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Hog slaughter increased 6.6% year-on-year and 2.6% compared to the previous quarter.

Pork will be released from government reserves to ensure supply for upcoming festivals.

In August the FAO Cereal Price Index was down 1.4% from the month prior, but still 11% above its year-ago value.

The FAO meat price index fell month-on-month while price quotations for pig meat rose due to the continued low supply of slaughter-ready pigs.

The Ministry of Transport has launched a pilot project to transport grain by train from Ukraine to Spain.

The breeding stock in the European Union continues to contract and a decrease of 0.8% is projected for the United States. Mexico is expected to surpass Canada and South Korea.

Technical working groups will be created to make progress in the control and eradication of African swine fever in the Dominican Republic and Haiti and thus reduce the risk of spread to other countries in the Americas.

The concentration of pig slaughtering in larger facilities continues.

A twofold increase in live animal exports from Russia has been recorded.

According to the Commission, the current epidemiological situation in Germany has worsened and there is increased spread of African swine fever.

The new regulations modify some aspects of parasite control in relation to cutting and alternative analytical methods.

Overall costs were presented during the annual meeting of the Pig Production Cost Comparison Group.

The new control will strengthen the requirements for bringing pork and pork products into Great Britain from the European Union and EFTA states.

Large slaughterhouses will have one year to adapt to the new regulations and small slaughterhouses will have two.