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The increase in the pig production cost index was driven by the 5.93% variation in nutrition costs.

U.S. exports of feed grains in all forms (GIAF) end marketing year at nearly 101 million metric tons.

Global pork production forecast to be higher in 2021 due to recovery from both ASF and COVID-19. Demand from China to fall 6% and US production expected to be up slightly.

In the first half of 2020, 2.6 million tons of pork were produced in Germany.

Year-on-year, the index is down 9.5 points (9.4 percent) from its value in the corresponding month last year.

The latest short-term outlook report for EU agricultural markets, by the European Commission, presents trends and prospects for cereals, oilseeds, and pigmeat.

There are fewer and fewer domestic pigs available for the meat industry in Germany.

China works on developing its livestock industry to rely less on foreign imports of pork.

A new training fund aims to boost the number of veterinarians that are qualified to certify products of animal origin for export.

An additional $14 billion dollars is available for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19.

There was a 4.5% reduction in the number of pigs slaughtered in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period of 2019.