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The programmes are designed to help producers in the EU agri-food sector communicate about the quality of their products.

The simplified rules agreed as part of the Omnibus concern direct payments, rural development, the common market organisation and horizontal regulation, and will benefit farmers in a number of ways.

Year-on-year increase by 7% encouraged by the rise in domestic consumption, that reached 13.7 kg per capita and with an expected growth of 8-9.5% in 2017.

The matters related to the technical cooperation and the exchange of experiences in the electronic certification of livestock products were addressed.

After years of consecutive drops in meat consumption, last year the figures were similar to those of the previous year.

Published by the European Commission, the latest monthly trade report shows that European agri-food exports remain strong for August 2017 further increasing the trade balance to €2.4 billion.

According to USDA "Quarterly Hogs and Pigs (September 2017)", United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on September 1, 2017 was 73.5 million head. This was up 2 percent from September 1, 2016, and up 3 percent from June 1, 2017.

Investment of up to $1.31 million to the Canadian Animal Health Coalition (CAHC).

Since 2011, the German pharmaceutical industry has the obligation of recording, yearly, the amount of commercialised veterinary medicines, specially antibiotics, and of reporting these data to a central register.

No decision has yet been made on imports of pork from the United States and pig raisers and traders worried about the possible affect on their income should remain calm, the commerce minister said on Monday.

The Trump administration announced it will withdraw regulations related to the buying and selling of livestock, a move strongly commended by the National Pork Producers Council.

The Technological Centre for Food Innovation (Centro Tecnológico para la Innovación Alimentaria, CeTA) expects a public-private investment of CLP17,534 million.

The goals regarding the decrease in the use of antibiotics have not only been attained but exceeded.

Global production is forecast up nearly 2 percent in 2018 to 113.1 million tons, primarily on expansion in China and to a lesser extent the United States.

A total of 30 European countries — 29 European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland — submitted data on sales or prescriptions (two countries) of antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products (VMPs) to the European Medicines Agency for 2015.

Thailand’s 12 livestock and agriculture associations have voiced concerns over the negative impact on Thai farmers if the government opens the pork market to the US.