The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FAVV) is calling on hunters to be extra vigilant for African swine fever this hunting season.

As U.S. agriculture faces the possibility of a new trade war under President-elect Donald Trump, pork producers are preparing for potential disruptions in trade with China, one of their key markets. President-elect Trump has proposed imposing a 60% tariff on Chinese goods and additional tariffs on other imports, which could prompt China to retaliate with its own import restrictions. This scenario is concerning for U.S. pork producers, who rely on China as a significant export market.

UK pig slaughterings and pork production remain well ahead of last year, according to Defra’s latest UK slaughter statistics.

Every federal election in any country changes things for farmers, and the re-election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States is no exception. The impact will be felt by farmers inside the US, but also in Canada and beyond.

Denmark will convert 15% of its farmland into forest and natural habitats in an effort to reduce fertiliser usage, which has resulted in severe oxygen depletion in Danish waters as well as the loss of marine life, Reuters reported, citing lawmakers on Monday.

Both the Vancouver and Montreal ports were idle on November 11. This has never happened.  The Canadian Meat Council (CMC) called for immediate action from the federal government to resolve the shutdowns. Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon eventually ordered the CIRB to end strikes on November 12.

Between January and September of this year, Chinese imports of pork and offal have decreased by 21%.

Evaluation of resistance of the main intestinal pathogens present in fattening pig herds shows a significant level of resistance to the main antimicrobial drugs and requires a balanced strategy of their use in animal production.

Elsewhere in Asia, further cases of African swine fever (ASF) have been recorded in Indonesia and the Philippines. Among the latest premises with new ASF outbreaks in Europe are two commercial farms.

On 13 November 2024, the conference ‘Opportunities and Challenges of European Integration for the Livestock Sector - German Experience for Ukraine’ was held in Hanover, Germany, within the framework of the international exhibition EuroTier 2024 and the professional information trip ‘European Integration of the Livestock Sector - German Experience for Ukraine’, with the support of the German-Ukrainian Agricultural Policy Dialogue project.

China’s pork production dropped by 0.8% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2024, marking the third consecutive quarter of annual decline. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, output during June to September in the world’s top pork-producing nation fell to 12.59 million tonnes. This continued decline reflects a challenging economic environment as consumer demand remains subdued, affecting the country’s massive pork industry, which supplies nearly half of the global pork market.

In the second decade of November, the direction of price movement in the slaughter pig market changed not in favour of producers, analysts of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders state, citing the results of weekly monitoring.

The June–August litter rate was the highest ever, at 11.72 pigs per litter.

The Swine Health Information Center, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and the Pork Checkoff will fund a US$4 million research program to enhance prevention, preparedness, mitigation and response for H5N1 influenza in the U.S. swine herd.

After 20 years of steady decline, the French pig sector seems to be on the path to a recovery, allbeit a small one. In the month of September, 1.863 million pigs were slaughtered in the country, just 0.3% less than last year. “The slaughter figures for pigs are more or less stable compared to a year ago,’’ statistical office Agreste says.

A survey of pork producers on their European integration attitudes found that 24% of respondents consider EU accession to be positive, as it will open up access to new markets.

Prices for pork on supermarket shelves continued to rise in October, according to the results of price monitoring in national retail chains by the analytical department of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

Increased probability that the pigs and poultry on the farm became infected after coming into contact with infected migratory birds, not dairy cattle or other livestock.

Broad-based growth has pork exports poised to set annual records.