The EU member countries requested financial aid for 90,025 t of pork whilst they remain in private storage
During the three weeks it has been operating, the EU member countries requested financial aid for a total of 90,025 tons of pork
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Belgium approves measures to support the pig sector
This agreement envisages the creation of a voluntary fund by pork marketing.
French pig market marked by fragility in 2015
In the first nine months of 2015 the exports fell by 8%.
Flu productive impact
There are many open topics, such as: 1) what is the impact of the disease in endemic situations at the reproductive level (irregular return to estrus / fertility), especially in gilts; or 2) what is the productive impact in farrowing units, especially when we know that suckling piglets can play a role as a reservoir of the virus in an endemically infected farm.
The Regulation regarding the aid to private storage of pork has been published
The Official Journal of the EU has published the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2334, that opens private storage for pigmeat and fixes in advance the amount of aid.
EU: Real agricultural income per worker down
Real agricultural income per worker down by 4.3 % in the EU.
France: rejection of the tax on abattoirs
The members of parliament, that held a National Assembly Regular Meeting last Friday, rejected the creation of a tax on abattoirs.
France intends to impose a tax on slaughterhouses to help farmers in crisis
MPs voted the creation of a special tax for companies processing meat products exceeding €250 M in order to provide relief funds for farmers in crisis.
Pigmeat production is expected to expand by less than 2% by 2025
Following a strong recovery in 2014 and 2015, pigmeat production is expected to expand by less than 2 % by 2025 as compared with 2015.
The Marché du Porc Breton will resume its activity
The negotiations beteween pig producers and abattoirs will resume next Thursday 26 November, with new rules of the game.
China will increase its cereal and oilseed imports
It is expected that the cereal and oilseed demand in China will increase from 600 million tonnes in 2014 to 700 million tonnes in 2020.
Pig farm incomes in England fell
On specialist pig farms, average Farm Business Income fell by almost a quarter in 2014/15 to £49,400 per farm.
European Commission formally proposes support for EU farmers
The Commission proposes that European farmers receive emergency support of an additional €700 million compared to the draft budget proposed in May.
"Enjoy, it's from Europe": Over €100 million to promote European agriculture in 2016
In 2016 European producers will benefit from programmes worth €111 million to find new markets and promote consumption outside and inside the EU.
France: Cooperl also chooses to apply its own price
Cooperl has decided to pay its live pigs supplier partners a provisional base price that has in mind the market situation.
New crisis in the relevant French pig market
Daniel Picart, president of the Marché du Porc Breton, relevant French market, left his post on Thursday. The MPB suspended its trading, scheduled for Thursday, postponing it to a later date.