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On the occasion of the state visit of the President of the People's Republic of China, the French Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Marc Fesneau, signed several ambitious agreements and protocols.

Pig slaughter fell by 1.8% year-on-year.

PHP10 million has been allocated to assist 5,000 affected hog raisers across the province.

Hog production dropped by 4.3% annually.

New national action plan on antimicrobial resistance launched to protect people and animals from the risks of drug-resistant infections.

In 2023, the production of plant-based products as an alternative to meat increased by 16.6% over the previous year.

The framework will strengthen cooperation to support the implementation of the One Health agenda in the European Union.

The system allows genetic sequences of PRRSV to be compared with those in the Swine Disease Reporting System.

In the last three months, per capita consumption has been estimated at around 15 kg per capita per year, almost 1.5 kg below the average recorded in 2023.

The Minister of Agriculture and Livestock and the country's vice president announced the country's updated self-declared sanitary status.

The average price per ton of imported product was 1.4% higher than the average in the first quarter of 2023.

EU farmers will benefit from the elimination of tariffs on key EU exports such as pig meat.

The European Commission has adopted an amendment to the State aid Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (TCTF) to prolong by six months certain provisions of the Framework aimed to address persisting market disturbances specifically in the agriculture and fisheries sectors.

Agriculture remains impacted by several events outside farmers’ control, such as climate and geopolitical crises, which continue to exert pressure on farmers.

In the first quarter, Korea surpassed Canada as the fourth-largest export destination for U.S. pork.

The Indonesian and Korean Ministries of Agriculture are working with the FAO to provide pig farmers with biosecurity assistance to prevent ASF.

The project will provide additional income to farmers and improve the local pork supply.

While the FAO Meat Price Index was up from March, world pig meat prices fell marginally.

Average global wheat export prices stabilized in April. Maize and barley prices increased while sorghum and rice prices declined.

At their annual conference in Munich, the VDF and BVWS attributed this situation mainly to high regulatory pressure, political uncertainty, and rising costs.

The confirmed case of ASF in a wild boar within the "typical area" of the "Prosciutto di Parma" PDO, has generated concern among producers.

The provincial government aims to improve the hog inventory in Iloilo with its sentinelling program in 15 municipalities covering 1,139 farmers.

Fewer animal welfare sanctions were made in pig and cattle herds in 2022.

Consecutive decreases were observed in the first three months of the year.