EU-28: Pork Markets Swimming in EU Pork

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On September 7 an extra-ordinary Agricultural Council will be held in Brussels. It was called by the Luxembourg EU presidency in response to farmers’ protests in various member states against low prices for mainly diary, pork and fruit and vegetables. Large numbers of farmers from various member states are expected to gather in Brussels, bringing tractors and cows in front of the EU institutions. This crisis results from the 2014 Russian ban on agricultural imports at a time that EU production was gearing up while domestic consumption was slow as a result of the economic crisis. This report particularly focuses on the EU pork crisis.

EU-28: Pork Markets Swimming in EU Pork

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