African Swine Fever (ASF) continues to spread — albeit slowly — in the region surrounding Frankfurt-am-Main in western Germany. Recent data show that the virus has already caused the death of over 2,000 wild boar in this area alone, and the numbers keep rising.

Despite a direct intervention from former U.S. President Donald Trump, American pork producers have not yet gained access to the lucrative UK market. However, the UK’s National Pig Association (NPA) warns that U.S. efforts to enter the British pork market are far from over.

On May 2, 2025, Slovakia's National Reference Laboratory in Zvolen confirmed an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) on a commercial pig farm located in the cadastral area of Dolné Semerovce, Levice district. This marks the first confirmed case of ASF in domestic pigs in the country in 2025.

In May, purchase prices for slaughter pigs consolidated, according to the results of weekly monitoring of purchase prices by the analytical department of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

New research shows that the African swine fever (ASF) virus remains viable even after multiple freeze-thaw cycles, opening new possibilities for sample storage and transport in diagnostic efforts. The findings come from a recent study conducted by Kansas State University in the United States.

The United States and China have agreed to significantly reduce trade tariffs and suspend new tariffs for 90 days. This is the first step towards restoring mutually beneficial economic relations between the countries, according to the White House.

According to the UK's Agriculture and Horticulture Development Agency (AHDB), global pork production in 2025 will remain virtually unchanged from 2024 at 116.7 million tonnes. This is stated in a recent quarterly report by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

U.S. pork exports in March 2025 exceeded year-ago volumes, continuing a positive trend largely fueled by strong demand from Latin American markets. According to data released by the USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), March exports totaled 269,344 metric tons (mt), up 3% year-over-year, with export value increasing 4% to $769.7 million.

The past five years have been a challenging period for the UK pork industry, shaped by the intersecting impacts of Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, and global economic and geopolitical disruptions. While new trade deals and markets offer potential, labour shortages, rising production costs, and shifting trade dynamics have left a lasting mark on the sector.

In 2024, global animal feed production grew by 1.2%, reaching 1.396 billion metric tonnes, according to Alltech’s Agri-Food Outlook report. However, pig feed production bucked the overall trend, declining by 0.6% to 369.3 million tonnes.

The Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA) has officially lifted its temporary ban on the importation of processed pork products from South Korea, following a comprehensive risk assessment and scientific validation of the country’s African Swine Fever (ASF) control protocols.

Average prices for live pigs and pork meat in Brazil declined from March to April, driven by sluggish demand from the processing industry, according to a recent market report from Cepea. 

In April 2025, the FAO Meat Price Index rose to 121.6 points, which is 3.7 points (3.2%) higher than in March and 5 points (4.3%) higher than in April last year.

The European Commission has approved emergency market support for farms in Germany's Brandenburg region affected by the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).

As of the end of April 2025, Poland has reported 1,925 cases of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boars — almost as many as in the entire year of 2024, which saw 2,311 cases in total.

According to a new analytical report from CoBank, Mexico is likely to surpass Canada in the near future to become the top destination for U.S. agricultural exports. This shift is driven by a rapid increase in Mexico’s imports of U.S. grain, meat, and dairy products.

In mid-March, South Korea confirmed a new outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) at a farm in Gyeonggi province, where 44 pigs from a nearly 6,000-head herd died. According to the official notification to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), this marks the third confirmed outbreak in the country since the beginning of 2025 — all occurring in Yangju district, in the northwestern part of the country.

On 29 April 2025, the Danish-Ukrainian AgroTech Conference, organised by the Danish Council for Agriculture and Food and the Danish Embassy in Ukraine, took place in Kyiv. The event, which brought together representatives of government and business from both countries, provided a platform for discussing the prospects and opportunities for deepening cooperation between Ukraine and Denmark.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to swine genetics company PIC for its gene editing technology used to breed pigs resistant to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS). The FDA confirmed that the technology is safe and effective.