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Wheat export prices dropped very slightly while world maize prices increased.

The decline was driven by lower international ovine, pig, and poultry meat prices, which outweighed increases in bovine meat quotations.

Meat production increased for the first time since 2016, after seven consecutive years of declines.

Total swine inventory decreased slightly but was higher than in 2023.

The Council discussed the latest developments in agrifood trade issues, with a particular emphasis on the impact of agrifood trade on EU farmers non-tariff barriers to trade with countries outside the EU.

40% of EU farms had manure storage facilities in 2020

Brazil, the world's largest exporter of soybeans, experienced a reduction in the volume exported in 2024, compared to records in 2023.

On 28th October, 2024, Kiambu Governor Kiamani Wamatangi launched a piglet donation initiative in Gatundu North Sub-County's Mangu Ward, with the aim of empowering young men to become agribusiness entrepreneurs.

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has been actively addressing gender disparities in Uganda's pig industry through both gender accommodative and transformative approaches.

In 2025, growth in global animal protein production will be slightly higher, driven by seafood and poultry.

APHIS is requesting public comments on a proposal to establish a voluntary livestock improvement program to improve biosecurity, traceability, and disease surveillance for swine health.

Tests performed by the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut on samples from a suspect goat ruled out foot-and-mouth disease.

China's pork production decreased by 1.5% in 2024.

Due to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Germany, it is currently possible for Russia to import breeding pigs from all EU member states.

Following the confirmation of a case of foot and mouth disease in Germany, more countries have implemented measures to prevent the entry of the disease.

The EU adopts urgent measures to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease and protect trade.

The One Health Plan aims to protect people, animals, and the environment from shared health threats.

The national reference laboratory in Germany has confirmed that it is serotype O.

Several countries have imposed bans on calf imports and pork from Germany.

November U.S. pork exports posted year-over-year gains, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

The last outbreak of FMD in Germany was in 1988. The last outbreak in Europe was reported in Bulgaria in 2011.

The exercise will test how the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the United States Department of Agriculture apply bilateral zoning arrangements.

This system tracks changes in the antimicrobial susceptibility of enteric bacteria found in ill people, retail meats, and food animals in the United States.

Submit electronic or written comments on the draft guidance by May 7, 2025.