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During the last Agriculture and Fisheries Council, the Polish delegation briefed the Ministers on the constant difficulties faced by the pig and milk sectors.

The report focuses on the existing frameworks for fighting against unfair business practices.

The programme will receive €30 million, especially addressed to the dairy and pig sectors, that are facing difficulties.

The Meat Price Index moved 1.1 percent lower than its revised December value, with prices of all meat categories falling, except pigmeat, which was sustained by the opening of private storage aid in the EU.

During the three weeks it has been operating, the EU member countries requested financial aid for a total of 90,025 tons of pork

Breton pig cooperatives Aveltis, Triskalia, Prestor, Porelia and Syproporcs announced Monday their intention to jointly market their pigs.

It is necessary to suspend the submission of applications for the aid provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2334 and reject certain applications made before the period of suspension.

This agreement envisages the creation of a voluntary fund by pork marketing.

In the first nine months of 2015 the exports fell by 8%.

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo hailed as the “most significant outcome on agriculture” in the organization’s 20-year history.

Over the full year, meat was on average 15.1 cheaper than in 2014.

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.

Real agricultural income per worker down by 4.3 % in the EU.

If realized, the 2015 forecast for net farm income would be the lowest since 2002 (in both real and nominal terms) and a drop of 55 percent from the recent high of $123.3 billion in 2013.

The members of parliament, that held a National Assembly Regular Meeting last Friday, rejected the creation of a tax on abattoirs.