Swine news - Economy

In the first half of this year, Chinese pork and offal imports decreased by 28%.

EU farmers will receive higher CAP advances to ease liquidity issues, up to 70% for direct payments and 85% for rural interventions.

Compared to the July report, cuts were made to corn production in the European Union and Ukraine, while estimates for the United States and Argentina improved slightly. Global soybean production, trade, and ending stock forecasts increased, supported by increases in the U.S. harvest and exports.

The African swine fever situation is expected to improve in the second half of 2025.

On Wednesday, the Federal Cabinet passed an amendment to the Building Code with the law to strengthen integrated urban development.

Massachusetts Question 3 bans the sale of pork from hogs born to sows raised in housing that doesn’t comply with the state’s prescriptive standards.

In the first half of 2024, Spain imported 1,130,148 piglets from the Netherlands.

Global wheat and barley export prices fell month-on-month while maize, sorghum, and rice prices increased.

Shipments to most destinations decreased. Canada and South Korea show the greatest declines.

The English breeding pig herd has fallen to its lowest figure ever recorded.

World pig meat prices decreased for the second consecutive month due to lackluster import demand.

This week, the results of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture in the European Union were presented, a key meeting for the agricultural sector across the continent.

Paraná exported around 56 tons of frozen pork cuts to the Philippines in July.

Corn could suffer a year-on-year decrease of 21% in area, representing 2 million hectares.

Pig slaughter up by 2.4% compared to the second quarter of 2023.

Pork shipments abroad increased by more than 25% in the first half of the year.

It is expected that by the end of 2024, the total export of Russian pork to foreign markets will reach the target of 300 thousand tons.

For the first time since 2016, there was a slight increase in pork production in the first half of the year.

The government announced the elimination of export duties on beef, pork, and dairy products and a 25% reduction in withholding taxes for different meat chains. The objective is to strengthen competitiveness.

Updated guideline makes recommendations to strengthen documentation supporting animal-raising or environment-related claims on meat product labeling.

The cost of PRRS has increased by 80% in the last decade.

China's securities regulator approves registrations of new options.

Rusagro Group, one of the largest Russian agricultural holdings, plans to supply up to 10,000 tons of pork meat to China in 2024.

Pig and cattle inventories continue to decline in Belgium while the number of poultry, sheep, and goats is increasing.