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The latest data published by Agreste shows a 0.9% reduction in pork production between January and November of last year.

INTERPIG group has conducted a survey among the European members of the group to encompass the situation and expectations concerning the adaptation of farms to the new welfare law.

Russian veterinary authorities have reported 3 new outbreaks of African swine fever.

The overall evolution in total tons of active substance (antimicrobial pharmaceuticals antimicrobial premixes) shows a slight decrease of 1.6% from 2009 to 2010.

The European Parliament published last January 19 a Resolution on the farm input supply chain in which it calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the transparency of farm input prices.

The government has halted the importation of pigs and their products as well as pig feeds from South Africa as the Mpumalanga Province in that country has been hit with ASF.

Average farm business income is forecast to have fallen 20 percent on specialist pig farms over the year March 2011 to February 2012, according to Defra's farm business income forecasts.

The Presidency gave a public presentation on its work programme in the agriculture and fisheries sectors.

In the period from January to September 2011 there was a 6% increase in exports of fresh and frozen pork.

The Commission allows dispatch to other Member States of fresh pork and prepared meat products from pigs reared in Romania provided that the channeled system is running.

The document outlines specific data requirements and the methodology to be followed for risk assessment should applications for food and feed derived from GM animals be submitted for market authorisation in the European Union (EU).

According to preliminary data published by the German statistical service as of November 3, 2011 the pig population has risen to 27.4 million head.