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The French government will allot €70,000,000 in the framework of the Economic and Social Development Fund.

Which Member States are the biggest producers of cereals, tomatoes or apples? And which produce the most meat from cattle, pigs or poultry?

Final crop areas, yields, livestock populations and agricultural workforce At June 2016 - United Kingdom.

The FranceAgriMer board specialised in “white meats” met last 29 November under the presidency of Mr. Jean-Michel Schaeffer to evaluate the conditions of the market for pork and fowl.

In the case of pork, the high foreign demand has encouraged the increase in exports, alleviating the lower domestic demand.

Consumers are set to benefit from downward pressure on global meat prices during 2017, according to Rabobank, the leading food and agribusiness bank.

"Simplification and modernisation will be the key words and the main goals of the Statement on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy..."

The memorandum will allow to start the work to establish the requirements that must be fulfilled by those interested in selling pig offal.

The Council acknowledges the importance of a well-functioning food supply chain and expresses concern about the vulnerability of farmers in this context, despite multiple efforts to improve their situation.

Pigmeat production is now expected to expand only marginally (by less than 1.3 % by 2026 compared to its 2016 high levels).

In 2016, the livestock and fowl production for slaughter increased by 5%, reaching more than 14 million tonnes in liveweight.

The exports of Spanish pork and processed pork products recorded, between January and August, an invoincing of €2,885 million: +15,3% in comparison with the same period in 2015.

Hog prices will continue to reflect very large supplies of slaughter-ready animals. Average fourth -quarter live equivalent prices for 51-52 percent lean animals are expected to average $34 -$36 per cwt, almost 22 percent below a year ago.

Between January and October 2016, pig production for slaughter in the Russian farms has grown by 13.5% in terms of liveweight.

The new work team will strengthen the competitiveness of the pig sector and will monitor that the imports fulfil the same requirements imposed on the national producers.