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Robust pork demand in Central America and Mexico was offset by a slowdown in Japan and Korea.

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

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.

Pig meat quotations rose in the European Union after Germany regained foot-and-mouth-disease-free status.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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