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Genesus has published its list of the World’s MEGA Producers.

USDA is taking action to ensure the integrity of animal-raising claims for meat and poultry labels.

Pork production has decreased by 6%.

This affects movements longer than 8 hours of equids and domestic bovine, ovine, caprine, and porcine animals.

In 2022, pig production fell again (-2.2%) against a backdrop of decreasing French and European herds.

Exports in May reached 1.3 million metric tons of grains and other foodstuffs. That is less than half of the previous month.

Exports reached €18.6 billion in value terms, which is 10% higher than February 2022.

The suspension of import duties, quotas and trade defence measures on Ukrainian exports to the European Union – known as the Autonomous Trade Measures (ATMs) – are in place for another year.

If convicted at a second hearing before the Court of Justice of the European Union, the penalty would have been significant.

Argentina has doubled its pork production in the last 10 years and in the last 20 years it has increased fivefold.

An improvement of 4.2% over the previous year could be expected.

The European Parliament adopted its position for talks on new rules on EU geographical indications for agricultural products.

FSIS has updated its voluntary guideline for federally regulated swine slaughter and pork processing establishments to control Salmonella in market hogs from pre-harvest through slaughter.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has published FAQs and a Sow Housing Guide.

BMEL makes fertilizer law future-proof.

In the future, financial support will be provided for investments in new barns and renovations as well as for ongoing additional costs for higher animal husbandry standards.

The FAO meat price index rose in May.

The FAO cereal price index decreased by nearly 5% in May.

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the top three health threats in the EU.

The suspension of all customs duties, quotas, and trade defense measures on Ukrainian exports is renewed.

This is the fifth region affected by African swine fever (ASF) in the country.

Bringing medicines to the market has become faster and less costly.

Copa and Cogeca have commissioned the first comprehensive report to better understand the economic, social, and environmental impacts of the concept popularized by the European citizens' initiative "End the Cage Age".

The new regulation extends the indication of the origin of fresh, chilled, and frozen pork, sheep, goat, and poultry meat to non-prepackaged meat.