The Sectoral Biosafety Standard for Pig Farms in Ukraine is a tool for improving the level of biosafety at pig farms, which identifies the main hazards and risk factors, as well as measures to prevent them.

In 2024, Poland reported 44 outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) in domestic pigs and 2,311 cases in wild boar, according to the Chief Veterinary Inspectorate.

The number of pig farms decreased by 3.4%, or 600 farms, in one year and by 41.7%, or 11,200 farms, in ten years.

The EU pig meat production will decrease by 0.5% annually over the next years. This will result in a total decline of around 1.2 million tons by 2035 compared to the 2022-2024 average. The European Commission shared that projection in its Agricultural Outlook 2024-2035.

President Donald Trump will issue a trade directive that stops short of imposing new tariffs on his first day in office but calls for an evaluation of U.S. trade relationships with China, Canada, and Mexico, a Trump administration official said, according to Reuters.

A suspected case of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) at a goat farm in Germany has tested negative, according to the country's agriculture ministry. German Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir confirmed that tests revealed no presence of the FMD virus or antibodies.

Germany has not detected any new cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) among livestock, Agriculture Minister Cem Oezdemir announced on January 19 in an interview with the Deutschlandfunk radio station. A suspected case reported earlier this week has been confirmed negative.

Storing feed and feed ingredients, including soybean meal, at high temperatures for extended periods may be less effective in combating African Swine Fever (ASF) than previously thought, according to new research from the University of Minnesota.

Germany’s farming and food industry is likely to have lost about 1 billion euros ($1 billion) of business following an outbreak of the livestock illness foot-and-mouth disease, the head of the farming cooperatives association told German media on Thursday, reported Reuters. 

Montenegro has detected African swine fever in two wild boars found dead earlier this month by local hunters in the northern region of Pljevlja, close to the border with Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the government said.

The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) has published Guidelines for the rational use of antimicrobial veterinary medicines in pig production on its official website.

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 US pork industry is cautiously optimistic as a new year arrives, but much is still up in the air in terms of global trade, the ‘Farm Bill,’ sow mortality and more.

Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders together with leading experts invites you to join an online course that will help protect your farm from African swine fever (ASF).

On 10 January 2025, an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) was detected on a farm in Brandenburg, near Berlin, for the first time in almost four decades. The disease was detected in a herd of water buffaloes, where three animals died from the serotype O virus. 14 buffaloes were kept on the farm, and the rest were immediately destroyed. This case prompted an immediate response from the German authorities and the international community, as foot-and-mouth disease is one of the most contagious diseases of ungulates, although it does not pose a threat to humans.

November 2024 marked another successful month for U.S. pork exports, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Total pork exports reached 272,141 metric tons (mt), up 5% year-over-year, while export value increased by 6% to nearly $783 million.

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

Germany's meat and dairy exports outside the EU face severe restrictions after the country’s first case of the livestock disease foot-and-mouth was confirmed on Friday, Reuter's reported, citing the country's agriculture ministry.

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