The USA agrees to export pork to Argentina
US pork will enter the Argentinian market for the first time since 1992.
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European import duties for maize, sorghum and rye updated
This revised tariff, triggered by an automatic mechanism that calculates import duties, will avoid putting European producers at a disadvantage.
Stepped cascading drop
September will witness a series of drops in price, like a cascade. The abattoirs demand incentives to increase the slaughterings. The limit of the fall will depend on the international context.
Canada: Highlights from the 2016 Census of Agriculture
Statistics Canada conducts the census every five years. The information collected offers a statistical portrait of Canada's farms, and its farm operators.
US Producers Getting Impatient for the Deal Makers to Do Their Magic
There is a lot of uncertainty about what will happen to the US pork export picture now that President Trump has pulled out of TPP and wants to renegotiate NAFTA.
Russia needs to become cost competitive
This means looking at ‘whole business decisions’, being able to do good calculations that take into account all production factors. Taking decisions on single traits, like born alive, have no place in a modern effective pig industry.
EU agri-food trade with Japan
On 6 July 2017, the European Union and Japan reached an agreement in principle on the main elements of an EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement.
May 2017: Agri-food exports bounce back above average values
The report shows that the total value of EU agri-food exports increased by 9% in May 2017 compared to last year.
Good results for the Brazilian pork exports
The exports where better in terms of value but worse in terms of quantity with respect to the first semester of 2016.
Typical scenario: the impossible does not happen
In Spain, August 15th will mark a turning point. The supply is recovering and the price will drop. In Europe there is an oversupply. The dollar is falling and the prices of American meat are more attractive.
USA: Record total red meat and pork production for June
Pork production totaled 2.05 billion pounds, up 2 percent from the previous year.
Increase in the pork imports in Argentina
Despite the important growth of the national production, the pork exports in the first semester of 2017 have risen 79,4% versus the same period in 2016.
OECD-FAO: Agricultural outlook for the next 10 years
The OECD, together with the FAO, have just published their Agricultura outlook report 2017-2026. According to the report, in the period encompassed by the Outlooks, it is expected that the growth of the demand suffers a considerable deceleration.
EU and Brazil join forces for global level-playing field in farm subsidies
The EU and Brazil - two of the world's biggest producers of agricultural products - submitted to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) a joint proposal on support for agricultural production and food security measures.
A lot more pork and increasing profits: Why and how long?
USA: PEDv created more fever than just in the pigs.