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After January 1, 2021, piglet castration will only be permitted under anesthesia in Germany. The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) is funding the purchase of isoflurane anesthesia machines with a total of 20 million euros.

According to the first official epidemiological investigation results, ASF was introduced into Germany in the first half of July.

These cases are located within the existing core area - bringing the total to 46 cases of ASF.

There are fewer and fewer domestic pigs available for the meat industry in Germany.

China works on developing its livestock industry to rely less on foreign imports of pork.

A new training fund aims to boost the number of veterinarians that are qualified to certify products of animal origin for export.

The new outbreak is located about 60 km straight north of the previously defined core zone.

Classical swine fever was confirmed on a pig farm with 5,390 head in Takasaki City.

To protect against the introduction of African swine fever, Brandenburg is building a solid protective fence at the border with Poland.

Germany has confirmed a total of 36 cases of ASF in wild boar; all have been within the infected zone.

The Commission authorised a Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) for food and feed uses (soybean MON 87708 x MON 89788 x A5547-127).

Map of where the pig farms are located within the core, infected, and buffer zones as well as the cases in wild boar.

Agricultural and forestry areas must first be completely searched for dead or infected wild boars by officials or authorized persons.

The Presidency will focus on animal welfare, digitalisation and reducing food waste and Farm to fork.

An additional $14 billion dollars is available for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19.

Germany's economic stimulus package for 2020 and 2021 will allocate a total of 300 million euros for barn remodeling that promotes greater animal welfare.

This will be the first laboratory facility in the U.S. to provide BSL-4 laboratories capable of housing cattle and other large livestock, and will eventually replace the Plum Island Animal Disease Center.

The Federal Council has approved the General Administrative Regulation for the designation of nitrate contaminated and eutrophicated areas.

The modern animal disease laboratory will ultimately help protect the livestock industries in Central Luzon from diseases like ASF and FMD.

The Federal Council now requires farrowing pens to have an area of 6.5 m².

So far this year, more than 63 million tons of grain have been harvested.