The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), has announced new import restrictions on pigs, pork products, and related by-products from Taiwan following the recent outbreak of African swine fever (ASF).
The decision took effect on October 21, 2025, according to an official APHIS press release issued on October 27.

Denmark has launched a new support program for pig producers who choose not to dock pigs’ tails. Under the scheme, farmers will receive 50 Danish kroner (≈ USD 7.1) in compensation for each pig raised with an intact tail.

Analysts at Rabobank predict that the global sow population will decrease in 2026, while pork trade will remain dynamic and overall herd health is expected to improve. The findings were published in the bank’s quarterly global pork market report.

The German state of Hesse has begun constructing a large-scale protective barrier to prevent the spread of African swine fever (ASF) from neighboring North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The initiative was announced by the Hessian Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment (HMLU).

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed new trade agreements with Malaysia and Cambodia, opening major opportunities for American pork and biofuel producers. The initiative is the result of ongoing engagement between the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and the Trump administration.

The Taiwanese Ministry of Agriculture announced that the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak detected in Taichung has been successfully contained. According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture Tu Wen-jane, the first stage of the epidemiological investigation confirmed that the virus had not spread beyond the farm located in Wuqi District, where the case was first identified.

French President Emmanuel Macron stated that negotiations on the trade agreement between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur (which includes Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay) are progressing in the right direction. At the same time, France remains cautious, insisting on stronger guarantees for European farmers and stricter quality control of food products entering the EU market.

Danish Crown has announced a new, more generous subsidy scheme for farmers investing in the construction of modern pig housing facilities for finishing pigs. Under the updated program, producers will now receive a bonus of $0.11 (≈80 øre) per kilogram of pork during the first year after the facility becomes operational.

British scientists from The Roslin Institute have reported a major scientific breakthrough — they have successfully developed genetically edited pigs resistant to the classical swine fever (CSF) virus. This discovery could become a turning point in protecting global pig farming from one of the most dangerous animal diseases, which causes enormous economic losses to the agricultural sector.

Following the detection of the first case of African swine fever (ASF), the government of Taiwan has warned that a nationwide spread of the virus could result in economic losses of up to NT$200 billion (approximately US$6.5 billion).

Preliminary analysis of African swine fever (ASF) samples detected at a pig farm in Taichung has shown that the virus is genetically similar to a strain previously identified in Vietnam, Taiwan’s Ministry of Agriculture reported on Thursday.

The number of African swine fever (ASF) cases in the Philippines has significantly decreased in 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, according to the country’s Department of Agriculture (DA).

In 2025, global pork demand is expected to remain stable, with a modest increase of just 0.2%, reaching 125 million tons. This was reported by the Agricultural Market Information Company (AMI), which forecasts only minor shifts in the global pork market.

Taiwan has reported its first outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) among domestic pigs, becoming the latest region to face the deadly disease that has spread to 68 countries and territories since 2022.

China — the world’s largest pork producer — increased its pork output by 7% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, reaching 13.48 million tons. According to Reuters, citing data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China, this surge resulted from accelerated slaughtering amid oversupply and weak consumer demand.

This week, Christophe Hansen, the European Union Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, is visiting São Paulo, Brazil, together with a large delegation of EU agri-food companies to promote European products and explore new export opportunities.

The shortage of qualified personnel in agriculture, particularly in livestock production, is becoming increasingly critical for Ukrainian producers. This was stated by Oksana Yurchenko, President of the Association of Pig Producers of Ukraine (APU) and Project Coordinator at the FAO Investment Centre in Ukraine, during the Ukrainian Livestock Summit 2025, held on October 17 in Kyiv.

This Thursday, China is holding a hearing as part of its investigation into the alleged dumping of cheap pork from the European Union on the Chinese market. Last month, Beijing imposed provisional import duties on EU pork, which remain in force for now.

European pork exporters are increasingly scaling back their presence in Asian markets — particularly in China — following the introduction of import duties and weakening demand in key Asian destinations. The result has been a decline in export profitability and a strategic shift toward domestic sales within the European Union, according to Spanish exporters and Asian traders.