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News summary: TR CU 034/2013 regulates meat safety under Eurasian trade protocols and as Russia seeks to increase its stake in the productive Belarusian meat export market, it promises to adhere to the TR stipulations. The meat industry in Belarus grew by a quarter over the previous year. The pace has been maintained this year-in 3 months,...

News in brief: The aid will reduce the cost per cubic meter of desalinated water destined for crops by 10 cents. The Plenary of the Valencia Council has approved the decree regulating the granting of 2.5 million euros in subsidies aimed at the communities of irrigators who use the Tajo-Segura transfer of the province of Alicant. The order will help reduce by 10...

At present, it is the golden period of sowing in dry fields and raking paddy fields. According to the May 3 agricultural dispatch, Jilin Province rice seedling sowing work is basically over. Corn accounted for 61.62% of the total sown portion of the planned area, 1.38 percentage points slower than last year. Potatoes have been sown in 85.37% of the planned area, 3.57 percentage points faster than...

The current ban on the import of certain agri-food goods from Ukraine to the so-called frontier countries lasts until June 5. However, Oleg Nivyevskyj, head of the Food and Land Use Research Center of the Kiev School of Economics, believes that this is not the end of the restrictions. “Although the decision has been announced for a...

With great emotion, the families who owned the Chamuscado and Spirit horses received on their premises the two horses that suffered severe burns in the forest fires that affected the central area of the country in February. Almost three months of intensive care was required for the animals to heal their wounds and generate new...

The wide temperature range and very low temperatures at night during flowering caused a drop of up to 70% in the production of cherries from Fundão, according to producers, who nevertheless expect a higher quality fruit and higher caliber. Gonçalo Batista, an agronomist engineer from Alcongosta, with orchards in several locations in the municipality of Fundão, mostly...

A quiche delicacy comprising spinach, fava beans and tarragon, has been declared the official coronation food by Britain’s Royal Family – and this is pushing prices up.   Dubbed the coronation quiche on the royal website, the royal family goes on to describe the recipe as “deep quiche with a crisp, light pastry case and delicate...

When epidemics and low prices cling to the livestock industry, indigenous livestock breeds are chosen by many Ha Giang farmers because of their good disease resistance and ease of rearing qualities. Golden cow is a famous native animal of the Ha Giang rocky plateau. This breed is concentrated in four highland districts including Dong Van,...

Wheat prices (in France) have been very volatile in recent days according to the negotiations on Ukrainian exports, but fundamentals are not moving and are mostly bearish. Availability remains important at the end of the campaign. “There are large stocks in Europe and the Black Sea from the record harvest in Russia,” confirms Maxence Devillers, analyst at Agritel. Postponement...

The decline in milk prices is not over. The commodity value of milk continued to fall in April, indicating falling prices in the wholesale dairy sector. The value calculated by the “ife” Institute in Kiel for the month of April is only 36.3 cents per kg. This is another 2.3 cents less than in March and clearly shows where...