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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.  

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.

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 negotiations beteween pig producers and abattoirs will resume next Thursday 26 November, with new rules of the game.

The new aid scheme will benefit from a 20 percent increase in storage rates and will include fresh lard.

On specialist pig farms, average Farm Business Income fell by almost a quarter in 2014/15 to £49,400 per farm.