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Minister Gerry Ritz announced an investment of up to $169,530 to the CPC to explore the feasibility of developing a hedging program that would offer price stability and address the cash flow needs of Canadian hog producers.

Concerning pigmeat, the Commission recalled that temporary private storage measures were implemented in March and indicated its readiness to evaluate the market situation.

The Final Pig Production in Spain in 2014 has ben estimated as some €6M, entailing 14% of the Final Agricultural Production and 37% of the Final Livestock Production.

World cereal production this year should amount to 2 527 million tonnes. That represents a 1.1 percent decline from the record level in 2014.

Canada notified, last 2 July, a new case of porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) in Ontario, specifically on a farrow-to-finish farm located in the county of Lambton.

Pigmeat production is expected to increase further in 2015, driven by low feed prices and a slightly higher breeding sows herd.

The governments of Canada and Manitoba are investing more than $2 million over three years to support 24 research and development projects in Manitoba's agriculture and agri-food sector.

Through the first five months of 2015, pork exports were down 6 percent in volume (910,967 mt) and 15 percent in value ($2.42 billion) from the same period last year.

This directive provides inspection program personnel (IPP) with an up-to-date list of substances that may be use d in the production of meat , poultry , and egg products.

On 8 July 2015, the European Parliament approved its recommendations to European Commission Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiators.

Spain recorded an increase of 11% in the total volume (+7.3% in value) of exports and of 33% in exports volume (+35.8% in value) to third countries, compared to 2013.

The contaminated meat was delivered to companies (especially Russian, but also French) that produce ready-made food.