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Japan and Peru signed a bilateral free trade agreement. Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto and Peruvian Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Eduardo Ferreyros endorsed the pact, which will abolish tariffs on more than 99% of the value of goods traded between the two nations within 10 years, Japanese officials said.

France's worst drought on record is set to weigh heavily on its wheat harvest, French Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire said Tuesday, potentially further pushing up global wheat prices.

In the present report, the EU overall assessment includes all animal/animal product categories and is presented for each main substance group. In the previous reports this included only livestock animals.

During the first quarter of 2011, total meat production declined by 0.9%, while the producer value went up by 1.9% when compared to the corresponding quarter last year.

During the routine active FMD serological surveillance, NSP antibodies were detected on 2 pig farms located in Chang-Hua (Tianwei township; Yongjing township).

Ukraine has banned imports of pigs and pork from Lithuania and the Central Federal District of Russia following an outbreak of classical swine fever and African swine fever there.

Pigs were found dead in a pig farm situated in the territory of one of the penal colonies in Torzhok, the Tver Oblast.

As it was earlier reported, inspections of 29 Brazilian plants carried out by the Rosselkhoznadzor specialists in April 2011 demonstrated that control provided by the Veterinary Services of Brazil over compliance with the Customs Union and the Russian Federation veterinary and sanitary norms and requirements was significantly relaxed.

According to the announcement of the Minister of Agrarian Policy Nikolay Prysyazhnyuk, Ukraine canceled quotas for export of all grains.

European wheat prices fell on Monday after Russia, traditionally one of the world’s top exporters of the commodity, announced plans to end a grain embargo on July 1.

The OIE has reported a new outbreaks of african swine fever in Tanzania. The affected village is located in its southwest region of Mbeya.

The United States faces a critical shortage of veterinarians and veterinary medical services in certain areas designated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Legislation introduced today by U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee chairwoman Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, aims to direct resources to help solve the problems.