Copa and Cogeca call for urgent action to offset severe impact of Russian crisis on EU pigmeat sector
Copa and Cogeca send letter to EU Commission calling for urgent action to offset severe impact of Russian crisis on EU pigmeat sector.
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European Union: Commission indicated its readiness to evaluate the pigmeat market situation
Concerning pigmeat, the Commission recalled that temporary private storage measures were implemented in March and indicated its readiness to evaluate the market situation.
Canada: government supports industry-led study to explore price hog hedging program
Minister Gerry Ritz announced an investment of up to $169,530 to the CPC to explore the feasibility of developing a hedging program that would offer price stability and address the cash flow needs of Canadian hog producers.
European Union: pigmeat production is expected to increase
Pigmeat production is expected to increase further in 2015, driven by low feed prices and a slightly higher breeding sows herd.
The ivory tower or defending the impossible
The harsh reality is that the outlook is bleak in all Europe.
FAO Food Price Index falls to its lowest value since September 2009
The May decline was driven by a 3.8 percent monthly drop in the cereal price index, a 2.9 percent drop in the dairy price index and a one percent drop in the meat price index.
Good News and Big Changes Coming in the US
Big news in US as Seaboard and Triumph Foods announce plans to build and operate a large-scale packing plant in Sioux City. One of the things which this move signals is the further coordination of the production sector with consumer demand.
FAO predicts world food import bill to fall to five-year low
"The world food import bill is forecast to reach a five-year low in 2015", the report says, mainly driven by a decline in international prices, low freight rates and a strong US dollar.
European Union: Private Storage Aid for Pigmeat may be requested until today, May 8
The deadline for submitting applications for private storage aid for pigmeat under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/360 will be today, May 8, 2015.
We awaken to hope every morning but reality tucks us in at night
Everyone in the United States is waiting for the return of the seasonal pattern and the prospect of prices breaking out of this extended period of flat-lining which has gone on for almost two months now.
FAO food price index drops again in March
The FAO Food Price Index continued to decline in March, dropping 1.5 percent from February and 18.7 percent (40 points) below its level a year earlier.
European Union: new short-term agricultural market outlook
A higher pig herd and increased productivity following the implementation of welfare rules in the sow sector should create conditions for a continuous recovery in production over the projection period at around 23 million tonnes.
Germany or the strongest guy in the class
The prices recover both in northern and southern Europe.
European Union: Commission launches Private Storage Aid for pigmeat
A Commission move to introduce Private Storage Aid for pigmeat in order to ease pressure on the EU pigmeat market has been voted on by Member States in the [Management] Committee.
France: measures for the pig sector
The Minister of Agriculture and the pig sector have met to look for solutions before the situation faced by the sector.
United States: value records for pork exports in 2014
Export value for both U.S. beef and pork reached new heights in 2014, posting double-digit gains over the previous year’s totals.