Data from the 2020 agricultural census show a 7.6% reduction in the number of farms and an increase in the livestock inventory.

Funding for two recipient organizations will help the sector increase its capacity to face animal health emergencies including African swine fever.

The campaign is part of the pilot project for implementing the strategic plan Brazil Free of Classical Swine Fever (CSF).

After surging to a record level in March, international coarse grain and vegetable oil prices dropped in April.

African swine fever has been confirmed in a dead wild boar found in the Insugherata natural park, in "Grande Raccordo Anulare" in the Italian capital.

While pigmeat remains the EU's fourth-strongest export sector, exports decreased in January.

The global hunger crisis is “exploding” as the war in Ukraine sends prices of key staples even higher, following a 25% spike in food insecurity last year.

В первую неделю мая консолидация цен на рынке свинины продлилась. О дальнейшем сближении региональных диапазонов цен закупки свидетельствуют результаты еженедельного мониторинга закупочных цен аналитического отдела Ассоциации «Свиноводы Украины».

Lean hog futures plummeted last week as traders kicked the crap out of summer futures in the $20 per head range. Interesting that cash hogs lost ground but not nearly at the rate of lean hog futures. Iowa-Minnesota Friday was 1.0672 a lb. This is the opinion expressed by Jim Long in his regular report.

According to the latest USDA estimates, China will continue to be the world's leading pork producer and importer. The European Union will be the leading exporter of pork.

The factors that elevated meat prices will continue in 2022, including high production costs, declining livestock numbers, and unpredictable consumer behavior, analysts say.

The initiative includes the sustainability labelling of food products.

Pig breeders in Ukraine are facing huge logistical problems to sell their products and generate the necessary income as Russian bombs continue to kill animals and disrupt food chains.

Jim Long's Pork Commentary celebrates 20 years of being published continuously translated into Spanish at PORCICULTURA.COM.

A study on ASF cross-border risk assessment in South-East Asia, China, Timor Leste, and Papua New Guinea was commissioned to better understand the different risk pathways for (re)introduction.

According to SIAP's "2022 Agrifood Outlook", the state of Jalisco is the national leader in various agricultural products, including pork.

While in most EU countries the number of breeding females is decreasing, in Spain it is increasing.

British researchers in cooperation with PIC will conduct a project that will look at whether the “social competence” of pigs, and in turn their welfare, can be improved through management and breeding.

The International Grains Council foresees a 13m t drop in total grains production for 2022/23.

In the first quarter of 2022, Chinese pork imports have decreased by more than 60%.