The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) post in China forecasts 2025 swine production to grow due to higher 2024 sow inventories, according to a recent US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report.

France is stepping up surveillance to prevent the spread of African swine fever across its borders.

Pork production in the EU is expected to slightly decrease by 0.5% in 2024, and 0.2% in 2025. African Swine Fever outbreaks remain a risk for production. For 2025, the EU per capita consumption is expected to stabilise at 30.9 kg while less competitive EU pigmeat prices make exports to the global market a real challenge.

The wild pig problem in North America remains serious. Populations have grown over time and are still growing. Wild pigs are a potential vector for diseases that affect commercial pigs. They can also cause extensive damage to crops, native ecosystems and various wildlife populations.

Exports exceeded 120 thousand tons.

The company is reorganising the company to save €500 million.

South Korea has confirmed its ninth case of African swine fever (ASF) of the year, officials said Sunday. The latest ASF case was found at a pig farm in Hwacheon, some 88 kilometers northeast of Seoul in Gangwon Province. More than 3,500 pigs at the farm will be slaughtered, according to the farm ministry.

Hesse has successfully completed the construction of the 54-kilometer-long protective fence to contain African swine fever (ASF) along the B45 and L3095. Following coordination between the Hessian Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, the Darmstadt Regional Council, THW, HessenForst, HessenMobil, and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service, the first fence post was erected on August 22.

The European Union backed tariffs of up to 45% on imported Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) on Friday as it looks to counter Beijing's subsidies for automakers now targeting Europe, Reuters reported. 

African swine fever (ASF) is sweeping across northern Italy, posing a significant threat to the country's renowned pork industry.

The rise in price of chilled meat in national retail chains continued in early autumn, according to the analytical department of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders, citing the results of the monthly monitoring of retail prices.

The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB), whose members provide more than 70% of industrial pork, is concerned about the situation with the dissemination of inaccurate information and manipulation of data on the registration of a candidate vaccine against African swine fever (ASF) and the possibility of its use in Ukraine. This not only damages the reputation of the industry, but can also have negative epizootic and economic consequences for the country.

Herd at 40.36 million head at end of August.

Global leaders have approved a political declaration at the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), committing to a clear set of targets and actions, including reducing the estimated 4.95 million human deaths associated with bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) annually by 10% by 2030, according to a recent news release from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).

The French cooperative Cooperl is encouraging its members to supply pigs with intact tails. That is why a bonus system has been set up since the beginning of July. 

Rail backlogs are disrupting export trade between the United States and Mexico and snarling agricultural supply chains as the fall harvest is under way, Reuters reported, citing agriculture groups on Friday.

September is ending, leaving behind a trail of staggered decreases in the pig price in Spain. This is nothing new; many years tend to be like this.

Smithfield Foods has reduced its hog production by about 20% by cutting farm operations in multiple US states, Reuters reported, citing the world's largest pork processor on Friday.

Farmers in the United States who raise livestock in large industrial operations could get funding from President Joe Biden's signature climate law to transition to more environmentally friendly practices under bills introduced in the House and Senate on Wednesday, reported Reuters.