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The new animal welfare label "Better for animals" is awarded to products that make extra efforts for animal welfare beyond the legal requirements.

The European Commission has decided to register the European citizens' initiative entitled "European Citizens' Initiative in Defence of Agriculture and Rural Economy in Europe".

Easier procedure for NGT plants considered equivalent to conventional plants, other NGT plants must still follow stricter GMO legislation.

Commission approves €1.46 billion Czech State aid schemes to support prevention of spread of poultry and pig diseases.

In 2023, China imported a total of 2.72 million tons of pork and offal, a 5% decrease from the previous year and half the imports from 3 years ago.

Crop production reached a value of 37.3 billion euros (+1.4%), while livestock production was estimated at 35.3 billion euros (-0.8%).

If the weather holds, a record corn season is expected, with the potential for record third-quarter exports.

This was the first outbreak of 2024 and the first case of African swine fever in the Gyeongbuk region.

This is how many pigs were sold, how much pork was produced, and how many pigs were in China in 2023.

The Ministry of Agriculture will improve the treatment of livestock waste by transforming it into bioenergy, biochar, and solid fuels.

Clean pig kill in 2023 fell 10% year on year to the lowest annual clean pig kill in a decade.

In December, the increase in production costs was influenced by the cost of animal feed, which rose by 1.61% and accounted for 74.83% of the total.

We present how African swine fever has evolved in different European countries since its confirmation in 2014, with data updated to 2023.

Santa Catarina was responsible for 21% of the total meat exported by Brazil in 2023, a higher percentage than in the previous year.

In its latest report "Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade" on January 12, USDA recalculated the closing figures for 2023 and its estimates for 2024, forecasting a decrease in world pork production this year, due to lower productions in China, the European Union, and Brazil.

Compared to the December report, estimates for world corn production were improved, with higher crops forecast for the United States, China, and Brazil. Soybean projections for Brazil were cut again and forecasts for Argentina and the United States increased, keeping the global crop estimate for oilseeds unchanged.

Montenegro reports the first occurrence of ASF in the country, found in wild boar.

Russia has obtained a veterinary certificate for the export of pork to China.

The Mexico-U.S. Commission for Prevention of Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Animal Exotic Diseases (CPA) reaffirmed its commitment to maintain its technical-scientific partnership to reduce the risk of entry and spread of pests and diseases that could endanger livestock in the North American region.

The pig inventory increased for the first time since November 2020. On November 3, 2023, there were 1.3% more head than six months earlier.

The total volume of pigs exported in 2023 will reach 12,276 tons. Vietnam's total pork export turnover increased 28% compared to 2022.

If projections are realized, the volume would decrease by 13.5 million tons compared to 2022/23.

Shipments to China totaled just 1,749 t in the January-November period.

Spanish imports of Dutch piglets have been increasing steadily, having doubled in five years.