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Pigmeat production is expected to increase slightly in 2020. It will be supported by favourable prices, return of consumer demand and solid export prospects.

Currently, Mexico exports frozen pork to China. Expanding to fresh chilled meat would be a major advancement.

A clear decrease in the use of antibiotics in animals was reported again in 2019. This is also reflected in the decrease in antibiotic resistance.

The first 3 cases of ASF in backyard pigs this year have been confirmed in Kuldīgas.

With census repopulation and pork consumption resuming post-pandemic, the Ministry of Agriculture predicts the pork supply will continue to improve.

ROSPORC is a digital marketplace that will allow the formation of reference values for each type of operation.

The government will strengthen border control inspections for imported animals, plants, meat, and other farm and fishery products arriving in major international seaports in the country.

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, presented to the FAO Council a second set of measures to reform the UN agency.

A modern breeding base helped pig production in January-May 2020 increase by 11.6%.

Foodservice closures and logistical challenges have not thwarted pigmeat demand. Heavy carcass weights increased production.

Figures suggest that the production of pigmeat in the EU was not immediately affected by the containment measures for the COVID-19 pandemic.

New regulations for pig farming have been proposed by the Bundesrat including provisions for sow and pig housing.

The Ministry of Agriculture has launched an action plan for controlling temperatures in animal transportation during the summer of 2020, which affects transports longer than 8 hours.

During the first quarter of 2020, the EU27 agri-food trade was up 4.7% from Q1 of 2019, despite the COVID-19 pandemic developing.

The industrial production of compound feed totaled 26,278,430 t in 2019, representing a 3.8% increase from 2018, and making Spain the leading producer of animal feed in Europe.

Does “agri-bashing” impact farmers’ moods? The EU Farmers’ Confidence
Barometer conducted an initial survey to assess the reality of this concept.

MEPs decided to set up an inquiry committee to look into alleged breaches in the application of EU animal welfare rules during transport within and outside the EU.

In light of amending the Fertiliser Ordinance comes the uniform designation of nitrate-polluted areas in Germany.

Federal and state governments and the meat industry discuss readjustment along the entire chain: improved animal welfare, fair prices, and better working conditions.

After strong growth in the 1960s and 1970s, per capita meat consumption stabilized in the 1980s and has been declining since the early 1990s.