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The Dutch government is launching subsidies for farmers who want to innovate their farms or relocate to minimize their environmental impact.

Pork production in the first seven months of the year grew 2.3% compared to the same period in 2023.

Spanish agri-food and fisheries exports increased by 3% in 2023 and exceeded 70,000 million euros for the first time.

Planting intentions for the new season continue to fall, discouraging early grain marketing. Futures prices are rebalancing on expectations of a higher proportion of early corn.

In the first half of the year pig slaughter decreased by 0.83%.

The import of pigs for slaughter decreased by 4.1% in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023.

Argentina regains ground in the global soybean meal market, overcoming the effects of the 2023 drought. Consolidation of the sector is essential to maintain global competitiveness.

In the first half of this year, Chinese pork and offal imports decreased by 28%.

EU farmers will receive higher CAP advances to ease liquidity issues, up to 70% for direct payments and 85% for rural interventions.

Compared to the July report, cuts were made to corn production in the European Union and Ukraine, while estimates for the United States and Argentina improved slightly. Global soybean production, trade, and ending stock forecasts increased, supported by increases in the U.S. harvest and exports.

The African swine fever situation is expected to improve in the second half of 2025.

On Wednesday, the Federal Cabinet passed an amendment to the Building Code with the law to strengthen integrated urban development.

Massachusetts Question 3 bans the sale of pork from hogs born to sows raised in housing that doesn’t comply with the state’s prescriptive standards.

In the first half of 2024, Spain imported 1,130,148 piglets from the Netherlands.

The Department of Agriculture procured 600,000 ASF vaccines to limit the spread of the virus.

Global wheat and barley export prices fell month-on-month while maize, sorghum, and rice prices increased.

Several projects focus on research related to vaccines that could mitigate the spread of ASF.

Shipments to most destinations decreased. Canada and South Korea show the greatest declines.

The English breeding pig herd has fallen to its lowest figure ever recorded.

World pig meat prices decreased for the second consecutive month due to lackluster import demand.

This week, the results of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture in the European Union were presented, a key meeting for the agricultural sector across the continent.

USDA research documents absence of Trichinella infection in commercial pigs.

Paraná exported around 56 tons of frozen pork cuts to the Philippines in July.

Corn could suffer a year-on-year decrease of 21% in area, representing 2 million hectares.