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.
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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.
France: The Agriculture Minister calls for new types of contract for the pig sector
In order to encourage new contractual arrangements in the pig sector, the Ministry of Agriculture offers various stakeholders a working document.
Pig crisis in France: the Bigard business group applies its own price
The group has decided to apply a free market price. This decision has been harshly condemned by the pig farmers.
Cheap feed, cheap gas, lots of pork
US pork industry is enjoying the lowest feed costs in quite some time. A significant number of new hogs to be raised in the U.S. is expected. Will the production arrive ahead of the new slaughter capacity?
Agricultural crisis: €500m aid package not enough, say MEPs
Many MEPs called for new market measures to tackle price volatility and further support for farmers to find new foreign outlets.
Private Storage Aid schemes for pigmeat will be extended to fresh lard
Private Storage Aid schemes for pigmeat will be extended to fresh lard, responding to the proposal that some of the so - called 'fifth - quarter cuts' should be included.
A VAT reduction causes an increase in meat consumption in Romania
Romanian government's decision to reduce VAT for meat and products from 24% to 9% resulted in an increase in the sale of meat.
Copa and Cogeca warn new EU Commission aid package far from sufficient
Copa and Cogeca warn new EU Commission aid package far from sufficient to improve drastic EU situation hitting agriculture markets caused mainly by Russian crisis.
Crisis in the pig and dairy sectors: the Commission put forward a package of measures
In response to the difficulties currently being faced by these sectors the Commission put forward a package of measures worth EUR 500 millions.
France announces new aid measures for the livestock sector
After demonstration in Paris, Manuel Valls promised to increase aid to €3,000 M and to lower social contributions.