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The government will establish cold storage warehouses complete with meat-cutting facilities in an effort to support the pig sector following adverse ASF outbreaks in the country.

The Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture wanted to analyze, together with her counterparts from the Federal States, the possible measures to alleviate the crisis suffered by German pig farmers.

The construction of the double fence of the first white zone in the Oder-Spree and Spree-Neisse districts has been completed.

Wild boar and domestic pigs tested positive for Aujeszky's disease in Haute-Marne and Allier.

In the interest of improving animal welfare, UK government unveils plans to end excessively long journeys for animals exported for slaughter and fattening.

Several projects include improving diagnostic testing for high concern diseases, including African swine fever, classical swine fever, and foot-and-mouth disease.

China already accounts for 62.3% of total exports of pork and pork products from the EU.

The number of head slaughtered between January and October has increased by 3% over the same period last year.

A summary of the ASF situation in Asia and the Pacific presented at the recent meting of the standing group of experts on African Swine Fever.

An update on the surveillance in wild boar and domestic pigs presented at the virtual meeting of the standing group of experts on African Swine Fever.

For the ongoing marketing year, a lower demand for compound feed is expected, as reflected in a lower demand for cereals and oilseed meals.

A new search database, GIview, for all geographical indications protected at European Union level has launched.

Export volume of pork and pork products increased by 42% between January and September 2020.

ASF in Germany has significantly reduced the number of Danish slaughter pigs destined for Germany, increasing the number of pigs to be slaughtered by Danish Crown, which has been forced to set two different prices.

China continues to be the main receiver and the state of Santa Catarina remains the main Brazilian exporter.

Production volume of cooled or chilled beef, pork, lamb, goat, and horse meat from January-October 2020 increased by 11.4% compared to the same period in 2019.

The High Court declared regulations and minimum standards regarding farrowing crates and mating stalls unlawful and invalid.

From January to September, the production of slaughter pigs increased by 10.4% compared to the previous year and amounted to 3.9 million tons (live weight).

The European Commission has published Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1729 on the monitoring and reporting of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and commensal bacteria, which repeals Commission Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU.

RUMA reports antibiotic usage in the UK pig sector has dropped by 60%, but aims to further reduce use by 2024.

Legislation setting out how farmers and land managers in England will be rewarded in future with public money for “public goods” passes into law.

The declaration comes after over 12 months without declared outbreaks of ASF in recent wild boar carcasses.

The surplus in the agrifood product trade balance increases in Mexico. Pork was one of the products with the highest international demand.