The USDA has lowered its forecast for U.S. pork production as lower hog inventories and farrowing intentions lead to tighter pig supplies.

According to Rabobank's Global Pork Quarterly report, producers’ returns will be challenged by rising costs, and production growth is expected to slow, as is global trade.

As China imports less pork this year, where will the EU, US, Canada, and Brazil export their product?

Processors who buy pigs are losing money. This moderates their desire to continue their aggression on slaughter numbers. We understand that demand for pork before Easter is historically low.

The Ministers of Agriculture have agreed that the federal states not affected by African swine fever should share the costs of measures to combat it with the states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and Saxony.

The final results of the swine census published by Destatis as of November 3, 2021 show that the drop in pig inventory is somewhat less than expected based on the preliminary results reported in December.

Compared to last week, the EU's main pork producing markets revealed a balanced outlook.

Pork exports trended lower year-over-year in February, as larger shipments to Mexico and Japan did not offset the continued decline in demand from China/Hong Kong.

In March, pig meat prices registered the steepest monthly increase on record since 1995.

The Canadian swine sector will see slaughter levels recover somewhat in 2022 however disease impacts will see a slightly smaller pig crop in 2022 amidst higher losses.

Europe has over 10 million sows, Germany is the second-largest hog producer. Germany is going to pull hog prices higher in all of Europe.

European farmers are set to buy more genetically modified animal feed from the U.S. and South America after Russia’s invasion cut off corn shipments from Ukraine. 

A comprehensive set of measures are now being implemented to ease the impact of the current Russia-Ukraine crisis on the Philippine economy.

The United States Department of Agriculture estimates China's hog production in 2022 to reach 665 million head, a 2% increase over 2021 driven by high beginning stocks and more efficient sows. Producers’ losses as well as government policies designed to stabilize the swine herd are expected to temper production and swine sector volatility in 2022.

In 2021, per capita pork consumption decreased by 1.2 kilograms compared to the previous year.

U.S. hog inventory is down 2% from March 2021 and down 3% from December 1, 2021.

Live pig prices in Thailand have dropped by 30% in the last two months due to a limit in stockpiling issued by the Government. As a result, pig prices have dropped from $3.5/kg in January to $2.35/kg at the end of March.

British pig farmers have warned the industry could collapse as feed prices rise sharply as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine has an impact on every sector in agriculture, and that includes pig production. Which short term and longer term effects can be expected?

In just second week of Macrh, the price has increased by €0.25/kg and stands now at €1.75.