China reduced its pork imports in 2024 while production remained high.

Last year was rough for Poland’s pig industry. The Wielkopolska Chamber of Agriculture forecasted that farmers will be worse off In 2025.

A sow in the interior of Brazil gave birth to 45 piglets at Granja Santa Inês, located in Luz, State of Minas Gerais, on January 22.

The delayed third phase of Britain's post-Brexit border regime for imports from the European Union will begin on Friday - four years after Britain left the bloc's single market and nine years after it voted to leave the EU, reported Reuters. 

African swine fever (ASF) remains one of the biggest challenges for the pig industry in Ukraine and globally. High mortality, economic losses and the lack of effective treatment make this disease extremely dangerous. That is why the experts of the online course ‘African Swine Fever - Everything Business Needs to Know’ answer the most important questions that will help pig producers to protect their farms.

Feed manufacturers are concerned about the provisional anti-dumping duty on lysine imports from China.

Germany’s agriculture minister will seek financial aid for farmers hit by the impact of a case of foot-and-mouth disease on a farm in east Germany, Reuters reported, citing the ministry.

After a decade of outbreaks in domestic pigs and wild boar, African swine fever remains a challenge in Europe.

The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) emphasises the need to introduce new guidelines on the rational use of antimicrobial veterinary medicines in pig production.

The Netherlands has no cases of foot and mouth disease after extensive testing, so restrictions on veal calf farms are reduced.

The EU and Mexico have finalized negotiations to modernize their Global Agreement, establishing a more ambitious framework for strengthening their political and economic relations.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa) of Brazil has established a regionalisation agreement with Singapore to ensure the trade of pork products even in the event of an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in Brazil.

Don't miss the opportunity to protect your pig farm from African swine fever (ASF) by raising awareness of this disease!

Recently, Ukrainian businesses have been constantly facing attempts to discredit them through fake news and propaganda. Globino Group, one of Ukraine's leading agricultural producers, is at the centre of one such situation. Accusations of collaboration with Russia, which are being actively spread, are purely of the nature of an information attack. As the company's official press release confirms, these accusations are part of a paid campaign aimed at undermining the reputation of the Ukrainian brand.

Meanwhile, further cases of African swine fever (ASF) have been reported among European backyard herds of domestic pigs and wild boar, and Hong Kong has recorded its first farm outbreak after a 12-month hiatus.

 The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders expresses its support for Globino Group of Companies and calls on law enforcement agencies to intervene in the situation to stop actions aimed at undermining the reputation of one of the leading national producers.

Prices for live pigs of slaughtering conditions stabilised in the second half of January. This is reported by analysts of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders with reference to the results of weekly monitoring.

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.