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In adopting the communiqué of the 10th Berlin Agriculture Ministers Conference, the participant ministers from 69 states, as well as representatives of the European Commission and of international organisations such as the OIE and FAO, have committed themselves to responsible and sustainable animal husbandry.

Poland encouraged the Commission to take action among others through: aid for private storage...

The aim of this broad enquiry is to get a general picture of the strengths and the weaknesses of the rural development policy.

As a result of eleven months of 2017, pork accounted for 35.1% of the total volume of industrial meat production.

The value of EU agri-food exports in November 2017, now at EUR 12.7 billion, increased impressively by almost EUR 1 billion compared to November 2016.

The European Commission has referred the proposed transaction between Smithfield Foods of the US and Pini Polonia of Poland to the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) at its request. Both companies are active in the slaughtering of pigs in Poland.

The value of the meat exports from Santa Catarina reached USD2,600 million in 2017.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced its continued effort to modernize inspection systems through science-based approaches to food safety.

The Minister of Agriculture of Brazil, Mr Blairo Maggi, highlighted that the agriculture and livestock sector exports reached USD96,100 million in 2017: an increase by 13%.

Between January and November 2017, Russian pig production increased by 6.5%.

During the first nine months of 2017, the drop in pig slaughterings in France was more noticeable than at a European level: -2.7% of heads.

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is recognizing Mexico as free of classical swine fever (CSF).

The Commission will give additional funding of €169 million to promote EU agricultural products throughout the world - €27 million more than in 2017.

Thanks to the EU budget guarantee, the EIB was able to offer the company this loan and as a result we will see more R&D activity in rural areas in Bulgaria, leading to growth in the economy and new jobs created.