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Dutch farmers will be able to use, instead of 170 kg of slurry or manure nitrogen per hectare during years 2014-2017, 250 or 230 (depending on the location) kg of nitrogen per hectare and year.

The Statistics and Geography National Institute (INEGI) informed that the stockbreeding sector exports grew by 9.4% during the first trimester of 2014.

In 2015 farmers will have the possibility to opt for the small farmers’ scheme, which will regroup into one lump-sum all direct payments for approximately 2,3 million eligible farms, whose support does not exceed €1 250.

The provisional safeguard measures should apply from the day following the publication of this Regulation and last for a period of 12 months.

Wageningen University and FAO host international conference on the role of insects in sustainable food production.

USDA is seeking applications from rural small businesses and agricultural producers for funding to make energy efficiency improvements or to install renewable energy systems.

Continuing several years of expansion, production of pigmeat is expected to grow by 1.1 percent to a record level of 115.5 million tonnes in 2014.

There are now 62 farm premises that have tested positive for PED across Canada including two in Manitoba, one in Prince Edward Island, one in Quebec and 58 in Ontario.

The 2014 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system with the latest comprehensive annual data from 2012.

After the detection of CSF in wild boars, the Rosselkhoznador has cancelled temporarily the importation of live pigs and pork from Latvia.

China and Mongolia are moving forward to implement activities following an agreement reached last month on South-South cooperation.

It represents the 20.5% of the net sales of products. In the international sphere, the Spanish food industry holds the fifth place (after Germany, France, Italy and UK) in terms of the sales value.

The new Animal Health Law contains a series of new rules concerning the prevention against animal diseases and their control, and the improvement of their monitoring.

Last 6 May, the public ceremony of the signature before a notary public of the Pork Inter-Professional Association of Portugal (FILPORC) statutes was held.

Last January two wild boars in Dagdas County were found affected.

The Chinese government will purchase more frozen pork from the market to stabilize prices and reduce farmers' losses.