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The continued price strength stemmed from higher world poultry, pig and bovine meat prices.

March pork exports were the largest so far this year but well below the record-large totals posted in March 2021.

Funding for two recipient organizations will help the sector increase its capacity to face animal health emergencies including African swine fever.

The member states that have requested the largest amount of private storage aid for pigmeat are the Netherlands, Denmark, and Spain.

African swine fever has been confirmed in a wild boar found in "Grande Raccordo Anulare".

While pigmeat remains the EU's fourth-strongest export sector, exports decreased in January.

The initiative includes the sustainability labelling of food products

Russia is the largest supplier of wheat to the world market while meeting the needs of its domestic market.

In the first fifteen weeks of 2022, Mexican pork exports showed a weekly growth of 0.85%.

According to the latest USDA estimates, China will continue to be the world's leading pork producer and importer. The European Union will be the leading exporter of pork.

After years of increases, Spanish imports of live pigs decreased in 2021.

Vietnam, which imports a lot of animal feed ingredients from the US, is also promoting animal feed exports to this market.

China is capable of ensuring its grain security, according to agricultural officials and experts at the China Agricultural Outlook Conference 2022.

Up to $6 million will help build a new facility that will increase the production of sustainable, insect-based products to feed animals.

A study on ASF cross-border risk assessment in South-East Asia, China, Timor Leste, and Papua New Guinea was commissioned to better understand the different risk pathways for (re)introduction.

The organisers of the initiative call on the Commission to exclude livestock farming from activities eligible for agricultural subsidies and to include ethical and ecological alternatives, such as cell farming and plant proteins.

According to SIAP's "2022 Agrifood Outlook", the state of Jalisco is the national leader in various agricultural products, including pork.

While in most EU countries the number of breeding females is decreasing, in Spain it is increasing.

The International Grains Council foresees a 13m t drop in total grains production for 2022/23.

In the first quarter of 2022, Chinese pork imports have decreased by more than 60%.

The proposal is one of the measures to tackle the serious crisis caused by overproduction and the global and national economic situation.

Denmark is to be the first country in the world to have a state-controlled climate label for foods.

Animal drugs compounded from bulk drug substances are not FDA-approved and the agency has not evaluated them to ensure that they are safe and effective.