Leaders in Canada, the US and Mexico remain on high alert to prevent entry of African Swine Fever (ASF) into North America, as vaccine advances continue worldwide.

The disease continues to plague many countries around the world. 14 countries in Europe recorded commercial farm ASF outbreaks in 2023. This is the worst result since 2014, according to the latest annual report of the European Food Safety Authority.

In 2023, the EU's livestock populations were lower than a year earlier, according to a recent report from Eurostat. Compared with 2022, the pig and bovine populations decreased by 1%, while sheep declined by 3%, and goats by 5%. In 2023, the EU had 133 million pigs, 74 million bovine animals, 58 million sheep, and 11 million goats. This information comes from provisional data on the EU’s livestock population, published today by Eurostat.

Korea on Tuesday reported its first African swine fever (ASF) case in around nine months.

The third decade of May was marked by the recovery of quotations in the industrial pork market, according to the results of the weekly price monitoring of the analytical department of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

At the beginning of 2024, Ukraine's industrial pig production showed the first signs of recovery. According to expert estimates, the number of main sows in agricultural enterprises increased by more than 5% compared to the figure at the start of 2023 and amounted to ˃215 thousand. How these changes affected the genetic structure of the Ukrainian industrial pig industry was investigated by analysts of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) is working with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop an industry standard on biosecurity as part of the project "Keeping Animals Healthy in Ukraine". 

The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is working on the development of an industry standard for biosecurity as part of the project "Keeping Animals Healthy in Ukraine".

The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) has been given the opportunity to place the course "Fundamentals of Pig Health" on the AgriAcademy platform, a digital educational space for the exchange of knowledge and skills in agribusiness created by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

In the second half of May, prices for slaughter pigs continued to move downward, according to analysts of Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders, citing the results of weekly monitoring.

It is generally acknowledged that 2023 was a difficult year for US hog producers, according to the most recent USDA Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook report. Iowa State University calculates that monthly producer losses last year averaged more than $24 per head.

This year's Easter passed without record prices for pork in retail, according to analysts of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders, citing the results of monthly monitoring of prices on the shelves of national retail chains.

You will learn about the key changes in the domestic pork market in April from the monthly review of the analytical department of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

Goodvalley Ukraine plans to expand, increase the number of livestock at the existing rearing complexes, as well as at fattening plants. This was announced by the territorial production manager of Goodvalley Ukraine, Sergiy Gensetsky.

The blockade of Ukraine's borders had a significant impact on Ukrainian foreign trade, primarily on imports. This is stated in the Inflation Report published on April 3 by the National Bank of Ukraine.

As a result of the Russian attack on Kharkiv on May 4, MK Myasny was destroyed. This was announced by the general director of the company Oleksandr Skoryk.

Representatives of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders took part in a study tour as part of Module 3 ‘Digitalisation in Livestock Production’ of the SULAWE project (Sustainable Livestock Production and Animal Welfare).

As part of the joint project of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) "Animal Health in Ukraine", microbiological monitoring of bacterial pathogens in pigs was conducted for the first time to determine antibiotic susceptibility using the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) method, taking into account the clinical picture. 

In times of war, business is supported by the project "Animal Health in Ukraine", which is being implemented by the  with the support of the Department of Agriculture (USDA).

At the end of March, representatives of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders took part in a study tour within the framework of the European Union's international technical assistance Erasmus+ Sustainable Livestock and Animal Welfare (SULAWE).