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The Council of the EU has taken a historic step by approving two key decisions in the EU-Mercosur agreement, while EU farmers and livestock producers continue their protests against it.

U.S. pork exports continued to build momentum in October, led by a record performance in leading market Mexico.

The total import ban imposed in 2022 has been lifted with a regionalization agreement.

This update projects increases in global maize production, international trade, and ending stocks, driven by an upward revision in U.S. harvest estimates. In contrast, the global outlook for soybeans has been revised downward, both for production and ending stocks, as a result of the anticipated contraction in U.S. supply and exports of this oilseed.

International wheat prices declined while maize and sorghum prices rose.

Prices declined across all meat categories, with those of bovine and poultry meats falling the most.

In 2025, ASF evolved unevenly in Europe, with a slight upturn in domestic pigs and a significant increase in wild boar, which continue to act as the main reservoir of the virus. Of particular note was the emergence of the disease in Spain.

Following strong performance in 2025, the Brazilian pork industry forecasts a year of increased exports, stable prices, production growth, and attractive margins for producers in 2026.

In December alone, shipments increased by 25.8% compared to the same period in 2024.

Vietnam spent US$358 million on Russian imports of more than 159,000 tons of chilled or frozen pork in the first 10 months of 2025.

A new executive order phases out the immobilization of sows in farrowing pens.

The sessions reached more than 200 hunters.

The sector welcomed the storms last weekend, which are important for continuing with planting, especially for early corn, which was beginning to suffer.

The arrangement is intended to allow trade to continue from ASF-free areas if ASF were ever detected in Canada.

The Philippine Department of Agriculture has officially recognized the Russian regionalization system for African swine fever (ASF).