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At the Agriculture Ministers' Conference in Dresden from September 30 to October 1, the Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture called on the state ministers to commit to the conversion of livestock farming.

Previously, examining all wild boar hunted in good health was only mandatory in the districts of Görlitz and Bautzen, but this has now been extended to the districts of Meissen and Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains as well as to the state capital Dresden.

The arrangement allows for the safe trade of swine products from disease-free zones in Canada in the event of an ASF outbreak.

The label gives pig farmers the opportunity to differentiate themselves by going above and beyond the legal standards for animal welfare.

Overall feed production is projected to rise slightly during the remainder of 2021 and into 2022.

This year ASF cases have already surpassed the total for 2020. Even so, the pig industry is expected to see growth.

If forecasts are correct, it will be a record production year for Brazil's swine industry.

The so-called Animal Health Troika met with the European Commission in Brussels to discuss the joint approach to combat African swine fever.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, this year will see positive trends and production will exceed 5.5 million tons.

See the global pork production and trade forecasts for 2021 from the USDA's world markets and trade report.

Pork imports have been up this year due to better demand from consumers while imports of live hogs are down so far.

Pig meat was among the EU agrifood products that saw good performance in export value to China.

USDA will take action to prevent the spread of African swine fever.

Russa's leading pork producer, Miratorg, announces an ASF outbreak on a 24,000-head finishing farm.

The government recognizes the Belgian pig industry as a sector in crisis until April of next year.

Month by month, EU pork exports to China are decreasing, with the cumulative total as of July already below 2020 levels.

To reduce confusion with trading partners over the trichinae-free status of U.S. pork products, the program will be eliminated in October.

The regulations clarify some aspects of the practical arrangements for post-mortem inspection.

The U.S. hog inventory is down from September 2020 but up slightly from June of this year.

The signing of the decree was a moment highly anticipated by the whole swine industry after three years of work.

The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission signed a joint declaration establishing from now on each 23 September as EU organic day.

China has lowered its sow herd inventory target in an effort to control supply and stabilize prices.

The Central Veterinary Laboratory (LAVECEN) is now fully equipped to test for ASF virus.