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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.

Romanian swine inventories have been on a continuous downward trend since 2010, falling by 8 percent in five years.

Pork is the main protein source for the Vietnamese population, Vietnam being the third country in the world in terms of pork consumption per capita.

President Putin wants to extend Russia's ban on Western food imports as long as possible in order to help local producers.

The 1.8% decrease in EU agricultural output can be mainly attributed to a marked fall (by 5.5%) in the value of animal production, due to steep falls by 14.4% for milk and by 6.5% for pigs.

European farmers eligible for direct payments will receive as from 1 December 2016 an additional €435 million amounting to the unused crisis reserve.

During the third trimester of 2016, the food and agriculture sector has made exports for some USD22,000 million.

Danish Crown’s management presented a new strategy which includes an extremely ambitious objective. The settlement price paid to Danish pig producers is to be raised by a further DKK 0.60 compared to an EU index for settlement prices which Danish Crown has exceeded by more than DKK 0.20 in the past year.

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group are preparing a joint financial instrument to combine rural development funding with the European Fund for Strategic Investments.

Production of pork in 2016 is expected to decrease by 6 percent as a result of the lower swine inventories.

The target figure for the Ecoantibio Plan has nearly been reached with a drop of 20.1% in the exposure of animals to antibiotics (all families) over the past 4 years (2012-2015 inclusive).

The farm, that is located in the district of Lianxi (Jiujiang, Jiangxi), has 482 susceptible animals.

The report focuses on major foodborne bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics that are considered important to human medicine, and on multidrug resistant organisms.

Record-high stock levels are set to keep worldwide food prices low during 2017 even as inflation starts to rise in many developed economies, according to a major report from Rabobank.

New report shows sales of antibiotics for use in animals dropped to 56mg/kg in 2015. Total sales of antibiotics for use in animals in the UK fell by 9% in 2015.

Member states insisted on excluding methane from the scope of the directive. However, the EU Commission confirmed that it could trigger a review on this point.