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An investment of more than $4.6 million will go to three projects to grow the pork industry and to help farms face the threat of ASF.

The site is located outside the previously established core zone of the restriction area and is directly in the border area to the neighboring state of Brandenburg.

The Council and the Parliament agreed to update the way regional farming statistics are reported in the EU.

The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA), the National Institute for Drug and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), and the Danish Veterinary and Food Agency (DVFA) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to continue cooperation between Colombia and Denmark in veterinary and food safety matters.

The Agricultural Inputs Bill was approved in the first debate of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

In view of the favorable epidemiological situation of CSF, Bulgaria has been removed from the EU list of restricted zones.

China has published statistics for the country's total sown area, yield, and total grain output in 2021.

Over the last 5 years, production in the swine industry has increased by 39% (1.5 million tonnes).

Argentina and the European Union integrate their systems for issuing health certificates with electronic signatures for exports of animal products and by-products.

This working paper published by USDA explores how the COVID-19 pandemic affected U.S. pork processing plants, including measuring changes to regional slaughter in 2020.

Parliament’s committee of inquiry into the protection of animals during transport adopted its conclusions and recommendations.

The Flemish government has decided to allocate additional funds to VLAM and Belpork for pork marketing and support for pig farmers.

Commission decides to refer SPAIN to the Court of Justice of the European Union for poor implementation of the Nitrates Directive.

The new facility will be used to inspect imported containerized agri-fishery commodities to strengthen the country’s food safety regulatory system.

The fourth consecutive monthly rise in the value of the FFPI, putting the index at its highest level since June 2011.

EU pork exports during September decreased by 26% compared to the same month of the previous year and by 9.4% compared to August.

ABPA has reported on the authorization of nine companies exporting pork to Russia.

This case was found in an area previously free of ASF, in the district of Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

ANETIF has signed a memorandum of understanding with the CMA to bring together meat companies from both countries.

Pig slaughter in Portugal during the first nine months of 2021 grew by 1.2% compared to the same period of the previous year.

African swine fever was first reported in south of Haiti but since then ten cases have been reported in the north.

This is the first outbreak of African swine fever in North Chungcheong Province.

Swine populations on both backyard farms and commercial farms have seen significant declines.

Over 230,000 pigs have been sacrificed this year due to African swine fever outbreaks in Vietnam.