Swine news - Economy

The European Commission's latest EU Agricultural Outlook report presents projections for the EU pig meat market until 2035.

The Commission's EU Agricultural Outlook report presents projections for EU cereals markets until 2035.

Value record for Mexico led strong September performance for U.S. pork.

The United States hog and pig inventory was up 1% from year-ago levels.

Senegal is boosting local animal feed production to cut imports, empower smallholder farmers, and grow agribusiness.

The final tariffs will apply to European pork export companies for the next five years.

Two new secondary outbreaks have been reported with a total of 10 positive wild boars located near the outbreaks reported previously.

A slight increase of 0.4% in compound feed production is expected in the EU in 2025, compared to 2024, despite economic and regulatory challenges.

Nigeria reaffirms commitment to evidence-based policies to modernise the livestock sector, boost economic growth, during Botswana envoy’s visit.

The Ministry of Agriculture has updated restrictions on exports of Spanish pork products, including new developments for Japan and the US.

Global wheat, maize, barley, and sorghum prices rose.

The monthly decline continued to be driven by lower pig and poultry meat prices.

Update on the markets that have lifted some of their initial restrictions on Spanish pork due to the ASF outbreak.

The temporary ban affects live pigs, pork meat, pig skin, and other related products from Taiwan.

Nigeria commits to a supportive environment and stronger stakeholder collaboration to make animal feed a key driver of its livestock transformation agenda.

Nigeria’s livestock minister visited the FAO office in Abuja, reaffirming the government’s commitment to stronger collaboration on livestock development.

The discovery of a virus similar to the one detected in Georgia does not rule out that the ASF outbreak could have originated in a biocontainment facility.

Several countries, such as South Korea and Chile, have confirmed that they will accept regionalization.

The European Commission has defined the ASF infected zone in Catalonia and has applied urgent control measures to prevent its spread; the Osona region is excluded from the area.

FAO expects global pig meat production to rise on improved productivity and global pig meat trade to expand amid ASF-induced supply shortfalls.

The Federal Government of Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to transforming Nigeria's livestock sector.

It is the first time in 17 months that the number of sows has dipped below 40 million.

In a press conference, the Minister detailed what the impacts on the trade of Spanish pork could be after the confirmation of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boars last Friday.

China accepts regionalization, meaning that it will only stop importing products originating from the province of Barcelona.