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Grant funding supports a competitive future through innovation, diversification.

The state Senate committee in California has approved the measure to ban routine use of antibiotics for farm animals - a first step towards a future ban.

The central government will spend 65 billion yuan ($9.5 billion) on infrastructure and services in rural areas to help farmers cope with the economic downturn, the State Council said yesterday. The move to support the agricultural sector includes investment in pig raising and dairy farming and improving grain production.

Russian meat production grew by 11.4% to 749 thousand tons in the first quarter of the current year compared to the same period in 2008, as Federal State Statistics Service reports.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked the government to provide subsidised loans for livestock farmers to buy machinery and vaccines.

Funding is now in place to build a healthier, more efficient and more internationally competitive Yorkshire and Humberside pig herd.

Current figures of porcine production, importation and exportation in Italy (original in Italian)

During the first part of this decade, the organic food and drinks market grew rapidly; sales in the U.S. and the nine largest European markets reached more then $40 billion in 2007. However, growth appears to have slowed in the market in 2008.