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Global wheat, maize, sorghum, and rice prices declined while barley prices increased slightly.

China's soybean production is forecast slightly downwards while soybean imports are expected to rise 2%.

Colombia’s economic recovery together with growing domestic livestock and poultry production are driving Colombia’s corn demand.

The new Decision identifies new protection and surveillance zones and additional restricted zones in Slovakia and Hungary, as well as additional surveillance zones and restricted zones in Austria.

Corn, wheat, and rice production and import predictions for 2025.

The 2025 Power of Meat study looks into meat and poultry consumption trends in 2024, as well as the behaviors, perceptions, and purchasing patterns of meat shoppers.

The sow and market hog inventories were down in March, but there was an increase in the number of piglets weaned per litter.

Chicken meat was the most popular, while pork consumption has stagnated in recent years. Germany's meat production increased for the first time since 2016.

For the first time, all the 27 countries of the European Union together with Iceland and Norway have collected and reported data on both sales and use of antimicrobials in animals in their countries.

The first official, survey-based estimates of U.S. farmers’ 2025 planting intentions.

Hungary has confirmed two new outbreaks of FMD and Slovakia confirms its fifth, bordering Austria and near the Czech Republic.

Decreased pork production was offset by significantly increased imports, contributing to increased consumption.

The Netherlands boosts manure exports with a new delegate for the promotion of organic fertilizer exports.

China imported more than 61 Mt of grain in 2023/24, but is to reduce purchases in 2024/25 due to economic factors and self-sufficiency policies.

Trends in antimicrobial consumption by species and animal categories in Spain in 2023 and information for combating antimicrobial resistance.

Moscow and Washington agree on measures on maritime security, agricultural trade, and energy infrastructure protection.

Mississippi prohibits the sale of food products produced from cultured animal cells.

Paraguay approves sanitary certificate for pork exports.

The restriction zone established around this second outbreak, which involves more than 3,000 dairy cattle, covers a small part of Austrian territory.

Austria extends its surveillance zone after an FMD outbreak on a Hungarian dairy cattle farm with 3,000 animals near the Austrian border.

Economic compensation will be introduced to farmers who produce pigs with tails to achieve the targets approved by the Danish Parliament.

The Member States have agreed to implement an additional restriction zone with a radius of at least 50 km around the outbreaks.

Canada is strengthening its AgriStability program in response to China's tariffs on Canadian agricultural and food products.

125 organisations call on the European Commission for a science-based food strategy that values livestock farming across the EU.

Import ban amended following outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Germany.

The location of the new outbreak reinforces the possibility of long-distance airborne transmission, the most likely hypothesis.

EU agriculture ministers emphasize the need for a strong CAP, fair farmer incomes, and sustainable innovation to secure the future of the agrifood sector.

Romania calls for CAP reform to allow EAFRD funding for breeding animals, aiming to boost livestock productivity, competitiveness, and food security.

Australian pork production, consumption, and trade expectations for 2025.

China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced an updated Feed Ingredients Catalog.

The Association for the Environmental Disimpact of Manure (ADAP) creates the Observatory to evaluate new management techniques.

China renewed or extended the facility registrations by five years for 365 U.S. pork establishments.

The areas affected by African swine fever (ASF) are now down to 39 barangays.

These reforms will strengthen U.S. food production, reduce costs for producers, and support a more resilient supply chain.

Today Slovakia confirmed the presence of foot and mouth disease in the country, affecting three cattle farms.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reaffirms its commitment to strengthening Mexican pork production to reduce dependence on imports and move towards food self-sufficiency in pork production.

As of March 12, 2025, Germany is considered free of foot-and-mouth disease, except for the so-called containment zone, a 6-kilometer radius around the outbreak near Hönow.

This reflects an increase in planted area, estimated at 81.6 million hectares, and a recovery in average productivity (4023 kg/ha).

Second case of African swine fever confirmed in a wild boar in Baden-Württemberg.

Compared to February, estimates for global corn exports were cut, which could be explained by a projected decrease in shipments from Brazil. Likewise, a significant drop in corn imports from China was estimated. As for soybeans, projections remained unchanged, except for a drop in ending stocks.

The European Commission has decided to appoint Oliver Sitar as Director for Legal, Procedural and Interinstitutional Affairs (DG AGRI).

Production, trends, and challenges in China's swine industry.

China is the world’s largest importer of purebred breeding swine.

USDA forecasts China's swine production to grow in 2025 due to higher pigs per sow per year. Production growth is curbed by lower sow inventory.

How the PRRS reduction plan in Denmark has developed including the status and occurrence of PRRS in Danish pig herds.

Feed fed to U.S. hogs in 2023 equaled approximately 60.9 million tons, mainly from corn-related ingredients.

Pork exports were slightly below last January’s large totals, despite another outstanding performance in Mexico and Central America.

Support should there be a closure of key export markets for Canadian pork products and live pigs due to an ASF outbreak.

Pork consumption will increase by 1.4% in 2024.

China will impose additional tariffs on Canadian rapeseed oil, oil cake, peas, aquatic products, and pork.

Pork imports are expected to be similar in 2025 while marginal growth is expected in pork exports.

Slovakia takes measures following the occurrence of foot and mouth disease in Hungary.

NH₃ emissions, 97.6% of which originated from agricultural and livestock activities, declined by 0.8% nationwide in 2023.

Wheat, maize, barley, and sorghum export prices increased while the FAO All Rice Price Index declined.

Pig meat prices softened, pressured by lower quotations in the European Union.

This comes after the U.S. imposition of an additional 10% tariff on products imported from China.

In addition to representing about 19% of total per capita animal protein consumption, in the last year there was an increase of 1.2 kg per capita compared to 2023.

Aurora will increase its pig slaughtering capacity in São Gabriel do Oeste.

The country's veterinary authorities have identified foot-and-mouth disease on a cattle farm in Kisbajcs, Hungary. This is the second outbreak of the disease in a short period of time in the EU.

An updated study quantifies the returns that beef and pork exports brought to U.S. corn and soybean producers.