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Prime Minister Medvedev said at the meeting that Russia had a splendid harvest this year, and that exports had risen considerably, so the country needed a reserve.

Cuban pig production grew by more than 800 tonnes in 2014.

Between September and November 2014, 29.4 million pigs were weaned on U.S. farms, up 4 percent from the same time period in 2013.

Last year, 2014, the agribusiness Gross Domestic Product (GDP) accounted for between 22.0% and 23.0% of the total GDP of the Brazilian economy, amounting to 1.1 trillion reais approximately.

Mexico is the tenth largest producer of pork, with an annual output of 1.2 million tons.

According to "Prospects for EU agricultural markets and income 2014-2024", EU meat production is expected to increase to 44.9 million tonnes.

The number of slaughtered pigs decreased by 1.3% to 653 858 heads; however, raised weight at slaughter (115.5 kg) caused a slight growth of pigmeat production by 0.6%.

The average cost of production in the EU was £1.56/kg deadweight, a six per cent increase in sterling terms compared to 2012.

Corn production is expected to reach 14.4 billion bushels this year, up 3 percent from 2013. Soybean production is forecast at 3.96 billion bushels this year, up 18 percent from 2013.

Pork production between January and August 2014 reached 348,000 tones. This represents a fall by 6.9% with respect to the same period in 2013.

Ms. Isabel García Tejerina presented the Annual Directory “Food Production in Spain in 2014”, produced by MERCASA with the data of 2013.

The SAGARPA will set aside more than 7,261 million pesos for this activity in 2015.

The total census on 1st October stood at 12.8 million head, which represents an increase of 4% over the same period last year.

Pork consumption has gone from 4.22 kg per capita in 2009 to 6.75 kg in 2013.

During the first nine months of 2014 the slaughterings have dropped by 0.3% in terms of the number of heads, but they have increased by 0.6% in terms of weight.