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In June, price quotations for all meats represented index rose, according to the FAO Meat Price Index.

Since Colombia has recovered its FMD-free status with vaccination, Peru has lifted restrictions on pork.

The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook provides projections for world oilseed and cereal markets for the period 2021-2030.

Both African swine fever outbreaks in wild boar (7,429) and in pigs (526) have increased compared to the same period last year.

According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of pig farms has decreased by 47% in the last ten years.

EU pigmeat production is expected to continue increasing in 2021, as additional production in some EU countries more than compensated for the decrease due to ASF in Germany.

Between April and June 2021 excess pork production in China has lowered pork prices, caused small and medium producers to liquidate farm inventories, and limited piglet restocking.

The state crisis team to combat ASF in Brandenburg has decided to build a protection corridor along the border with Poland.

From January to May of this year, pork imports have increased by 65%.

New regulation requires minimum floor space for breeding sows and bans the sale of pork in California that does not come from animals housed under these standards.

As of May 3, 2021, the number of pigs in Germany stood at 24.6 million head.

A study from Wageningen Livestock Research and Utrecht University concludes it is too early to stop tail docking entirely in The Netherlands.

The significant fall in antibiotic use in food-producing animals suggests that the measures taken at country level to reduce use are proving to be effective.

A total of 278 pig farmers will receive funding through the Subsidy Scheme for the Remediation of Pig Farms to close and demolish their pig farms.

The proposal will come as part of the ongoing revision of the animal welfare legislation under the Farm to Fork Strategy.

The past month has been fraught with ASF outbreaks in pigs.

So far this year, seven outbreaks of ASF have been detected in domestic pigs, three of them in the Lodzkie Voivodeship.

The number of hogs and pigs on U.S. farms was down 2% from June 2020.

The presidency concluded by emphasising the global aspect of the threat and the need to take action at international level.

The new resolution will allow the commercialization of genetically modified animals and their products.

Pig slaughter in Germany was down 4.2% in the first quarter of 2021.

The provisional political agreement reached by the European Parliament and Council on the new Common Agricultural Policy introduces a fairer, greener, more animal friendly and flexible CAP.

The proposal will allow the use of insect proteins and non-ruminant proteins (collagen and gelatin) in poultry and swine feed.