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What is the reason for the decrease by 2.5% in pig slaughterings?

Within the framework of the visit to Spain of the President of the People's Republic of China, Mr Xi Jinping, the signing of two protocols that will allow to start the exports of table grapes and an increase in the number of pork products from Spain to China took place today.

USA and Brazil had the lowest production costs in 2017.

The Ministers showed their concern for the pig sector regarding African swine fever.

USDA and the FDA should jointly oversee the production of cell-cultured food products derived from livestock and poultry.

A “melting pot” of risks – including US trade war with China, disease and extreme weather – threaten global food price stability of meat and seafood, according to research from Rabobank.

The National Pork Board, the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that they will engage in a foresight-based marketing study called Pork 2040.

According to FAS-USDA, Russian pork production is forecast to reach 3.310 million M T (CWE) in 2019.

Between January and August 2018, pig production in Russia has increased by 10.5%.

Although during the first 10 months of 2018 the exports have dropped in comparison with 2017, October has shown positive figures.

The Minister, Mr Blairo Maggi, received last Wednesday the official communication of the Veterinary and Plant Health Surveillance Federal Service (Rosselkhoznadzor).

According to the Russian authorities, the Russian Federation aligned its measures completely with the organization's guidelines.

Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle will be the candidate to preside over the FAO's Directorate General.

After the new foot-and-mouth disease cases in Colombia, the Venezuelan Government has forbidden the entry of Colombian animals and their products.

International food commodity prices dipped in October, as falling dairy, meat and vegetable oils prices more than offset a surge in sugar prices.

The main trait of the Belgian agricultural sector is the structural decrease in the number of farms that leads to the concentration of land ownership.

The report published by the Commission is the first focusing specifically on the application of EU competition rules to the agricultural sector.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has agreed to lift restrictions on imports of some fresh and frozen pork from Poland that were put in place October 18, 2018 due to potential risk from African Swine Fever (ASF).

Exports of pork continue to decline.

The FAS foresees an increase in the US production of pork for next year.

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has suspended entry of imports of fresh and frozen pork and pork products from Poland while it completes a review of that country’s export protocols.

The Commission published the latest Farm Economics Overview report which shows that incomes in the EU farming sector grew in 2014 and 2015, which increase reverses the decline seen in 2013.