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The United States and China have reached an agreement to reopen the Chinese market to U.S. pork and pork products, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced.

A total of € 346.5 million of EU farm money unduly spent by Member States is claimed back as a result of a conformity clearance procedure decision adopted by the European Commission. The money returns to the EU budget because of non-compliance with EU rules or inadequate control procedures on agricultural expenditure.

Bureau of Animal Industry Director Dr Davinio Catbagan said that currently, there is no need for any additional chicken and pork imports.

Vietnam plans to spend VND 198 billion (USD 10.76 million) this year as an incentive to farmers to apply new technology and scientific research to increase safety and quality of their produce.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA will expand guidance currently in place for loans to contract poultry operations meant to protect them from questionable business practices to include contract pork operations.

At the end of 2008, Iowa had 8,300 hog operations. Approximately 30 million hogs are raised in Iowa each year.

Aside from causing daily power outages in parts of the Philippines, the ongoing dry spell is also causing the prices of chicken and pork to increase. A party-list representative estimates retail prices of the two types of meat typically bought by Filipino households may go up by $0.10 a kilo (5 pesos) by April of May.

During the first 9 months of 2009, Belgium exported 30,775 tons of pig meat to Russia. This represents an increase in volume of 9% and in value of 35% compared to the same period of 2008.

The objective of the Scenar 2020-II study was to refine and improve the identification of major future trends and driving factors – and the perspectives and challenges resulting from them – provided by the initial Scenar 2020 study (December 2006) on the future of European agriculture and the rural world.

The EU and Vietnam have agreed to launch bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations following a meeting between EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi.

The United States and Russia have reached an agreement to reopen the Russian market to U.S. pork and pork products, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said.

The European Commission has authorised today a Slovak scheme with a budget of approximately €3.32 million which aims at supporting farmers in Slovakia who encounter difficulties as a result of the current economic crisis. Aid under this scheme can be granted until 31 December 2010 and will take the form of a direct grant.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack launched USDA's Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers Program to help American agricultural producers adjust to the current, challenging economic environment.

The effect of economic growth on demand for livestock products depends on the rate of growth and where it occurs. Demand for livestock products is more responsive to income growth in low-income countries than in higher-income countries.

The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, or GIPSA, is taking a closer look at swine production contracts to ensure their compliance with the Farm Bill requirements. The 2008 Farm Bill established new requirements for swine contracts under the Packers and Stockyards Act. These requirements went into effect on June 18, 2008, upon passage of the Farm Bill.

Customs director Rafael Camilo yesterday said the 50% reduction on import fees for poultry and of pig farmers seeks to protect those sectors and cause lower prices of important staples for the Dominican population.