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Copa-Cogeca released new EU grain harvest estimates revealing a 1% production drop in this years EU cereals harvest.

Total wheat exports from Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan over the next decade will be approximately 33% of the world wheat exports, nearly two times more than projected wheat exports from the current leader - the United States (17.7%).

A market share of almost 90 percent of all slaughters is being carried out by no more than just the Top 5 sow slaughterers. Here you can see that the sows-for-slaughter market is by far more concentrated than is the pigs-for-slaughter market.

Senasica announced that the Chinese health authorities will carry out inspections at 8 TIF establishments in the states of Nuevo León, Chihuahua and Yucatán, from June 19 until July 2.

The EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the EU's first trade deal with an Asian country, will apply as of 1 July 2011. It is unprecedented in terms of the scope and speed of tariff liberalisation and breaks new ground in tackling significant non-tariff barriers across all sectors.

Wholesale pork prices are at their highest since 1997. Pork bellies and ham stockpiles are also up from 2010. Pork belly stockpiles are up 28% from 2010 numbers.

The average amount of pork exported by Germany during the first four months of this year has decreased compared with the same period last year.

On June 29 the South African Minister of Agriculture announced the opening of their markets to the importation of pork from Brazil, which had been suspended after the detection of Foot and Mouth Disease in Brazil in 2005.

The Chinese market is finally opening to British pork after years of negotiations. Half a dozen UK plants have been approved following inspections and export health certificates have been agreed.

The latest data from the Single Market Management Committee of the European Commission shows a 28,5% increase in the exportation of pork between the months of January and April of 2011, reaching 974.302 tons.

In the first quarter of 2011 exports of fresh and frozen pork totalled 34,000 tonnes, up seven per cent year on year. This was helped by a narrowing of the price difference between UK prices and those on the continent.

The Internal Trade Department expects pork prices to drop soon after it suspends swine exports across the borders to neighbouring countries next week.

An Eurostat overview shows that there were just over 48 million people employed within the EU27’s food chain in 2008, equivalent to more than a fifth of total employment.

Agriculture ministers from the G20 group of nations have agreed a series of measures they hope will reduce food price volatility and boost supplies. In a communique following a two day meeting in Paris ministers said they would adopt a new collective rapid response system to help calm any spikes in prices.

G20 Agriculture Ministers are meeting in Paris today to discuss measures to address the problem of high food prices and market volatility.

The agroforestry sector grew by 15,8% alter falling by 0,4%in the fourth trimester of 2010. As far as subsectors are concerned, the GDP contributions are, on average, 20% agriculture (crops); 40%, fruit growing; 40% livestock and 20% forestry.