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High carcass prices and strong domestic retail demand will drive greater pork production. Recently lowered tariffs further incentivize imports of certain prepared pork products.

Slaughterhouses must have a video surveillance system that will allow for additional animal welfare checks.

On August 14, 2023, the signing ceremony to build a pork trading floor in Ho Chi Minh City took place between the Commodity Exchange of Vietnam (MXV), the Department of Industry and Trade, and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the city.

The export of pork offal and thermo-processed pork by-products from Argentina to authorized meat processing plants is now open.

Representatives of public and private institutions met to reactivate the National Council for Animal Protection and Welfare, chaired by the Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), and to define a road map with concrete actions.

The evolution of pig farming is the result of greater training for producers and benefits that help to implement new technologies.

USDA has lowered its third-quarter pork production forecast due to expected lower average dressed weights.

This is how Japan's swine inventory, pork sales, and pork imports have gone so far in 2023.

Since the first occurrence of ASF in mainland Italy in January 2022, 1057 cases have been detected in wild boar and 550 in domestic pigs.

Veterinary authorities confirmed the presence of African swine fever on a family farm in the province of Pavia (Lombardia).

Corn production is forecast up from 2022 and soybean production is forecast down from last year.

The volume of pork produced in the first half of 2023 was 2.1 million tons (-9.4% compared to the same period of the previous year).

The latest ADIS data on the African swine fever (ASF) situation in the European Union have been published up to July 2023.

The states of Jalisco, Sonora, Puebla, and Veracruz accounted for more than 50% of Mexico's swine inventory in 2022.

Pork will be the second fastest-growing product in terms of consumption, with an annual rate of 2.2% over the next few years.

The world corn production forecast was cut by 11 million tons from July's report. For soybeans, crop estimates were reduced by approximately 2.5 million due to lower expected U.S. production.

Global pork markets are being influenced by sluggish economic growth, weak consumption, recurrent disease outbreaks, and productivity issues.

Funding will support capital investments that enhance efficiency, productivity, environmental sustainability.

The state of Missouri has passed legislation making it a felony to interfere with the transportation of livestock.

According to a new Eurobarometer survey, more than half believe that the transition to a green economy should be accelerated.

The state of Paraná accounted for 14% of all pork exported from Brazil.

Since the first occurrence of ASF on Croatian territory on June 27, 59 outbreaks have now been confirmed.

Funding will provide Canada with a dedicated vaccine source to support the CFIA and industry in the event of an outbreak.

Total grain sown area, yield per unit area, and total grain output of summer grain in 2023.

Throughout the first half of the year, swine production showed sustained growth.

Pork production and hog slaughter were up in the first half of 2023.

Meat sector representatives claim there is no viable market access for beef and pork.

Russia's Rosselkhoznadzor and China's General Administration of Customs are studying the possibility of supplying Russian pork to China.

According to the estimate, this result is mainly due to the better performance of second-crop corn crops observed in the field last month.

Despite the expected drop in EU cereal area and reduced yield growth, EU cereal production is due to be higher this year.

Low numbers of slaughtered pigs on the EU market continue supporting high pig prices while EU demand stays high.

In its latest report "Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade" on July 12, USDA updated its estimates for 2023, maintaining its production figure and estimating a better outlook for international trade taking into account the possible greater momentum of shipments from the United States and Brazil.

The outbreaks were reported near areas where African swine fever (ASF) had previously occurred.

Russian pork exports increased by 35-40% in the first 6 months of this year compared to the volumes in January-June 2022.

The positive results of the first semester are due to the growth of shipments to almost all buyers.

Prices in China are decreasing and approaching European levels.

Chinese imports of both pork and offal have increased in the first four months of this year.

Without Russia's participation, the Black Sea Initiative ceases to function as of July 18.

This corridor, which allows the export of cereals and fertilizers from Russia and the Ukraine, is of the utmost importance to maintain world food security.

In this new update, the projection for world soybean production was cut by more than 5 million tons compared to the June report, due to a lower planted area in the United States. Estimates for corn were slightly higher than in the previous report.

A scientific review and expert consultation reveals the keys to controlling an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar in Spain.

The agreement eliminates all tariffs on EU exports to New Zealand including pig meat.

The supply of live pigs is high while prices are low.

Faced with major economic difficulties in the slaughterhouse sector, the French government is launching a collective action plan.

Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, and Cordoba continue to account for more than 80% of the country's slaughter.

Large industrial facilities and larger pig and chicken farms must reduce their emission of pollutants.

On July 8, at the Tam Diep Nuclear Pig Breeding Station, the Center for Digital Transformation and Agricultural Statistics (DTS) in collaboration with the People's Committee of Ninh Binh Province held the groundbreaking ceremony of the project "Setting up a smart farm" in Hanoi and improving the pig farming value chain in Ninh Binh”.

Led by another outstanding month in Mexico and robust demand for variety meat, exports of U.S. pork continued to gain momentum in May, according to data released by USDA and compiled by USMEF.

The monthly traded volume of soybeans closed in June 2023 at its lowest level in at least the last six and a half years.

While the FAO meat price index remained unchanged from May, world pig meat prices increased in June.

International maize prices saw a fifth consecutive monthly decline.

The USDA report "Concentration and Competition in U.S. Agribusiness" sheds light on the United States swine industry.

According to Eurostat data, fertilizer consumption in the EU fell by 2% in 2021.

The fourth and ninth outbreaks were within a few hundred meters of each other in eastern Poland, while the tenth was in the western part of the country.

Global agricultural and food production are projected to continue to increase over the next ten years, but at a slower pace of growth than the previous decade due to demographic trends, according to the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2023-2032.

Researchers used an epidemiological model to look at the different ways a potential outbreak in the southeastern U.S. could unfold.

The legislation specifies that the term "meat" does not include an analogue product or a cell-cultured product and that these products must be clearly labelled as such.

At the beginning of May 2023, the number of pigs in Germany was 20.7 million head, down 7.3% from the previous year.

Italy and France announce the creation of a "Technical Contact Group on African Swine Fever (ASF)" aimed at strengthening cooperation to prevent the spread of the disease.

Spain will work over the coming months to ensure a balance between food safety and environmental, economic, and social impact.