Prices consistently gave way

At Schlachtrindermarkt there were comparatively many animals for sale in the past weeks of November. Towards the end of the month under review, the supply of young bulls was unexpectedly high, as many masseurs wanted to slaughter their eligible animals during the current year. The large number of slaughterings, however, was unsatisfactory with beef. The meat trade remained impetuous both domestically and abroad. Since the slaughterhouses were able to draw on the full, they corrected the prices down for all categories. Especially affected were female slaughter animals.

Young bulls of the meat trading class R3 brought the providers an average of 2,30 euros per kilogram of carcass weight in November; that was two cents less than in October and already 34 cents less than a year ago. For heifers of the class R3 the average price was at 2,25 Euro per kilogram, also two cents lower than in the previous month, but still two cents higher than in November 2002. O3 slaughter cattle revenues declined by another 10 cents from October to November, to a mere 1,52 euros per kilogram; compared to the previous year, this was seven cents less.

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Despite increased EU production

The supply of casein on the European domestic market is relatively scarce when the manufacturers' stocks are low. And that despite the fact that production was recently expanded again. Between January and October 2003, aid for processing into casein was granted across the EU for 4,5 million tonnes of skimmed milk. Compared to the previous year, this is an increase of 5,9 percent. France and Ireland in particular produced more casein.

Eastern Europe and New Zealand apparently produced smaller amounts of casein this year, so that the supply on the world market is also limited. In the European Union and in the USA the demands for casein increased. In Germany, the price in November was 4.250 euros per ton, compared to 3.900 euros in the previous year.

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As reported by the Ministry of Food and Rural Affairs on Friday (5 December), the Federal Research Center for Virus Diseases of Animals on the island Riems / Baltic Sea (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) has a BSE case in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in a born in 1997 Cow confirmed. The Ministry and the relevant lower administrative authorities have taken the necessary measures without delay. In Baden-Württemberg this is the 32. BSE case. Confirmed BSE cases by federal states:

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The European Commission has adopted a decision on the 05-12-2003 for the approval of a new test to be used after classical swine fever (CSF) vaccination. In the future, this test will differentiate between pigs that have been vaccinated from vaccines using vaccine markers and pigs that have been diagnosed with KSPs by natural infection. Such a distinction is not possible when using traditional vaccines.

The measures established by the European Union to combat classic swine fever (KSP), which are anchored in a Council directive from 2001 [1], provide, among other things, that emergency vaccinations can be carried out in emergency situations. However, the use of vaccines is made seriously difficult by the fact that in the event of KSF infection, pigs, even if vaccinated, can still contribute to the spread of the disease and are no different from pigs that have been vaccinated but not infected to let.

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Meeting of the working group BSE

A wide variety of science-based measures currently ensure the greatest possible consumer protection against BSE. These include the ban on meat-and-bone meal, the removal and destruction of specified food-chain risk material and the obligation to test all bovines for BSE over 24 months intended for human consumption. Such a conclusion of the working group BSE, at the 3. December under the direction of Alexander Müller, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Consumer Affairs, convened in Bonn. Go "This isispatched corkscrewoluto" has mindedideneasons with thisolutters ".

A loosening of individual regulations, such as the obligation to examine animals between the ages of 24 and 30 months, is currently premature, as the recent BSE cases in Japan with animals aged 21 and 23 months showed, said the Secretary of State. Secure results from science and research should also form the basis for preventive consumer health protection. Only through an intensive and continuous exchange of ideas will it also be possible in the future to ensure the greatest possible safety for consumers and - as the numbers of cases of BSE have clearly shown over the past three years - successfully combat BSE.

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For a long time, farmed salmon was considered inferior. Thanks to intelligent husbandry methods, that has changed radically, writes natur & kosmos magazine in its January issue.
   
"In salmon farming has undergone a revolution in recent years," confirms Harald Rosenthal, aquaculture expert from the Institute of Oceanography Kiel University. Numbers prove this: tipped Norway, salmon exporter number one, 1987 50000 kilos or antibiotics in the fish enclosure, it was 2002 with five times the production still whole 500 kilos. The magic word is "stock reduction". Where once 50 kilos of salmon per cubic meter of water were crowded, today there are ten to 25 kilos - this reduces stress and thus infection susceptibility.

Many producers have switched for cost reasons. Because intelligently produced salmon saves a lot of expenses. In Norway, for example, computer models calculate the optimal amount of feed per enclosure and breeding day - that saves money and protects the environment. The farmers avoid loss of profit due to stocking reduction by enlarging the enclosures. Positive side effect: the fish can move again and do not become fat, the meat becomes better. Natur & kosmos shows how good salmon can be recognized: fish from poorly farmed fish stores wider fatty seams due to a lack of exercise. The narrower the light-colored fat bands that run through the meat, the better. "Lifebuoys" are also treacherous - fat accumulations on the belly flaps, recognizable by the lower fillet ends.

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Chamber of Agriculture supports the sales idea

At the opening there was a lively Galloway bull in the Ahrensburg pedestrian zone. The bull advertised high-quality steaks from an old pasture buddy in front of a newly opened butcher shop. Galloway meat produced in the Stormarn district is now available from Stapff on the Ahrensburger Rondeel. Ulrich Stapff claims to be the first retailer in Schleswig-Holstein to include the meat of the shaggy highland cattle in its range.

Chamber of Agriculture and Galloway breeders speak of a breakthrough, there was Galloway meat but in Schleswig-Holstein it so far only directly on the farms of the producers or in the top restaurants. For Stapff seems the bill to go up, but he claims to have within four days his first complete Galloway beef, that is 280 kilograms, sold. The boss had chosen the boss together with his colleague Karl-Heinz Hein on the pasture of Fischbeker breeder Hans Tiedemann.

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Minister Backhaus calls for consequences in feed law: Uniform rules at European level necessary.

In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, eight of the total 12 barred laying hen holdings can now deliver their eggs. "We expect to be able to release the remaining farms in the next few days," says Minister of Agriculture. Till Backhaus (SPD). Overall, the eggs had been sampled by 21 farms after the active ingredient Lasalocid-Na had been found in chicken eggs. Lasalocid-Na may be used against intestinal parasites in poultry farming, but is not permitted as a feed additive for laying hens.

It is assumed that the active substance has gotten into the feed of the laying hens due to carryover in feed production. Carryover may occur if, as is common practice, animal feed for different animal species is produced one after the other in production. Lasalocid-Na residues were found in eggs from conventional as well as organic holdings and in all farm sizes.

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 In second place follows "Nobile Blanc Brut" from the Baden district winery Markgräflerland, third place occupies "Kupferberg Gold". The bottom is the non-alcoholic sparkling wine "Light Live".

It tingles and bubbles - sparkling wine is the most popular shower in Germany. This is reason enough for WISO to grab the bottle during the season with the highest sales and blind tasting the sparkling wine. Five boards of competing wineries had to find out who produced the best sparkling wine. They were supported by the Prime Minister of the Free State of Thuringia, Dieter Althaus, Gundula Rapsch, leading actress of the new ZDF series "SOKO Cologne" and Marie-Luise Schneider, Bavarian milk queen. Also sitting at the table were wine critic Stuart Pigott and host Jürgen Preiss from the Radisson SAS Hotel in Erfurt.

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Bayern manager Uli Hoeneß and Mehmet Scholl have grilled and sold Nuremberg sausages at the Christmas market in Hamburg for the relief campaign "Together for Africa". In support of the action, the two had also brought the Munich celebrity chef Alfons Schuhbeck.

"I read the campaign 'Together for Africa' in 'Stern' and was determined to get involved," Hoeneß said. Around 10.000 sausages brought the managers, the kicker and the star chef to the people. The real Nuremberg sausages had of course brought Hoeness from his own meat factory (Howe).

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Most EU pigs still produce Germany

Spain could become the largest pig producer and pig exporter of the enlarged EU in the medium to long term. This was pointed out by experts during a producer event organized by the Bavarian Farmers' Association in Herrsching. Germany is still the leader in pig production in the Union, but the gap with Spain is decreasing.

Spain currently holds as many pigs as Denmark and the Netherlands combined. The Spanish pork sector will grow significantly over the next decade, despite competition from Brazil, the US and possibly Eastern Europe. In the last 40 years, the total number of pigs has already quadrupled, and the number of breeding sows in Spain has increased even more.

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