Swine news - Economy

Food security, post-pandemic economic recovery, and boosting agrifood supply chains were some of the issues addressed in the meeting attended by 31 ministries of agriculture in the Americas.

COVID-19 has shaken the global pork industry, disrupting the supply chain and causing various challenges.

The positive trade balance of EU27 agrifood was boosted by continued strong exports of pig meat, wheat, and coarse grains in the first four months of 2020.

The sow herd is recovering, pork prices are rising, and ASF outbreaks have remained under control during the first half of 2020.

Due to the increased weight of the slaughter animals, Tönnies has increased the base weight.

In a provisional opening, the plant should be able to start work July 17. No more than 10,000 animals may be slaughtered in the probationary period.

The Ministry of Commerce and relevant departments released pork from central reserves.

The volume exported so far in 2020 exceeds the 2019 balance for the same period by 37.01%.

Pigmeat production is expected to increase slightly in 2020. It will be supported by favourable prices, return of consumer demand and solid export prospects.

Currently, Mexico exports frozen pork to China. Expanding to fresh chilled meat would be a major advancement.

With census repopulation and pork consumption resuming post-pandemic, the Ministry of Agriculture predicts the pork supply will continue to improve.

A modern breeding base helped pig production in January-May 2020 increase by 11.6%.

ROSPORC is a digital marketplace that will allow the formation of reference values for each type of operation.

Figures suggest that the production of pigmeat in the EU was not immediately affected by the containment measures for the COVID-19 pandemic.

During the first quarter of 2020, the EU27 agri-food trade was up 4.7% from Q1 of 2019, despite the COVID-19 pandemic developing.