By Justin Kirschner
After protests in Brussels that included hundreds
of tractors, burning hay and cowbells, EU farmers are set to get a €500
million relief package aimed at backstopping the agriculture industry against
falling prices. Prices plummeted, Bloomberg
News reports, in part because of a Russian ban on many European food
exports, including pigmeat. Within the
swine sector, there’s a whiff of cautious optimism that the WTO dispute between
Russia and the EU over Russia’s pigmeat ban will soon be settled. Britain’s National Pig Association, a trade group
of commercial pig producers, reports
that a “mutually agreed outcome” may come before the end of the year.
