Ruud Peijs

Amsterdam

International Journalist at All About Feed

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Articles

Danish Crown ceases operations in only Chinese facility

1 month ago | pigprogress.net | Ruud Peijs

Leading Danish pig producer Danish Crown ceases operations in its factory in Pinghu near Shanghai after less than 6 years. Pinghu is the only pig processing facility the company has in China. Customers of Danish Crown in China have been informed that the company is discontinuing its business operations in Pinghu following a strategic review.
UK still highly dependent on EU for its pork

2 months ago | pigprogress.net | Ruud Peijs

The United Kingdom might slowly increase its domestic pork production but still remains highly dependent on the EU for its pork. In the first 11 months of 2024, the Brits imported no less than 249,000 tonnes of fresh pork from its European neighbours, 12,000 tonnes more than in the same period the year before. The import of frozen pork came to 61,500 tonnes, an increase of 7,000 tonnes.
France calls for one plan against livestock diseases

2 months ago | pigprogress.net | Ruud Peijs

France aims to work on a more coordinated approach towards animal health. The goal is twofold – it should not just be targeting current epidemics, but should also prevent new diseases entering the country. The plan was put forward by Annie Genevard, France’s minister of agriculture, food sovereignty and forestry. In recent years, the country faced various viral outbreaks in poultry, cattle and sheep, and geographically speaking, African Swine Fever (ASF) is just around the corner.
FEFAC deeply concerned over EU tariffs on Chinese lysine

Jan 22, 2025 | allaboutfeed.net | Ruud Peijs

FEFAC, the European Compound Feed Manufacturers’ Federation, is deeply concerned about the high import tariffs the European Union has imposed on lysine from China, according to a statement of its president Pedro Cordero. ‘The decision may have serious consequences for the European feed and livestock sector,’ he says.
EU Outlook: Pig meat production to drop 1.2m tonnes in next 10 years

Jan 21, 2025 | pigprogress.net | Ruud Peijs

The EU pig meat production will decrease by 0.5% annually over the next years. This will result in a total decline of around 1.2 million tons by 2035 compared to the 2022-2024 average. The European Commission shared that projection in its Agricultural Outlook 2024-2035. According to the Commission, the reduction is primarily due to further societal concerns over intensive pig farming, the implementation of stricter environmental regulations in certain EU countries and reduced export opportunities.
Franse trekkermarkt krimpt met ruim 10%

Jan 17, 2025 | trekkeronline.nl | Ruud Peijs

In Frankrijk zijn in het afgelopen jaar ongeveer 26.450 trekkers van minstens 50 pk verkocht, dat zijn bijna 3.000 of ruim 10% minder dan in 2023. De binnengekomen bestellingen duiden erop dat de Franse trekkermarkt begin dit jaar verder zal inzakken. De verkopen zijn tegen het eind van 2024 nog ‘kunstmatig’ opgedreven, omdat zowel fabrikanten als kopers de per 1 januari ingevoerde strengere regels voor de remmen voor wilden zijn.
German feed producers face many challenges

Jan 14, 2025 | allaboutfeed.net | Ruud Peijs

The German production of animal feed showed a modest growth in 2024, after 2 years of declineIn the first 10 months of 2024, Germany’s feed industry produced 0.6% more mixed feed than the same period of the previous year. Pig feed especially showed good results with an increase of 1.7% nationally and of 6.5% in the northern regions of the country. However, the sector faces many challenges in the new year, the German organisation of feed producers Deutscher Verband Tiernahrung DVT says.
French feed contains more corn

Dec 2, 2024 | allaboutfeed.net | Ruud Peijs

French compound animal feed this year contains more corn than in 2023. In the third quarter, 660 thousand tonnes of corn was used, an increase of 16.5% year-over-year. The use of soya cake was 22.3% higher at 743 thousand tonnes, figures from the agricultural statistics office Agreste show.
Feed industry uses a record quantity of grains

Nov 26, 2024 | allaboutfeed.net | Ruud Peijs

The worldwide feed industry will use 1,048 million tonnes of grains in the 2024/25 season, the International Grains Council estimates in its latest Grain Market Report. That figure is only 0.4% higher than in the current season 2023/24 but 2.5% more compared to the season 2022/23. The feed industry will in the upcoming season consume 45% of the total supply of 2,321 million tonnes of grains in the world, the IGC statistics show.
Belgium asks hunters to stay away from ASF infected areas

Nov 21, 2024 | pigprogress.net | Ruud Peijs

At the start of the hunting season, the Belgium Federal Agency for the Protection of the Foodchain (FAVV) has asked hunters to be extra vigilant for African Swine Fever (ASF) and to keep out of areas where ASF infected wild swine have been found. ‘Do not bring with you any meat, hunting trophies or products of wild swine from risk areas to prevent the disease from spreading to the country’, FAVV adds. Belgium had its last ASF cases in 2018.