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African swine fever (ASF) spread from Europe to China in 2018—one of the largest animal disease incidents ever. The outbreak reduced China’s pork supply, and Chinese pork prices more than doubled to reach record levels.

ASF cases have been increasing since the beginning of August and are expected to continue in the near future.

Philippines pork imports are down this year.

Applications are now open for the second round of the Slurry Infrastructure Grant, with double the funding on offer compared with the first round.

Oilseed crushing in China was a record in the 2022/23 marketing year at 133 Mt. Added to this is a large recovery in oil imports of up to 12.69 Mt and continued growth in meal demand.

The "Écoantibio 3" plan (2023-2028) will continue the positive momentum and build on the good results achieved over the last 10 years.

In the first nine months of 2023, the total number of pigs slaughtered in Portugal fell by 4.5% (-133,474 head).

At the European level, Spain is the leading country in reducing the consumption of veterinary antibiotics and the third country in human health.

Compared to the October report, estimates for global corn production and exports were upgraded, with a larger U.S. crop expected. As for soybeans, a slight increase was projected for global production and a decrease in ending stocks.

Foreign sales turnover increased by 32.9% in the first nine months of 2023.

United Kingdom pig producers can now become accredited to export to California under the US state's new Proposition 12 regulations.

The rains have helped restore soil moisture in preparation for the new soybean season, which is progressing steadily toward April of next year.

The European Commission will allocate €185.9 million in 2024 to fund promotion activities for sustainable and high-quality EU agri-food products at home and abroad.

The Prime Minister has issued an official statement requesting a focus on the implementation of measures to prevent and control ASF.

Several key growing regions appear to be turning a corner in terms of productivity.

Shipments of Russian pork to the Chinese market may begin by the middle of next year.

Pig slaughter is up 0.5% year-on-year and up 3.7% from the previous quarter.

Since 2011, the country has been declared free of this disease.

Since the end of October, ASF outbreaks have continued again and have spread rapidly in the Quang Tri province.

Researchers have reclassified the number of African swine fever (ASF) virus strains from 25 to only six unique genotypes.

The People's Committee of Dong Xoai city, Binh Phuoc province has declared an African swine fever epidemic in Tan Binh ward.

Since the beginning of 2023, 2347 cases of African swine fever have been confirmed in wild boars in Poland.

The European Commission gave its final approval for the second call for the voluntary closure of pig farms.

September exports of U.S. pork were down slightly from a year ago but maintained a robust pace, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).