Teagasc to calculate the cost
of feed. Although we appreciate
farmers supplying this data, of late,
there has been a delay in gathering
the data which is problematic. We
cannot express to producers how
important it is that this practice is
maintained as it provides us with an
estimate of the cost of production
on farm and solid data which is used
in negotiations with stakeholders.
We are asking that the producers
supplying the data will send it into
Teagasc as promptly as possible but
also that more farmers would get
involved in this survey.
Thank you
Please contact Ciaran Carroll, head
of the Pig Production Development
Department in relation to this—
[email protected], 025-
42388, 087-2462925
Aldi Centra Dunnes Lidl Spar SuperValu Tesco
Product Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2
Bacon 76% 66% 100% 100% 77%
93% 38%
46% 100%
67%
60%
81%
81%
Ham 67% 56% 65% 59% 40%
29% 53%
71%
17% 16%
55%
58%
38%
41%
Pork 100% 100% 100% 78% 100%
93% 100%
74% 0% 100%
94%
93%
92%
93%
Rashers 63% 58% 79% 89% 80%
83% 68%
64%
71% 87%
76%
70%
78%
81%
Sausages 28% 30% 20% 17% 10% 6% 0% 0%
14% 0%
19%
14%
53%
51%
Bord Bia Quarter 2 Audit Results—Pigmeat
For this months pig league I carried
out a review of the most recent Bord
Bia Audit results which reflect the
number of pig meat products on shelf
at one particular time that are carry-
ing the quality Assurance Logo. The
main observations are:
Although Aldi were one of the
only retailers to maintain a
100% record on fresh pork, the
number of Quality assured ba-
con products fell by 10% and
7% in Supervalu. Rashers fell
by 5% and 6% respectively in
these two retailers.
Cooked ham products which
heretofore had been gaining
ground in terms of the number
carrying the QA logo took a hit
too with only three retailers,
Lidl, Supervalu and Tesco in-
creasing their support in this
category.
Aside from the discounters and
Supervalu, the all-important
rasher performance was on the
whole up.
On the back of these results and
pending the most recent DNA retail
results, IFA will be meeting with all
retailers to ensure that no attempt is
made to recoup the recent price drop
into their margin.
IFA has mounted a considerable campaign over the last two
months to press Minister Coveney to ensure that farmers are
treated fairly under the new Rural Development Programme.
Please continue to impress on your local TD’s the importance of
grant aid to upgrade pig buildings with a realistic investment ceil-
ing under the TAMs programme, the importance of promoting pig
manure use in the GLAS programme and a fair allocation of fund-
ing for discussion groups. Left: IFA Pigs Chairman Pat O’Flaherty
with IFA President Eddie Downey protesting in Dublin on this issue.
Rural Development Programme
IFA/Teagasc Joint Programme activity & research update
Information & Events Update Janu-ary to June 2014
January Review & Outlook 2014 news-
letter Kaitlynn Glover (Walsh Fellow)
commenced PigSys Study February Edgar Garcia Manzanilla (Pig
Nutrition Researcher) started March EIP Meeting in UK PIGAP Calculator revised &
updated Discussion Groups Website reported increased
number of hits since revamp
April Nitrates Regulations & Re-
search Update newsletter Biosecurity Booklet Teagasc stand at Pig Health
Society Symposium: PigSys demo, research info handouts, launch of Biosecurity Booklet
Manure Transport Calculator (for GLAS) submission
May Pig Stakeholder meeting re
new pig research facility (200 sow option subsequently ap-proved)
Teagasc meeting with Rosderra Pig Manure - A Valuable Ferti-
liser: demo at Ballacolla, Laois
& Inishannon, Cork Pig Manure - A Valuable Ferti-
liser booklet PigSys Workshops: Clonakilty,
Moorepark, Portlaoise, Kildal-ton
Teagasc/SEAI workshops Discussion Groups: Clonakilty,
Moorepark June Today’s Farm: Article on Slurry
Demos (Pig Manure - A Valua-ble Fertiliser)
Biosecurity Newsletter Research article for Irish Farm-
ers Monthly magazine Teagasc/SEAI workshops
Teagasc Pig Development Department Research Programme
Recent Research Testing the safety of genetical-
ly modified (GM) feed ingredi-ents in pigs
Effect of maternal backfat lev-els and feed allowance during gestation on
offspring growth Preventing lameness in Irish
pigs Alternative uses for pig ma-
nure A novel transport system
(TRANSUS) for slaughter pigs Ongoing Research Assessing and managing the
risk posed by Salmonella in
farm produced pig feed Targeted low cost solutions for
control of Salmonella in pig production (LoCost-SalmPig)
A whole systems approach to optimising feed efficiency and reducing the ecological foot-print of monogastrics (ECO-FCE)
Optimising output per sow (OPTIPIG)
Exploring Net Energy (NE) and amino acid (aa) balance in Irish pig diets
Phase feeding use in Irish pig production
Development of ante and post mortem meat inspection of
pigs as a welfare diagnostic tool
Exploring the link between poor welfare, production dis-eases, antimicrobial usage and resistance on Irish pig farms (WELPIG)
Record Keeping in Irish Pig Pro-duction: Factors Affecting En-rolment in Teagasc PigSys/ePM
CANtogether – Crops and ANi-mals together
Development of On-Farm Co-Digestion of the Organic Frac-tion of Municipal Solid Waste and Animal Manure for Bioen-ergy Production and Resource Recycling (GREEN FARM)
Mr. Michael Berkery, previous Gen-
eral Secretary of the IFA (and Execu-
tive Secretary of the Pigs Committee)
has taken on the role of Chairman of
the Teagasc Joint Programme Stake-
holders group. The first meeting of
this group met on July 18th in
Moorepark.
As you can see above, there is a lot
of activity happening between re-
search and advisory within Teagasc,
however it is up to farmers to max-
imise the service by contacting their
advisors and participating.
Building will commence soon on the
new 200 sow piggery, a state of the
art research facility which will enable
Teagasc to carry out a broader range
of applied pig research. The opinion
of farmers in relation to research is
important and Teagasc would wel-
come comments in relation to pro-
posed projects. Two new research-
ers and two new advisors have been
recruited to service the pig industry
but it is vital that pig producers make
use of the service.
Please contact your advisor to dis-
cuss what the joint programme enti-
tles you too. All producers are enti-
tled to an annual visit by their advi-
sor, and can attend or send staff to
the training free of charge.
Update on African Swine Fever in Eastern Europe—Sally Gaynor, Superintending Veteri-
nary Inspector, NDCC & Veterinary International Division, DAFM.
The first confirmed case of ASF on a commercial pig farm in Europe (also a confirmed outbreak on a small 5-pig farm in Poland) has been con-firmed.
ASF has now been confirmed in a commercial pig farm in Rupinskai Village, Ignalina District, Lithuania.
The farm has 19,411 pigs (1,396 sows, 10,167 piglets, 7,622 pigs of 3-8 months, 213 pigs > 8 months, 13 boars)
Increased mortalities were notified on 23 July & samples taken
Disease was confirmed on 24 July (36/40 samples positive on PCR,
38/40 samples positive on antigen ELISA)
All pigs have been killed using car-bon dioxide
Feedstuffs & manure will be treated & destroyed
Protection & Surveillance Zones are in place
Within the 3 km Protection Zone there are 19 pig farms (total 62 pigs)
Within the 10 km Surveillance Zone there are 57 pig farms (total 150 pigs)
There are 11 contact farms
One of these received 400 pigs from the infected premises on 10 July & subsequently dispatched 2 consign-ments of pigs to Latvia on 22 & 23 July – this contact farm has been sampled & tested negative
A second contact farm received 600 pigs from the infected premises on 17 July & subsequently dispatched a consignment of pigs to Poland on 16 July – this contact farm has also been sampled & tested negative
Investigations into the source of the disease are ongoing
Focus on biosecurity has never been more important!
Bord Bia update—Peter Duggan
The latest research carried out by Bord Bia shows that awareness of the Bacon and Ham TV advert re-mained broadly stable at 78% amongst the key target audience (30-60 year old, female shopper) in 2014 compared to 2013.
However, awareness of the campaign has risen by two percentage points during 2014 amongst the general population to 68% compared to 2013 levels. In the months of June and Ju-ly, the Ham and Bacon PR marketing activity focused on recipe landings
for various different regional and national print newspapers.
On-line marketing activity for the past two months focused on ensur-ing that Bord Bia Ham and Bacon rec-ipes featured on the first page of hits when searching through internet search engines.
Bord Bia has launched a new recipe book, ‘Food for Family and Friends’ which features pork, ham, and bacon recipes. This publication was launched at the Bloom festival over the June bank holiday weekend.
Bord Bia continues to market Ham and Bacon through our social media platforms. During July, Ham Taco’s were advertised through our Face-book page as seen below.
The next
three week
Ham and Ba-
con TV ad-
vertising
burst is
scheduled for
October.
The EU has secured the creation of a disputes
panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
which will examine the legality under world
trade law of Russia's ban on imports of live
pigs, pork and other products.
The EU argument is that the ban is scientifically
unjustified while the Russians argue that with
the continued outbreaks in the European terri-
tory, the EU efforts to prevent the further
spread of the disease are ineffective.
WTO Panel formed on legality of Russian
pigmeat import Ban
Bord Bia—first Quarter DNA results
If you have queries or comments on anything contained in this newsletter or the work of the committee,
please do not hesitate to contact any of the committee members.
IFA DNA Testing shows Butchers in a poor light
Butcher Samples Assigned Not assigned Country of Origin
Butcher 1 10 0 10 No
Butcher 2 11 3 8 No
Butcher 3 9 5 4 No
Butcher 4 4 0 4 No
Butcher 5 8 0 8 No
Butcher 6 15 11 4 No
Butcher 7 15 3 12 No
Butcher 8 14 9 5 No
Butcher 9 15 14 1 No
Butcher 10 15 9 6 No
Butcher 11 5 5 0 No
The most recent DNA sampling was The most recent DNA sampling was
carried out between a wellcarried out between a well--known known
secondary processor and certified secondary processor and certified
craft butchers. Of the secondary pro-craft butchers. Of the secondary pro-
cessors samples 16 were not as-cessors samples 16 were not as-
signed to the database, 23 were as-signed to the database, 23 were as-
signed to the database and 6 merited signed to the database and 6 merited
further investigation. This is an im-further investigation. This is an im-
provement of the performance of provement of the performance of
this processor over 2013, however this processor over 2013, however
testing will continue to maintain testing will continue to maintain
pressure. pressure.
The other 121 were from butcher’s The other 121 were from butcher’s
shops and of these 59 were assigned shops and of these 59 were assigned
to the database, and 62 were not to the database, and 62 were not
assigned to the database. A meeting assigned to the database. A meeting
is taking place with the Association of is taking place with the Association of
Craft Butchers Ireland to discuss the Craft Butchers Ireland to discuss the
results. Although butchers are not results. Although butchers are not
required to label the product as Irish required to label the product as Irish
or not Irish, under the ACBI or not Irish, under the ACBI
‘Certified’ butchers scheme, there is ‘Certified’ butchers scheme, there is
a requirement that the country of a requirement that the country of
Origin would be displayed in the Origin would be displayed in the
shop, however none of the shops shop, however none of the shops
visited were displaying this signage. visited were displaying this signage.
The IFA pigs committee met with The IFA pigs committee met with
Kerry Foods to discuss their increas-Kerry Foods to discuss their increas-
ing uptake of the QA logo and latest ing uptake of the QA logo and latest
DNA results. The DNA results. The Kerry personnel Kerry personnel
indicated that in terms of the vol-indicated that in terms of the vol-
umes commitment umes commitment –– what has been what has been
promised (10% increase in the first promised (10% increase in the first
quarter & 15% of volumes pur-quarter & 15% of volumes pur-
chased) this has been delivered, chased) this has been delivered,
however there is an issue in that on however there is an issue in that on
an overall basis Kerry purchases are an overall basis Kerry purchases are
down. Furthermore Kerry has put down. Furthermore Kerry has put
the logo on four skews including the logo on four skews including
Shaws (plain and crumbed ham) and Shaws (plain and crumbed ham) and
has launched a new Shaws parch-has launched a new Shaws parch-
ment product and this will also carry ment product and this will also carry
the Quality Assurance logo.the Quality Assurance logo.
This month IFA is targeting a number This month IFA is targeting a number
of retailers for testing. We are taking of retailers for testing. We are taking
the results of the most recent Bord the results of the most recent Bord
Bia audit into consideration. This Bia audit into consideration. This
data will further support IFA in our data will further support IFA in our
meetings meetings with retailers.