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FAO’s first forecast for the 2024/25 season points to an overall comfortable global cereal supply and demand situation.

The EC clarifies the use of force majeure and exceptional circumstances for the EU agricultural sector in case of unforeseeable and extreme weather events.

In the last 10 years, the total pig census in the EU27 has suffered a decrease of 6%, with a significant increase in Spain and a decrease in Germany.

Below is the list of the top 10 global exporters of agri-food products in 2023.

Pig exports (for finishing and slaughter) increased by 19.5% in the first quarter of 2024, from 146,624 head in 2023 to 175,140 in 2024.

The new tariffs aim to stop the imports of grain from Russia and Belarus into the EU in practice.

About 564,000 ha more than expected were sown, resulting in a record corn planting in the core region. Production could have reached 17 Mt, but leafhoppers got in the way.

The import of pigs for slaughter increased by 9.6% and meat and meat product imports increased by 3.9% in the first quarter of 2024.

Based on data collected by FEFAC, industrial compound feed production within the EU27 is expected to decrease in 2024

An increase in diversification of production in the EU requires available agricultural land suitable for the needed crops.

In recent months, pork production has grown nearly 4%.

The Vietnamese authorities have given the go-ahead for UK pork exports to commence.

The three leading slaughterhouses control more than 58% of the country's total slaughter.