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Without Russia's participation, the Black Sea Initiative ceases to function as of July 18.

This corridor, which allows the export of cereals and fertilizers from Russia and the Ukraine, is of the utmost importance to maintain world food security.

In this new update, the projection for world soybean production was cut by more than 5 million tons compared to the June report, due to a lower planted area in the United States. Estimates for corn were slightly higher than in the previous report.

A scientific review and expert consultation reveals the keys to controlling an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar in Spain.

Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, and Cordoba continue to account for more than 80% of the country's slaughter.

Faced with major economic difficulties in the slaughterhouse sector, the French government is launching a collective action plan.

The supply of live pigs is high while prices are low.

The agreement eliminates all tariffs on EU exports to New Zealand including pig meat.

On July 8, at the Tam Diep Nuclear Pig Breeding Station, the Center for Digital Transformation and Agricultural Statistics (DTS) in collaboration with the People's Committee of Ninh Binh Province held the groundbreaking ceremony of the project "Setting up a smart farm" in Hanoi and improving the pig farming value chain in Ninh Binh”.

Large industrial facilities and larger pig and chicken farms must reduce their emission of pollutants.

Led by another outstanding month in Mexico and robust demand for variety meat, exports of U.S. pork continued to gain momentum in May, according to data released by USDA and compiled by USMEF.

The monthly traded volume of soybeans closed in June 2023 at its lowest level in at least the last six and a half years.

While the FAO meat price index remained unchanged from May, world pig meat prices increased in June.

International maize prices saw a fifth consecutive monthly decline.

The USDA report "Concentration and Competition in U.S. Agribusiness" sheds light on the United States swine industry.

According to Eurostat data, fertilizer consumption in the EU fell by 2% in 2021.

The fourth and ninth outbreaks were within a few hundred meters of each other in eastern Poland, while the tenth was in the western part of the country.

Global agricultural and food production are projected to continue to increase over the next ten years, but at a slower pace of growth than the previous decade due to demographic trends, according to the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2023-2032.

Researchers used an epidemiological model to look at the different ways a potential outbreak in the southeastern U.S. could unfold.

At the beginning of May 2023, the number of pigs in Germany was 20.7 million head, down 7.3% from the previous year.

The legislation specifies that the term "meat" does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product and that these products must be clearly labelled as such.

Italy and France announce the creation of a "Technical Contact Group on African Swine Fever (ASF)" aimed at strengthening cooperation to prevent the spread of the disease.

Spain will work over the coming months to ensure a balance between food safety and environmental, economic, and social impact.

As of June 1, there were 72.4 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms.