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The assistance announced uses the Secretary of Agriculture's existing authority to help create and encourage flexibility within four USDA programs.

The FAO Food Price Index fell for the third consecutive month in June 2012, dipping 1.8 percent from May to its lowest level since September 2010.

The eleventh revised edition of the Nutrient Requirements of Swine builds on the previous editions published by the National Research Council.

U.S. farmers planted 96.4 million acres of corn, up 5 percent from last year, making it the highest corn acreage in the last 75 years.

The proposed transaction would not raise any horizontal competition concerns as the parties mostly operate in different Member States. In those markets where the parties' activities do overlap, namely certain markets for the supply of category 3 animal fats and proteins and the supply of category 2 animal meals, they will still face sufficiently strong competition after the merger to exclude competitive concerns.

The total production estimate is now set at 151 mio. t, i.e. 0.3% below the figure for 2010.

In case of pigs and poultry, at least 20 % of the feed shall come from the farm unit itself.

Corn production for 2012/13 is projected at a record 14.8 billion bushels, up 2.4 billion from 2011/12.