Despite the recovery of the pig population, China continues to increase its pork imports, reaching 4 million tonnes, double the imports from 2019.

Official data from the National Bureau of statistics has revealed that China’s pork output for 2020 recorded only marginal losses, after experiencing a massive decline in 2019 following an outbreak of African Swine Fever which decimated the country’s pig herd.

Exports of Canadian pork and pork products saw a significant increase in the first 10 months of 2020.

Any drop in demand from China and Hong Kong may turn into a disaster for the Brazilian pork industry.

For the first time, Quebec pork producers may have to export piglets and slaughter hogs to the United States.

As we already know, the main function of the respiratory system is to capture oxygen from the air and eliminate the CO2 created by tissue catabolism. However, in the pig it is also responsible for carrying out the thermoregulation process, since the pig does not have developed sweat glands.

China is expanding, high hog prices will do that. China’s hog price will contract in 2021 but when it does China's lower pork price will be increasing per capita consumption of 1.4 billion Chinese. This will slow price decline and in turn, keep Chinese pork imports up through 2021.

African swine fever (ASF) has devastated the entire pig industry in China, and their breeding herd has suffered incredible losses due to the disease.

In the January-August 2020 period, Spanish exports of pork have grown by 19.0% in volume and 28.6% in value, compared to the same period last year.

Jim Long, the world industry analyst  analyzes the live pig prices and pork in the U.S. and China and the consequences of ASF in Germany.

From the beginning of 2020/21 MY as of November 9, 2020 grain export from Ukraine reached 17.35 million tons.

This is evidenced by the data of the Information and Analytical Portal of the Agricultural Complex of Ukraine.

The global value of pork exports has increased by 29.9% since 2015 and reached US$32.9 billion in 2019.

In response to the second wave of coronavirus, countries are re-introducing full quarantine. If the same events are waiting for Ukraine, how can it affect the meat market is analyzed by analysts of Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders .

According to the State Customs Service of Ukraine for 10 months of 2020, Ukraine received 18.18 thousand tons of pork from EU countries. This makes up 91% of the volume of annual export quotas on pork for suppliers from the European Union, say analysts of the Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders.

World industry analyst Jim Long in his next report analyzes the realities of the pork market in China and the United States.

The latest ASF news in Germany makes everybody think about the consequences for pork sales in the world market.

There are many versions of the causes of ear necrosis in pigs, but they are mostly just guesswork. In fact, a number of risk factors can cause the emergence of the disease. Olexander Romanov, an independent expert on pig health and welfare, will talk about the causes of ear necrosis, how to diagnose and localize the problem during the XII International Congress “Profitable Pig Production”.

After a four-week decline at the turn of the autumn months, prices on the domestic pork market have recovered. The average purchase price for live pigs increased by 2%, compared to last week and reached 45.7 UAH/kg. The increase in price for slaughter pigs by 1 UAH/kg, compared to 39-th week, was reported by analysts of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

2020 brought many «surprises» for global pig production: the COVID-19 pandemic, the closure of major meat processors in the US, Canada and Europe, the economic crisis…