In accordance with China's work plan to stabilize the pork market, the country introduced a three-tier early warning system to warn of excessive rises and falls in pork prices. The index, the national average of pork prices versus grain prices,…
According to preliminary results, commercial slaughterhouses in Germany produced 7.6 million tons of meat in 2021. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this was 2.4% less than in the previous year. This means that meat production has been declining since…
The slaughterhouse that the German company Tönnies plans to build in Calamocha (Teruel) and, initially, had planned to start production in 2023, is being delayed due to several appeals filed by Quality Pharma World , a pharmaceutical company with fiscal headquarters in Tomelloso ( Ciudad Real). This company has filed claims both with…
The MAPA has reported the detection of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (HPAI) in two poultry farms in the provinces of Huelva and Valladolid. It would be the third and fourth focus detected in poultry in Spain. The first of the confirmed outbreaks corresponds to a fattening turkey farm, with an approximate…
According to Eurostat, Portugal’s total swine beginning stocks in 2020 increased by 2.2 percent compared to the previous year. At the same time, total slaughter declined 4.6 percent to 5.3 million head due to the strong Portuguese live swine exports to Spain, as Portugal’s swine sector is…
In 2022, imports of chicken meat (excluding paw) are projected to reach 800,000 metric tons (MT) an increase of 2 percent over 2021. Chicken meat production is expected to decline by 3 percent in 2022 on lower yellow feather broiler…
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The FAO Food Price Index averaged 135.7 points in January, 1.1 percent higher than in December. The Index tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly-traded food commodities. The FAO Meat Price Index increased slightly in January, with world bovine meat…
Brazilian pork exports have increased by 13% with a volume of 1.27 million tons, according to information from AHDB. Of which, slightly more than half was monopolized by China. Other destinations contributed to this growth: shipments to the…