Exchange Rates are front and center for 2016
When global supplies of pork are large, as they are now, the name of the game for major production areas is growing net exports.
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France intends to impose a tax on slaughterhouses to help farmers in crisis
MPs voted the creation of a special tax for companies processing meat products exceeding €250 M in order to provide relief funds for farmers in crisis.
Heartbreaking descent into hell
It has been years since we last saw such a risky price and situation.
The MPB resumed pork quotation
25,000 pigs offered for sale under a difficult market context: delays in shipments to slaughter, higher carcass weights. The batches were sold between €1,043 and €1,088.
The Marché du Porc Breton will resume its activity
The negotiations beteween pig producers and abattoirs will resume next Thursday 26 November, with new rules of the game.
Pigmeat private storage aid to open in January
The new aid scheme will benefit from a 20 percent increase in storage rates and will include fresh lard.
Pig farm incomes in England fell
On specialist pig farms, average Farm Business Income fell by almost a quarter in 2014/15 to £49,400 per farm.
Pig price in Ukraine
We have expanded the pig price information system by adding the Ukrainian market. The price is updated weekly, and the price series since 2012 are also available.
The WHO's imprudence or the last drop
The European market is saturated with pork since late summer. The WHO's report has been an ice-cold shower for the whole of the European pig sector.
Prepare to stand on your head, counter seasonal price patterns are approaching
The only prospect for growth in both the EU and the US is increasing net export sales. We are at an interesting cross-roads about which pork producing nation or group of nations will capture that opportunity.
Rabobank: Exchange rates increasingly dominate the market
According to Rabobank, after the rather disappointing development in Q3, the global pork market will continue its slow recovery in Q4.
European Commission formally proposes support for EU farmers
The Commission proposes that European farmers receive emergency support of an additional €700 million compared to the draft budget proposed in May.
"Enjoy, it's from Europe": Over €100 million to promote European agriculture in 2016
In 2016 European producers will benefit from programmes worth €111 million to find new markets and promote consumption outside and inside the EU.
EU slaughterings continued to go up in the second quarter of 2015
EU slaughterings continued to go up in the second quarter of 2015 compared to 2014 although at a slower pace, reaching +3.9% for the whole first half of the year, according to "Short-Term Outlook for European Union arable crops, dairy and meat markets in 2015 and 2016".
Value of pork traded within EU falls
With unit prices around 10% lower than in January-June 2014, at just under €1.90 per kg, the value of the trade was 7% lower.
China pork production will be back to normal levels in 2016
Post forecasts 2016 pork production at 56.2 million tons. Better genetics, combined with expected lower feed prices and higher pork prices, will promote slaughter at heavier weights to maximize profitability.