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The CO₂ industry has come to an agreement to ensure UK businesses, including slaughterhouses, have access to a sustainable supply of CO₂.

As of October 1, the state of Brandenburg will pay €150 for each wild boar hunted in the ASF restricted areas.

According to the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, the number of ASF outbreaks in the country is down from last year, but the risk of disease spread remains.

According to the FAO meat price index, global pig meat prices declined in September while ovine and bovine prices increased.

Record shipments to Mexico and strong growth in several other markets helped offset the expected slowdown in muscle cut exports to China.

Global cereal production is expected to be less than consumption requirements in 2021/22, leading to a drawdown in world inventories.

The EU pigmeat market is in a difficult situation due to increased production and decreased demand from food services and China. Prices have been falling steadily in the past months.

China remains the leading importer of Brazilian pork.

Previously, examining all wild boar hunted in good health was only mandatory in the districts of Görlitz and Bautzen, but this has now been extended to the districts of Meissen and Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains as well as to the state capital Dresden.

At the Agriculture Ministers' Conference in Dresden from September 30 to October 1, the Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture called on the state ministers to commit to the conversion of livestock farming.

The arrangement allows for the safe trade of swine products from disease-free zones in Canada in the event of an ASF outbreak.

The label gives pig farmers the opportunity to differentiate themselves by going above and beyond the legal standards for animal welfare.

Overall feed production is projected to rise slightly during the remainder of 2021 and into 2022.

If forecasts are correct, it will be a record production year for Brazil's swine industry.

The so-called Animal Health Troika met with the European Commission in Brussels to discuss the joint approach to combat African swine fever.

This year ASF cases have already surpassed the total for 2020. Even so, the pig industry is expected to see growth.

See how Bulgaria's swine production and consumption are recovering following ASF outbreaks and the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, this year will see positive trends and production will exceed 5.5 million tons.

The European Commission is launching a public consultation on its new framework initiative for a sustainable food system in the EU.

See the global pork production and trade forecasts for 2021 from the USDA's world markets and trade report.

Pork imports have been up this year due to better demand from consumers while imports of live hogs are down so far.

Pig meat was among the EU agrifood products that saw good performance in export value to China.

Between 17 and 24 September 2021, 245 outbreaks of particularly serious animal diseases were reported to the OIE in 19 countries worldwide.

Russa's leading pork producer, Miratorg, announces an ASF outbreak on a 24,000-head finishing farm.

The government recognizes the Belgian pig industry as a sector in crisis until April of next year.

USDA will take action to prevent the spread of African swine fever.

The regulations clarify some aspects of the practical arrangements for post-mortem inspection.

To reduce confusion with trading partners over the trichinae-free status of U.S. pork products, the program will be eliminated in October.

The U.S. hog inventory is down from September 2020 but up slightly from June of this year.

Month by month, EU pork exports to China are decreasing, with the cumulative total as of July already below 2020 levels.

The signing of the decree was a moment highly anticipated by the whole swine industry after three years of work.

The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission signed a joint declaration establishing from now on each 23 September as EU organic day.

China has lowered its sow herd inventory target in an effort to control supply and stabilize prices.

The Central Veterinary Laboratory (LAVECEN) is now fully equipped to test for ASF virus.

MEPs support the EU’s One Health approach to addressing the challenge of antimicrobial resistance

If current stocks of the gas run out, some slaughterhouses will have to stop taking animals and close production lines.

The greatest number of outbreaks were reported in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, near Mielec.

Pig slaughter numbers reached the highest in 24 years.

Haiti has reported the first outbreak of ASF since 1984.

On September 3, 2021, the Institut Pasteur's National Reference Center (CNR) for respiratory infection viruses confirmed the infection of a man by an influenza virus of swine origin (H1N2)v.

Recent outbreaks have been confirmed in several provinces.

This ban is a temporary measure to prevent the entry of African swine fever into the country.

Over 60% of Canada’s production that was previously eligible for export to China is currently suspended.

Australian pork production is estimated to reach a record in 2021 and continue at this high level in 2022.

Now that slaughterhouses are recovering from backlogs due to COVID-19, what will next year have in store for Canada's swine industry?

The value of soybean and derivative shipments increased 55% during the first half of the year.

The disease has already been confirmed in 25 of the 32 provinces, which correspond to the largest pig producing areas.

The entry of porcine ingredients in luggage represents a high risk for the introduction of African swine fever.

Revenue from 2021 pork shipments grows 21.3%.

An additional P300 million for backyard and semi-commercial hog raisers has been allotted.

The first half of 2021 represents the worst financial situation for pig producers, across a six-month period, on record.

July pork exports were driven mainly by growth in Mexico, Central America, Colombia and the Philippines.

Swine production to increase in 2022 following a rebound in the sow population. Pork production is expected to increase 2% to meet strong demand for domestic pork.

The vast majority of outbreaks involved farms that kept a small number of pigs.

The first case of African swine fever in wild pigs in Hong Kong has been reported.

Agri-food and fishery exports reached an all-time high in 2020, driven by foreign sales of pork and fruit.

In view of the worsening ASF situation in wild boar, the Slovak Ministry has decided to reduce the wild boar population.

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service forecasted soybean and corn production up from 2020.

The Mexican market is now open for British pork for the first time, which means a potential boost of £50m for the UK over the first five years of trade.

ASF outbreaks in both wild boar and domestic pigs continue to increase each month and are exceeding 2020 levels.