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While area used for agriculture remained stable, over 1 out of 4 farms disappeared between 2003 and 2013 in the EU, according to information published by Eurostat.

The total pig census as of June 2015 has dropped by 0.7% with respect to the same period in 2014.

A new global round of country-driven agricultural censuses is set to begin in 2016, a large-scale, data collection process that will gather information and statistics on the world's agricultural sector.

According to the MAGRAMA's data, in May 2015 the total pig census in Spain was 26,983,205 heads: an increase by 6% with respect to May 2014.

According to DEFRA, the total number of pigs in the UK decreased by 1.9 %, from 4.8 million animals in June 2014 to 4.7 million in June 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".

United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on September 1, 2015 was 68.4 million head. This is the highest inventory of all hogs and pigs since quarterly United States estimates began in 1988.

Swine inventories are expected to grow by 3 percent in 2015 due to low prices of feed and continuing demand for pork on the domestic market.

Over 5 additional million (+ 4%) pigs have been slaughtered during the first six months of this year in the European Union compared to the same period last year. This represents an increase of 4%.

The latest FAO forecast for global cereal production in 2015 stands at 2 540 million tonnes, 13.8 million tonnes more than expected in July, but still 21 million tonnes (0.8 percent) below the 2014 record.

FAS Moscow forecasts pork production to grow 5 percent over the revised 2015 level and reach 2.78 MMT in 2016.

China is the main destination, with 32.5% of the total exports (and a rise by 38% with respect to 2014). Japan imports 9.7% of the total exports; South Korea 8.7%; and Hong Kong 8.1%.

Canada exported 2.8 million hogs in the first half of 2015, up 17.8% from the same period in 2014.

4.4% of farmers quit animal husbandry last year.

As of January 1, 2015, the country’s total swine inventory reached almost 12.00 million heads. This was 1.68 percent higher than last year’s inventory of 11.80 million heads.