Cereals, oilseeds, and protein and leguminous crops prices and production forecasts
The EU estimates that the sown area of all the cereals would reach levels slightly higher than those of the 2015/16 season, with a total of 57.8 million hectares.
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Rabobank: EU grains-to-pork value chains must leverage country strengths
Over the past 30 years, the European value chain—spanning from grains & oilseeds (G&O) via feed to pork—has developed into three main business models: specialisation, semi-integration and full integration.
Spanish swine sector estimates for 2016 a growth
Spanish swine sector estimates for 2016 a growth of 3.5 percent for total slaughters and of 3.9 percent of pork production.
Ireland: €1M package for pig sector
The Minister for Agriculture Food & the Marine Simon Coveney T.D. has announced the mechanism for the distribution of the €1m direct aid package for pig farmers in Ireland.
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
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.