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This report reviews whether the grain market and grain price can be stabilised by the variation of the use of grain in the EU-27's production of bioethanol.

Today, the House Agriculture Committee approved three bills for consideration by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Exports of pork are expected to increase by 20 % over the next year.

With the local and global demand for pork increasing, Botswana can have a stake in its production, according to a study released this week.

Cash income for Canadian farm businesses rose 2.8%, or nearly $300 million, to $11.0 billion from 2008 to 2009 despite declines in four provinces. This was the third consecutive annual increase in cash income as crop revenues remained strong and expenses fell for the first time since 1986.

Russia’s government adopted a list of essential food goods to have retail price limits. The text of the document was published in the Rossiyskaya daily on Monday.

Members of a House Agriculture subcommittee expressed deep concern with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's proposed rule on livestock and poultry contracts and marketing arrangements, a regulation that would limit pork producers' options in selling pigs to processors.

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance informs that the Rosselkhoznadzor imposes temporary restrictions on import of all species of animals susceptible to FMD, products thereof and raw materials obtained from these animals from the territory of the Akmolinskaya Oblast of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Russian Federation from 09.07.2010 due to occurrence of FMD in this territory.

Although the German pig herd has shrunk over the past couple of years, German producers are importing increasing numbers of slaughter hogs and piglets from other countries, in particular Denmark.

Retail prices for meat and eggs rose for the sixth consecutive month in June, reflecting the contraction of the nation’s livestock herds.

The Animal Nutrition Association of Canada says livestock producers will need to pay close attention to the cost of feed ingredients this winter and adjust rations accordingly.

The governments of Canada and Quebec are launching two new programs to support innovation in the agriculture and agri-food sector under the Growing Forward bilateral agreement.

Russia may export 60 times more pork and poultry by 2020, even as it seeks to build its food security by reducing dependence on imported meat, Agriculture Minister Yelena Skrynnik said Tuesday.

How should the EU's farm policy be reshaped and how should it be funded after 2013? Parliament set out its views in a resolution adopted on Thursday, ahead of the publication this autumn of the Commission's agricultural reform plans.

Dominican Republic ’s Agriculture Ministry and pork producers will adopt the joint measures needed to declare the country free of Classic Swine Fever so that meat can be exported, especially to the United States.

Agriculture and Food Minister Jim Paice set out how the new Task Force on Farming Regulation will work to reduce the bureaucratic burdens that English farmers and food producers face.