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Wednesday 15 May 2013


Hungary

Hungary - Cleaning up the pork industry

Over the last six years, an EU co-financed eradication programme was implemented in Hungary amounting to a total of over €1.5 million in EU financial support.

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Friday 10 May 2013


Hungary

Hungary - The shame of anti-Semitism 70 years on

Hungary's prime minister told an international assembly of Jews that his government has declared "zero tolerance" on anti-Semitism, but those gathered said he has failed to confront the country's largest far-right party.

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Friday 03 May 2013


Hungary

Hungary - Focus on industry pressures at Cobb seminar in Hungary

Pressures on poultry production from high commodity prices and environmentalists were discussed at a Cobb Germany seminar for the Hungarian chicken industry at Inarcs, Pest County, in the central part of the country.

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Saturday 06 April 2013


Hungary

Hungary - Horsemeat is order of the day

The meat was imported by Hungarian Food Ltd in Preston.

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Saturday 01 December 2012


Hungary

Hungary - 40% drop in pig herd

Numbers of both finishers and sows in Hungary have shrunk by about 40% within in ten years, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) reports.

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Sunday 19 August 2012


Hungary

Hungary - Meat packer in trouble

Troubled meat processor Gyulai Húskombinát needs a Ft 1 billion capital injection to keep its operations stable at home and abroad, Magyar Hírlap was informed.

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Tuesday 19 June 2012


Hungary

Hungary - Meat giant expands plant

OSI Food Solutions Hungary invested $25 million to add a high-capacity production line and large cold storage area to an existing building in Bábolna, Hungary, the company announced June 13.

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Saturday 31 March 2012


Hungary

Hungary - Vets called together to work out drug company commissions

More than 400 veterinarians from Eastern Europe learned about the latest innovations and products from MSD Animal Health at the company’s recent scientific symposium in Budapest, Hungary.

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Sunday 15 January 2012


Hungary

Hungary - Animal feed problems

Cargill Animal Nutrition conducts regional recall of select animal feed products

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Hungary

Hungary - New pork plant going well

Hungarian meat company Kometa 99 on Tuesday inaugurated a HUF 2bn salami curing plant and a renovated slaughterhouse at its base in Kaposvar (SW Hungary).

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Hungary

Hungary - These buggers should never have been allowed into the EU

There used to be half a million Jews living in Hungary in 1939 until these collaborating bastards marched them to the gas chambers for their Nazi mates in 1945 there were less than 10,000. Hungary and Poland were punished by 40 years of Soviet rule yet seemed to have learned nothing as the evil right try to rise again.

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Saturday 14 January 2012


Hungary

Hungary - Increase in farm sales

Investments on agricultural machinery added up to HUF 51bn in the Q1-Q3 2001, up 68pc from a year before, AKI, an agricultural research institute run by the Ministry of Rural Development.

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Friday 13 January 2012


Hungary

Hungary - Mega pig farm opens

Agribusiness Dombegyhazi Agrar on Thursday inaugurated two hog farms renovated at a cost of HUF 1.3bn.

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Hungary

Hungary - Road testing new poultry factory

Poultry company Zalai conducts test operation of newly completed unit

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Friday 11 November 2011


Hungary

Hungary - Cobb 500 chicks win award at Budapest show

With Babadi hatchery and Cobb Germany exhibiting at the OMEK show in Budapest, Hungary, Cobb 500 won an award for the shape, health and vitality of day-old chicks.

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Friday 15 July 2011


Hungary

Hungary - Poultry farming

Hungarian agribusiness, Master Good, says it is carrying out a HUF4.4 billion capacity expansion at its poultry farms, reports Budapest Business Journal.

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Thursday 30 June 2011


Hungary

Hungary - Aviagen’s Central European Seminar Breaks New Records

Aviagen’s Central European Seminar Breaks New Records Aviagen Kft, Aviagen’s Hungarian business unit, recently held their 5th seminar for Central European (CE) Parent Stock customers in the famous thermal resort of Hėviz, near Lake Balaton. Attended by over 220 guests from 17 countries, the three-day event consisted of a mixture of regional country updates, practical management advice and topical presentations.

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Tuesday 31 May 2011


Hungary

Hungary - The cloned meat debate

The Hungarian Presidency hopes for the Council and the Parliament to agree on the new draft regulation on foods from cloned animals, Minister of State for EU Affairs, the Presidency declared at the European Parliament's plenary debate, on 10 May 2011.

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Friday 20 May 2011


Hungary

Hungary - World renowned specialists for Cobb Hungarian seminar

More than 80 Cobb customers and other key players from the Hungarian chicken meat industry came together for the two-day seminar near Inárcs, near Budapest, to hear presentations from the world renowned specialists.

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Monday 16 May 2011


Hungary

Hungary - World renowned specialists for Cobb Hungarian seminar

More than 80 Cobb customers and other key players from the Hungarian chicken meat industry came together for the two-day seminar near Inárcs, near Budapest, to hear presentations from the world renowned specialists.

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Monday 09 May 2011


Hungary

Hungary - Effective Broiler Management on the Agenda

Effective Broiler Management on the Agenda in Hungary Aviagen Kft, Aviagen’s Hungarian business unit, recently held two seminars for broiler customers of their parent stock customers Nagisz Zrt. and Gallus Kft. The events, which took place in Nádudvar in Eastern Hungary and Döbrönte in Western Hungary, focussed on practical advice for effective broiler management to maximise performance.

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Saturday 26 February 2011


Hungary

Hungary - Starvation in the bread basket

Hungary went from breadbasket to economic basket case in one generation European Union membership has been a mixed blessing for Hungary. While certain sectors of the economy have thrived, agriculture has been dying a slow, painful death. Farmers find themselves no better able to compete with their Western counterparts today than when the import tariffs were first lifted seven years ago. Small farmers who traditionally grew produce and raised livestock for local consumption have been particularly hard hit.

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Tuesday 15 February 2011


Hungary

Hungary - German pork ban lifted

Hungary's chief veterinarian on Tuesday withdrew tough restrictions on the consumption and sale of German hog and pork products imposed last month in the wake of a dioxin alert.

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Sunday 13 February 2011


Hungary

Hungary - More meat for Russia

The Russian veterinary authorities, Rosselkhoznadzor, have extended the list of plants in Hungary that are approved to export slaughter pigs to Russia.

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Friday 11 February 2011


Hungary

Hungary - Poultry industry problems

Hungary's Poultry Products Council will propose starting immediate state intervention purchases of 500,000 tonnes of maize in order to prevent domestic shortages stemming from feed exports at a meeting with the Rural Development Ministry.

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Monday 24 January 2011


Hungary

Hungary - Meat industry complains abour German pig dioxin scandal

Hungary's main meat industry group on Friday called for the government to soften restrictions on the consumption and sale of German pork products, which the group says were exaggerated and damaging to the local industry. German pig prices have collapsed since an alert on Jan.3 ab

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Tuesday 14 December 2010


Hungary

Hungary - Pork for Romania

Hungary captures new pigmeat markets

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Wednesday 01 December 2010


Hungary

Hugary - New poultry processing plant

Zalai Baromfifeldolgozó plans to build a new plant in western Hungary, starting this month.

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Monday 18 October 2010


Hungary

Hungary - The grain harvest

UNSEASONAL amounts of rain in Hungary are hampering the ripening and harvest of maize, but the final crop is still likely to be in line with previous expectations, the Agriculture Ministry said on Wednesday.

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Thursday 14 October 2010


Hungary

Hungary - Drop in poultry and egg production

The number of laying hens in Hungary has dropped dramatically since the country joined the European Union, and it could fall even further from 2012, when many poultry farmers will have to change the way they raise their livestock to meet stricter EU rules, industry insiders said at an event on Monday to mark World Egg Day.

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Friday 08 October 2010


Hungary

Hungary - Milk prices

Hungary faces a new round of milk and dairy product price rises, according to a sector leader.

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Thursday 26 August 2010


Hungary

Hungary - New line in poultry products

Hungarian poultry processor Csi-Hús Kft has turned to Sealed Air Cryovac to assist in the launch of a premium line of chicken products. The company wanted its new Bo-Csi Happy Chicken range to stand out from other products and appear credible to customers.

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Sunday 16 May 2010


Hungary

Hungary - Primitive pig farming conditions

Márta Lorincz of Szent István University and co-authors have published a short paper in Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, indicating that the PCV2 virus may be spread by rate and mice. The authors write that porcine circoviruses (PCV) are present worldwide, infecting domestic pigs and wild boars alike. Studies under laboratory conditions indicated that PCV can be taken up by mice and the virus can replicate in these animals. The possible role of rodents in maintaining and transmitting PCV2 infection in the field has not been investigated yet.

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Monday 04 January 2010


Hungary

Hungary - Poultry seminar

At a joint seminar in Szegalom, Hungary, Frederic Grimaud, President of Groupe Grimaud and Szabo Guyla, owner of Zsaka Hatchery announced their new collaboration in duck breeding

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Friday 27 November 2009


Hungary

Hungary - Drop in retail sales

Retail sales volume in Hungary continued to fall at a sharp calendar year-adjusted real 7.3% rate in September year-on-year, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) said on Monday. It fell 7.2%

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Wednesday 04 November 2009


Hungary

Hungary - State of the Art pig complex

Austrian Nedap dealer Firma Bräuer completed in western Hungary a total new pig farm in early October 2009. The farm, set-up for 1200 productive sows, will be housing the gestating sows in large groupsThe layout of the group housing exists out 10 Nedap Velos ESF stations, in two sets connected to a central separation unit. This layout allows optimal sow routing throughout

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Thursday 22 October 2009


Hungary

Hungary - New bird flu findings

Bird flu may be a sexually transmitted infection – at least in ducks. That's the suggestion of an analysis of flu prevalence and mating behaviour that also proposes an easy way to spot duck populations most at risk of harbouring avian flu.

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Friday 16 October 2009


Hungary

Hungary - Improving poultry stock bloodlines

Hungary has become the latest country to take up the CobbSasso 150, the product aimed at the ‘certified’ and ‘intermediate’ sectors of the chicken market. The Hungarian processor Her-Csi-Hús Kft is planning to produce certified broilers and has decided to purchase

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Sunday 27 September 2009


Hungary

Hungary - Meat company in trouble

The Hungarian meat processing industry is facing financial melt-down. According to a

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Sunday 06 September 2009


Hungary

Hungary - Turkey processing

Turkey processor Gallicoop's first-half revenue rose 3pc to HUF 12.74bn from the same period a year earlier, in spite of the economic crisis, the company told MTI on Wednesday. Sales of turkey

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Wednesday 12 August 2009


Hungary

Hungary - Poultry company expands

Aviagen’s on-going training in Hungary 10 Aug 2009 Aviagen Kft, Aviagen’s Hungarian business unit, recently organised a series of road shows in Hungary, providing topical training and advice to their customers on maximising stock performance through disease prevention and nutrition recommendations

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Tuesday 04 August 2009


Hungary

Hungary - Meat and farming expansion

Aviagen Kft, Aviagen’s Hungarian business, has announced a major expansion plan of its farming base to support customers in

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Friday 24 July 2009


Hungary

Hungary - The grain harvest and rain

Theinternational grain market is focusing its attention on the eastern European crop, where there are production concerns due to unseasonably wet conditions in former eastern bloc countries such as Hungary and Romania, and drought further to the east

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Monday 20 July 2009


Hungary

Hungary - Joint meat venture

The Hungarian-based meat processor Babati es Tarsa is to set up a joint venture firm in cooperation

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Thursday 02 July 2009


Hungary

Hungary - Canned meat

The iconic Hungarian canned meat product line of the Globus brand will live on, it appears. Globus’s meat department has been purchased by the Czech food group

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Wednesday 01 July 2009


Hungary

Hungary - Canned meat

The iconic Hungarian canned meat product line of the Globus brand will live on, it appears. Globus’s meat department has been purchased by the Czech food group Hame, according to reports last

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Wednesday 17 June 2009


Hungary

Hungary - Cargill Foods in Eastern Europe

Cargill has announced that its Agrograin business migrated to the 'Cargill' name and brand, from 1 June 2009. To mark this occasion, the company recently hosted an event for its employees in Hungary.Cargill has been active in Hungary since 1995 when it acquired a minority shareholding in Agrograin, one of the leading grain and oilseeds trading

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Monday 01 June 2009


Hungary

Hungary - Cattle semem imports

U.S. bovine semen exports to Hungary continue to expand even though the overall market is shrinking.

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Sunday 24 May 2009


Hungary

Hungary - Drop in pork production of 9%

According to data published by the Hungarian agriculture research institute AKI, the country's pork output dropped by 9% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2009.

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Jan Zandbergen        Lanexco Ltd