Brazil has been a big player in the soybean market for many years now, but they’ve been a relatively minor player in the corn market. USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer says that’s no longer the case.

Record pig prices could have spurred farmers like Carole Joliff to expand their herd, but costly livestock regulations, flagging demand and spreading swine disease point instead to a long-term decline in the European Union, the world's top pork exporter.

BEIJING, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The Agricultural Bank of China, one of the country's largest commercial lenders, has issued 20 billion yuan (about 2.8 billion U.S. dollars) of special financial bonds to support rural development.

Jim Long Pork Commentary –  June 5, 2023

The suspension of import duties, quotas and trade defence measures on Ukrainian exports to the European Union – known as the Autonomous Trade Measures (ATMs) – are in place for another year.

According to the State Statistics Service, real GDP in the first quarter of 2023 increased by 2.4% compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, and decreased by 10.5% compared to the first quarter of 2022.

Argentina has doubled its pork production in the last 10 years and in the last 20 years it has increased fivefold.

The answer to this question was found out from Precision Decisions Ltd, a company specializing in the construction of turnkey pig farms. And the economics of pig production were discussed with JW Vittetoe Pork Ltd, which currently keeps more than 15 thousand sows. The meetings were held as part of a study tour organized by the USAID Agricultural and Rural Development Program (AGRO) in partnership with the the Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB).

The FAO meat price index rose in May.

African swine fever has dramatically changed the face of international pork trade over the last five years.

In the occupied Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, the zoo "Fairy Tale Grove" was completely flooded due to the russians' explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. Almost all the animals died, only swans and ducks survived. This was reported in the UAnimals community. 

In May, pork imports remained at a low level, according to the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

Participants of the study tour, organized by the USAID Agricultural and Rural Development Program in partnership with the Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB), learned about the economics of contract feeding, farmer support programs and pork market trends during meetings with the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and the NexGen pig farm.

Jim Long Pork Commentary – May 29, 2023

The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) in cooperation with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is preparing a series of training videos that will demonstrate the best biosecurity practices of leading domestic pig farms.

By September 15, 2023, the EU is gradually lifting the exceptional and temporary safeguard measures adopted on May 2, 2023, on imports of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds from Ukraine under the exceptional safeguards of the Autonomous Trade Measures Regulation.

On June 1, 2023, a study tour program to the United States began for ten member companies of the Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) with the support of the USAID Agricultural and Rural Development (AGRO) Program.

Viral diseases and bacteria pose a major threat to the global pig and poultry industry, as they not only cause suffering to infected animals, but also lead to large economic losses for farmers.