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Preventive culling of 9,888 pigs on a neighboring farm after detection of the fifth outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.

In its most recent report, “Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade,” published on April 10, the USDA projects slight growth in world pork production in 2025, accompanied by a slight drop in global exports, despite the expected significant increase in shipments from Brazil.

Germany is once again recognized as free of foot-and-mouth disease.

These 68 new projects will increase the United States’ ability to rapidly respond to and control animal disease outbreaks.

In the first quarter of 2025, more than 4,400 cases have already been reported in wild boar and 168 in domestic pigs in 17 European countries. Poland, Germany, and Latvia lead in wild boar, while Romania and Moldova are concerned about the increase in domestic pig cases.

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.