Swine news - Nutrition

FAO raised its forecast for global cereal production to 2 611 million tonnes, an all-time record. Worldwide stocks of cereals are also expected to reach an all-time high by the close of seasons in 2018, according to the latest FAO Cereal Supply and Demand Brief.

This revised tariff, triggered by an automatic mechanism that calculates import duties, will avoid putting European producers at a disadvantage.

The Commission launched a market observatory for crops to ensure more transparency and increase availability of market data for European farmers and traders.

The OECD, together with the FAO, have just published their Agricultura outlook report 2017-2026. According to the report, in the period encompassed by the Outlooks, it is expected that the growth of the demand suffers a considerable deceleration.

Global food commodity prices rose in June, led by wheat and meat prices.

New figures released by Copa and Cogeca show EU cereal production set to rise by 0.4% this year, but still below 300 million tonnes.

The Commission adopted five authorisations for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) for food/feed use.

Publication in the Official Journal of the EU of the third update of the EU Catalogue of feed materials (Regulation (EU) 2017/1017).

The expected stabilisation of pigmeat production in Europe could induce a moderate reduction in demand for pig feed (-1%).

EFSA has launched a public consultation on its draft guidance document on the characterisation of microorganisms used as feed additives or as production organisms.

Compound feed production in 2016 vs 2015: +0.4%.

Since further use of the additive ethoxyquin might cause a risk to human, animal health and the environment, the additive and feed containing it should be withdrawn from the market as soon as possible.