Poultry International - September 2010

Around the World
Get ready for
EuroTier 2010

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www.eurotier.de

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www.WAT TAgNet.com/16527.html

be something for everyone.

There will also be numerous forum platforms for the leading animal species addressing current trends in specific sectors. These will include the Euro Tier Pig Event, the Euro Tier Dairy Event, and the International Poultry Event, to be held in the Convention Centre on 15th November, the eve of the exhibition’s opening.

The World Poultry Show does not return to Euro Tier until 2012, however, November 15th will see an international panel discussion for the poultry industry and the Central Association of German Poultry Producers will hold its annual general meeting.

Support up for
poultry, pork

Poultry and pig meat are among very few farm commodities to have seen an increase in state support for market prices within some of the world’s largest economies over the past 20 years. That’s according to calculations contained in “Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries: At a Glance,” the 20th edition of a series published every two years by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Its analysis covers 31 countries from four continents that belong to the organization. Their combined agricultural output was around $992.2 billion at farm-gate prices in 2009.. Support to producers in these OECD countries amounted to an estimated $253 billion, or 22% of aggregate gross farm receipts. Expressed as a percentage of revenues, the level of producer support during the period 2007-09 ranged from under 1% in New