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Map of where the pig farms are located within the core, infected, and buffer zones as well as the cases in wild boar.

Agricultural and forestry areas must first be completely searched for dead or infected wild boars by officials or authorized persons.

The Presidency will focus on animal welfare, digitalisation and reducing food waste and Farm to fork.

An additional $14 billion dollars is available for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19.

Germany's economic stimulus package for 2020 and 2021 will allocate a total of 300 million euros for barn remodeling that promotes greater animal welfare.

This will be the first laboratory facility in the U.S. to provide BSL-4 laboratories capable of housing cattle and other large livestock, and will eventually replace the Plum Island Animal Disease Center.

The Federal Council has approved the General Administrative Regulation for the designation of nitrate contaminated and eutrophicated areas.

The modern animal disease laboratory will ultimately help protect the livestock industries in Central Luzon from diseases like ASF and FMD.

The Federal Council now requires farrowing pens to have an area of 6.5 m².

So far this year, more than 63 million tons of grain have been harvested.

There was a 4.5% reduction in the number of pigs slaughtered in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period of 2019.

The DGCCRF has carried out inspections to verify compliance with the rules of labelling and traceability of meat: pork, beef, poultry, and lamb.

The 261 pig farms left empty due to African swine fever can now be gradually restocked.

One of the recently detected ASF outbreaks is located near Kalisz, a region where there was previously no need for ASF zoning.

The plan guides agency efforts to tackle foodborne pathogens.

In the first quarter of 2020, German companies produced 37% more meat substitute products than for the same period in 2019.

On Friday, 6 new cases were confirmed, raising the total, so far, to 13 positive cases.

A new case of ASF has been confirmed in a wild board in Neuzelle, bringing the total to 7 confirmed cases so far in Germany.

Its aim is to develop recommendations and suggestions for agriculture in Germany that are economical, ecological, sustainable, and socially acceptable.

Earth Map empowers FAO’s Hand-in-Hand geospatial platform and allows anyone with basic Internet access to tap critical climate, environmental and agricultural information.

As pig production continues to recover, the pork supply is gradually improving, which is expected to keep Q4 pork prices lower than last year.

Clean pig slaughterings in the United Kingdom reached 964,000 head in July 2020.