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In the first half of 2016, Spanish pork exports increased 26 percent valued also 14 percent more than the same period of previous year, with important Spanish pork export growths to China.

Carlos Furche, Minister of Agriculture, and Bernhard Url, Executive Director of EFSA, signed the Memorandum of Cooperation for an initial period of five years.

Analysing the EU export performance over the last twelve months per product category, export values increased in particular for pig meat (€+1.2 billion; +31% compared to export values in the 12-months period one year ago).

United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on September 1, 2016 was 70.9 million head. This was up 2 percent from September 1, 2015, and up 4 percent from June 1, 2016.

Abundant supply and looming slaughter capacity constraints in the US are pressuring global pork prices, a situation exacerbated by slowing Chinese imports, according to the Rabobank Global Pork Quarterly Q4 2016 report.

During the first 8 months of 2016, the shipments of Dutch pork to China have trebled, reaching almost 200,000 tonnes.

The evaluation concludes that the Action Plan had a clear EU added value acting as a symbol of political commitment, stimulating several actions within Member States, and has served to strengthen international cooperation.

Mr. Le Foll has confirmed his desire to appoint a person in charge of animal welfare at every abattoir.

Overall, pigs, cattle, poultry and sheep/goats accounted for 33% (19.593), 32% (18.855), 14% (8.050) and 13% (7.801), respectively, of the PCU (population correction unit;i.e. the estimated weight at treatment of livestock and of slaughter animals) in the 29 countries.

Both the EU and the United States will be faced with slightly lower shipments to China in 2017.

One of the objectives of the draft Law on intensive livestock farming is the amendment of several Environment competition laws in various fields, including the Construction Law, the Law on Protection of Nature and some regulations of the Water Act.

The diagnostic team found microscopic lesions in the pigs’ central nervous tissues containing a novel sapelovirus that researchers hadn’t previously encountered.